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Blackstone’s Lumina Talking to Tech Giants on Indian Data Centres
Blackstone’s Lumina Talking to Tech Giants on Indian Data Centres

Blackstone is looking at data centres in five Indian cities with total capacity of 600 megawatts, Lumina's CEO says

China’s $1.5trln Brokerage Sector Set For More Pain – SCMP
China’s $1.5trln Brokerage Sector Set For More Pain – SCMP

Combined profits for listed Chinese brokerages dropped 34% in 2022 and the lacklustre recovery this year has already spurred some companies to cut jobs

Chinese Hackers ‘Spying on Critical US Services, Guam’
Chinese Hackers ‘Spying on Critical US Services, Guam’

Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft say a state-sponsored group had been assessing telecom, transport and other critical organisations in the US and on Guam in the Pacific

China’s Lenovo Logs Revenue Hit as PC Demand Crashes
South Korea Asks US to Review China Curbs in Chips Act Funding
Russian PM Signs Economic Deals in Beijing as Ties Warm
Chinese Hackers ‘Targeted Kenya Ministries Amid Debt Strains’
China Warns Japan to Reverse its Ban on Chipmaking Gear
China’s Micron Ban Adds to Asian Chipmakers’ Investment Woes
China’s ChatGPT Rival Ernie Bot Dodges Covid, Xi Queries – NYP

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors