Archive for October, 2024

Google To Invest $1B Into Thai Data Center, Cloud Infrastructure Sector
October 1st, 2024

Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Google’s plan to invest in Thailand’s data center and cloud sector: Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Monday it would invest $1 billion in Thailand to build a data center and cloud region to meet growing cloud demand and support artificial intelligence adoption in Southeast Asia. The investment would create […]

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India and China Eye Indian Ocean’s ‘Pearl’
October 1st, 2024

Via The Diplomat, a report on the need for Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will have to strike a deft balance between two regional powers: The “Pearl of the Indian Ocean” – Sri Lanka – may yet become a bone of contention between India and China, following the September 21 presidential election that […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.

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