Charting private assets

Weekly visualizations

November 10, 2026

Over the past decade, the share of new global data center construction starts classified as AI-ready or liquid-cooling-capable has gone from a rounding error to near-total market dominance. In 2017, almost all new capacity was built to conventional specifications: retail colocation, wholesale colocation and hyperscale facilities cooled by air. By 2026, the picture has inverted. Most construction starts are either AI-ready or equipped with direct liquid-cooling capabilities designed to support the rack densities that modern AI workloads demand.

October 27, 2026

The US holds 62.3% of global private capital NAV. MSCI data breaks down regional concentration across private equity, VC, credit and real assets from 2010 to 2026.

October 13, 2026

Buyout exit multiples reached their highest level in nearly a decade in the first half of 2026. Top-quartile exits hit 18.2x EBITDA - the highest point in this data series back to 2016 - even as the median held broadly stable at 12.5x. The exit-to-entry spread, at roughly 1.2x, sits near its widest in several years, pointing to a supportive pricing environment for managers willing to transact. 

September 29, 2026

The IPO has long been read as the moment private investors hand the baton to public markets and recover their capital. That reading has always been imprecise. Lock-up periods, staged secondary sales and the ambitions of the companies themselves mean the journey from filing to limited-partner cash takes at least quarters, but often years.