The ‘invisible kingpin of data centres’ riding the Gulf’s AI boom
When an Abu Dhabi artificial intelligence company wanted access to an enormous data centre in France earlier this year, it turned to a former child actor turned investment banker to broker the deal.
Zachary Cefaratti, founder of boutique advisory Dalma Capital, has leveraged an eclectic contacts book that includes Шефът на Openai Сам Алтман и старши политици от Близкия Изток, с цел да станат по-долу-радарски фиксатор за центрове за данни, групи за рандеман на криптовалути и технологии в залива.
Клиентите на 37-годишния юноша включват G42, AI групата, управлявана от мощния Royal Emirati Royal Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed al-nahyan; Abu Dhabi Sovereign Investor ADQ; and the encrypted social media network Telegram, whose founder Pavel Durov lives in Dubai and was detained and charged in France last year.
According to executives who have worked on transactions with Cefaratti, the Californian is one of a few niche dealmakers to profit from two new trends: the insatiable...
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