Director, Head of Research, Smartkarma

Pranav Rao

Director, Head of Research

Smartkarma

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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut - a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,500+ insights shared on Smartkarma.</li>
<li>In this cut, we spotlight the shifting sentiment towards Indian equities, highlight the investable universe in Singapore around data centres, and draw attention to the gaming industry across continents.</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you'd like to see highlighted next.</li>
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Welcome to Curator’s Cut - a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,500+ insights shared on Smartkarma.
In this cut, we spotlight the shifting sentiment towards Indian equities, highlight the investable universe in Singapore around data centres, and draw attention to the gaming industry across continents.
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you'd like to see highlighted next.


Curator's Cut: Sentiment Shifts in India, Racking Up in Singapore & Gaming Across Borders

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>DC company share prices are rolling over, foreshadowing increasing pressure on their hyperscaler customers.  Since the July swoon in semiconductor stocks, the DC sector has underperformed both hyperscalers and semiconductors.</li>
<li>DC players face strong headwinds on multiple fronts, including high leverage/circular financing, supply chain delays, public opposition, and questions about aggressive forecasts of future compute demand.</li>
<li>Leverage is the most prominent risk in the DC sector, with questions looming about completion dates and customers' ability to meet their contracted offtake agreements.</li>
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DC company share prices are rolling over, foreshadowing increasing pressure on their hyperscaler customers.  Since the July swoon in semiconductor stocks, the DC sector has underperformed both hyperscalers and semiconductors.
DC players face strong headwinds on multiple fronts, including high leverage/circular financing, supply chain delays, public opposition, and questions about aggressive forecasts of future compute demand.
Leverage is the most prominent risk in the DC sector, with questions looming about completion dates and customers' ability to meet their contracted offtake agreements.


DATA CENTER SECTOR: From the Tip of the Spear to Canary in the Coal Mine

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85:1" rel="noopener">Keppel DC (KDCREIT SP)</a> aims to raise around US$472m to invest in two data centres in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo.</li>
<li>The firm expects a 2.6% DPU accretion from the acquisition.</li>
<li>In this note, we comment on the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Keppel DC (KDCREIT SP) aims to raise around US$472m to invest in two data centres in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo.
The firm expects a 2.6% DPU accretion from the acquisition.
In this note, we comment on the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Keppel DC REIT Placement - DPU Accretive; past Deals Have Done Well

Listed Real Estate Asia, KT Capital Group

Jacob Cheng

Listed Real Estate Asia

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Validation of power scarcity: The Macquarie, GIC, and Anthropic deal proves grid access is the ultimate moat, establishing a massive valuation floor for existing powered data center assets.</li>
<li>Disintermediation threat: Sovereign funds acting as direct developers bypass traditional REITs, structurally shrinking the future pipeline of stabilized mega-assets available for public market drop-downs.</li>
<li>Asian operators hold the keys: Developers like GDS with actionable power pipelines in high-demand corridors are prime targets for sovereign joint ventures, offering desperately needed grid access.</li>
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Validation of power scarcity: The Macquarie, GIC, and Anthropic deal proves grid access is the ultimate moat, establishing a massive valuation floor for existing powered data center assets.
Disintermediation threat: Sovereign funds acting as direct developers bypass traditional REITs, structurally shrinking the future pipeline of stabilized mega-assets available for public market drop-downs.
Asian operators hold the keys: Developers like GDS with actionable power pipelines in high-demand corridors are prime targets for sovereign joint ventures, offering desperately needed grid access.


Macquarie, GIC, Anthropic: A Sovereign Threat: How the Theseus AI Deal Rewires Data Center Equities

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Centurion Accommodation / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Singapore

Keppel DC REIT is Asia's first pure-play data centre real estate investment trust, investing in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets used primarily for data centre purposes and assets supporting the digital economy. Its properties are leased as colocation, fully fitted, and shell and core data centers across Asia and Europe. Headquartered in Singapore, the company was founded in 2014.

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Keppel DC (KDCREIT SP)

Curator's Cut: Sentiment Shifts in India, Racking Up in Singapore & Gaming Across Borders

This Curator's Cut highlights changing sentiment in Indian equities, Singapore data centres, and global gaming industry. Share your theme...

Pranav Rao

DATA CENTER SECTOR: From the Tip of the Spear to Canary in the Coal Mine

The sudden plunge in demand for an Nvidia-backed data center company’s initial public offering is revealing fresh cracks in the AI funding boom....

David Mudd

Aequitas: Keppel DC REIT Placement - DPU Accretive; past Deals Have Done Well

Keppel DC REIT (KDCR) aims to raise around US$472m to invest in two data centres in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo. In this note, we comment on the deal...

Nicholas Tan

Macquarie, GIC, Anthropic: A Sovereign Threat: How the Theseus AI Deal Rewires Data Center Equities

Validation of power scarcity: The Macquarie, GIC, and Anthropic deal proves grid access is the ultimate moat, establishing a massive valuation...

Jacob Cheng

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

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Curator's Cut: Sentiment Shifts in India, Racking Up in Singapore & Gaming Across Borders

​This Curator's Cut highlights changing sentiment in Indian equities, Singapore data centres, and global gaming industry. Share your theme...

Pranav Rao

DATA CENTER SECTOR: From the Tip of the Spear to Canary in the Coal Mine

The sudden plunge in demand for an Nvidia-backed data center company’s initial public offering is revealing fresh cracks in the AI funding boom....

David Mudd

Aequitas: Keppel DC REIT Placement - DPU Accretive; past Deals Have Done Well

Keppel DC REIT (KDCR) aims to raise around US$472m to invest in two data centres in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo. In this note, we comment on the deal...

Nicholas Tan

Macquarie, GIC, Anthropic: A Sovereign Threat: How the Theseus AI Deal Rewires Data Center Equities

Validation of power scarcity: The Macquarie, GIC, and Anthropic deal proves grid access is the ultimate moat, establishing a massive valuation...

Jacob Cheng

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

This Curator's Cut highlights changing sentiment in Indian equities, Singapore data centres, and global gaming industry. Share your theme...