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Jason Yap, CFA

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<li>Singapore government introduced a moratorium on new data centres in 2019</li>
<li>As result, incumbent data centre REITs recalibrated their portfolio strategy including to pursue DPU and NAV growth through accretive overseas acquisitions </li>
<li>In Q2 2022, the moratorium is expected to be lifted with conditional approvals for applicants that meet certain sustainability requirements. We discuss the implications for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85:1" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> </li>
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Singapore government introduced a moratorium on new data centres in 2019
As result, incumbent data centre REITs recalibrated their portfolio strategy including to pursue DPU and NAV growth through accretive overseas acquisitions 
In Q2 2022, the moratorium is expected to be lifted with conditional approvals for applicants that meet certain sustainability requirements. We discuss the implications for Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) 


Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) - Imminent Lifting of SG Data Centre Moratorium and Its Implications

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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.</li><li>Over the last decade, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL have garnered outsized investor attention, in part due to their size, but equally due to each of their rapidly growing tech infrastructure businesses (AWS, Azure, and GCP, respectively).</li><li>Based on the capex commentary from all three exiting the December quarter, investors are hoping for early signs of business AI traction, but also bracing for greater clarity around the costs.</li></ul>

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.Over the last decade, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL have garnered outsized investor attention, in part due to their size, but equally due to each of their rapidly growing tech infrastructure businesses (AWS, Azure, and GCP, respectively).Based on the capex commentary from all three exiting the December quarter, investors are hoping for early signs of business AI traction, but also bracing for greater clarity around the costs.

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

<ul><li>The conversation revolves around the significant energy consumption of AI data centers and the potential consequences of this trend</li><li>Tech companies are facing the challenge of balancing their energy needs with their sustainability commitments</li><li>Brian Janus, a former energy hire at Microsoft and now co-founder of Cloverleaf Infrastructure, provides insight into this issue and potential solutions</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

The conversation revolves around the significant energy consumption of AI data centers and the potential consequences of this trendTech companies are facing the challenge of balancing their energy needs with their sustainability commitmentsBrian Janus, a former energy hire at Microsoft and now co-founder of Cloverleaf Infrastructure, provides insight into this issue and potential solutionsThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

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Kyle Rudden

<ul><li>New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding mandatory Scope 3 emissions reporting.</li><li>The implications for S-REITs are significant. Real Estate is one of the most emissions-intensive sectors, and Scope 3 emissions comprise 85-95% of total emissions for real estate companies.</li><li>Motivated by a strong "business case" for best-in-class climate performance and transparency, many S-REITs are ahead of the curve, evidenced by prominence in climate-related indexes.</li></ul>

New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding mandatory Scope 3 emissions reporting.The implications for S-REITs are significant. Real Estate is one of the most emissions-intensive sectors, and Scope 3 emissions comprise 85-95% of total emissions for real estate companies.Motivated by a strong "business case" for best-in-class climate performance and transparency, many S-REITs are ahead of the curve, evidenced by prominence in climate-related indexes.

S-REITs: Climate Disclosures and Inclusion in ESG-Related Equity Indexes

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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chindata-group-holdings-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29274:1" rel="noopener">Chindata Group (CD US)</a>’s US$8.60 per ADS offer from Bain Capital is conditional on dissenting shareholders representing less than 12% of outstanding shares. </li>
<li>Oasis Management, an activist fund, <a href="https://investor.chindatagroup.com/static-files/87aad398-55ac-469c-959f-849e42247988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently disclosed</a> a shareholding representing 65.9 million ordinary shares, 8.99% of outstanding shares and 1.24% of voting interest. </li>
<li>Precedent transactions where the dissent condition was exceeded suggest two possibilities – the offeror waives the condition or persuades sufficient shareholders to withdraw as dissenters.</li>
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Chindata Group (CD US)’s US$8.60 per ADS offer from Bain Capital is conditional on dissenting shareholders representing less than 12% of outstanding shares. 
Oasis Management, an activist fund, recently disclosed a shareholding representing 65.9 million ordinary shares, 8.99% of outstanding shares and 1.24% of voting interest. 
Precedent transactions where the dissent condition was exceeded suggest two possibilities – the offeror waives the condition or persuades sufficient shareholders to withdraw as dissenters.


Chindata (CD US): Maximum Dissent Condition in Focus as Oasis Builds a Stake

United States

Iron Mountain Incorporated is a storage and information management company. The Company provides records management, data management solutions, and information destruction services.

Crown Castle International Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust. The Company owns, operates, and leases towers and other infrastructure for wireless communications. Crown Castle manages and offers wireless communication coverage and infrastructure sites in the United States and Australia.

UDR, Inc. is a self-administered real estate investment trust.  The Company owns, operates, and develops apartment communities located nationwide.

American Homes 4 Rent operates as an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust focuses on acquiring, renovating, leasing, and operating single-family homes as rental properties.

CubeSmart is a self-administered and self-managed real estate company that owns, operates, acquires, and develops self-storage facilities in the United States.

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. operates as a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust. It engages in the property business, which consists of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple net lease arrangements. The company operates through two business segments: GLP Capital and the TRS Properties. The GLP Capital reportable segment consists of the leased real property and represents the majority of business. The TRS Properties reportable segment consists of Hollywood Casino Perryville and Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge. The company was founded on February 13, 2013 and is headquartered in Wyomissing, PA

Equity Residential is a real estate investment trust. The trust acquires, develops, and manages apartment complexes in the United States.

Weyerhaeuser Company is an integrated forest products company with offices or operations worldwide.  The Company primarily grows and harvests trees, develops and construct real estate and makes a range of forest products.  Weyerhaeuser is also classified as a REIT.

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. The Trust invests in health care related real estate properties such as senior housing, life sciences, medical offices, hospitals, and skilled nursing homes. Healthpeak Properties serves customers in the United States.

Simon Property Group, Inc. is a self-administered and self-managed, real estate investment trust. The Company owns, develops, and manages retail real estate properties including regional malls, outlet centers, community/lifestyle centers, and international properties.

Link REIT is a real estate investment trust in Hong Kong. The Trust owns and operates shopping centers, parking space facilities and real estate retail space.

Goodman Group is an integrated industrial property group. The Group has operations in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Asia and Europe. Goodman's activities include property investment, funds management, property development and property services. The Group's property portfolio includes business parks, industrial estates, office parks and warehouse/distribution centers.

Scentre Group develops and owns retail real estate properties. The Company is responsible for the development, design, management, leasing, and marketing of its portfolio of Westfield branded shopping centers. Scentre Group owns properties throughout Australia and New Zealand.

SEGRO plc is a property investment and development company. The Company provides flexible business space across Europe with offices, light industrial, logistics, warehouses and data center properties.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT is an industrial real estate investment trust. The Trust invests in business and science park properties, integrated development, amenities, and retail (IDAR) properties, high-specifications industrial properties and data centers, light industrial and flatted factories, and logistics and distribution centers.

GPT Group is an active owner and manager of a diversified portfolio of Australian retail, office and industrial property assets. The Group's property portfolio include the MLC Centre, Australia Square, Rouse Hill Town Centre and Melbourne Central.

Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which mainly invests in real estate and securitized real estate products. The Company invests mainly in commercial properties which are shopping centers, and super markets in Tokyo metropolitan, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka area.

Vicinity Centres retails asset and property management services. The Company offers a retail property investment and services organization involved in the ownership, management, and development of retail properties. The Company operates shopping centers across Australia.

Stockland is a diversified Australian property group. The Group develops and manages Retail centers, Residential Communities and Retirement Living assets with a focus on regional centers and outer metropolitan. Stockland also owns a portfolio of Office and Industrial assets.

Nippon Building Fund Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which mainly invests in real estate and securitized real estate products. Properties are mainly Business offices and are located in Tokyo Major 5 wards and Kanto area.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, repositions, and manages technology-related real estate.  The Company's properties contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise data center tenants.  Digital's property portfolio is located throughout the United States and in England.

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Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) - Imminent Lifting of SG Data Centre Moratorium and Its Implications

Singapore introduced a moratorium on new data centres which caused incumbents to recalibrate their strategy. With the moratorium expected to be...

Jason Yap, CFA

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.

Water Tower Research

How Electric Utilities Will Handle Booming AI Datacenter Demand

The Odd Lots podcast delves into the issue of energy consumption in AI data centers and the potential impact on the environment, with guest speaker...

Odd Lots

S-REITs: Climate Disclosures and Inclusion in ESG-Related Equity Indexes

​New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding...

Kyle Rudden

Chindata (CD US): Maximum Dissent Condition in Focus as Oasis Builds a Stake

The transaction received shareholder approval. Dissenting shareholders represent 22.79% of outstanding shares vs. the requirement of less than 12%...

Arun George

New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding...