Name: BlackRock’s Fink Believes There’s No Bubble Forming in AI Space
Uploaded: 2026-01-22T14:39:03+00:00
Duration: 717 s

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Larry Fink — CEO, BlackRock

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at Davos that he does not see an AI bubble and that massive AI capex will drive global growth. He highlights BlackRock's data-center partnership with Microsoft and other partners, as well as related power and grid needs. Fink also remains positive on U.S. and European investment opportunities while stressing long-term investing over short-term market noise.

Fink says AI is not in a bubble and hundreds of billions in capex are needed.
BlackRock raised $12.5 billion in a Microsoft data-center partnership and acquired Aligned Data Centers.
The AI buildout is expected to require grid rebuilds and new power sources.
Fink remains positive on the United States as a long-term investment destination.
He is explicitly bullish on Europe, citing capital-markets and defense changes.
He urges long-term index investing and downplays short-term volatility, using S&P 500 history.
Davos discussions covered geopolitics, Ukraine peace prospects, and reduced fear leaving the meeting.
Fink says there are no formal plans to move Davos to Detroit.

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Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock 2:43

No AI bubble; capex is opportunity.

Fink sincerely believes there is no AI bubble. He argues hundreds of billions of dollars of capex are needed to build out AI and that this spending will drive global growth. While capitalism will produce big failures, rotation, and both huge winners and losers, the needed capital to build out AI is one of the great opportunities for the world.

Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock 3:27

AI drives new power and grid demand.

The AI buildout requires hundreds of billions in infrastructure, and countries will have to rebuild grids and source new power/energy. Fink has a strong foundational belief that AI will accelerate new sources of power, and cheap, abundant power could lift the rest of the world.

Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock 4:03

BlackRock sees data-center investment opportunity.

BlackRock announced a partnership with Microsoft and has raised $12.5 billion to bankroll data centers. It is actively raising more and acquired Aligned Data Centers at a $40 billion enterprise value. Partners include Microsoft, MGX of Abu Dhabi, NVIDIA and xAI, and Fink sees nothing but opportunity working alongside top hyperscalers, while stressing the need to be judicious.

Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock 5:50

US remains great place to invest.

Fink says the U.S. economy is growing fast, estimated over 5% in the first quarter, though GDP is heavily oriented to AI and technology capex; the key issue is whether enough great jobs are being created. He still believes the United States is one of the great places to invest and will remain so, and he is relaxed about the modest diversification away from dollar assets.

Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock 8:30

Long-term S&P investing beats market noise.

Fink argues investors should ignore short-term noise and focus on long-term investing. He notes that a dollar invested in the S&P 500 on January 1, 2000 suffered a 30% dot-com downdraft a year later, but over 25 years returned over 8% compounded, better than almost any other investment asset, and he advocates investing alongside the transformation through broad indices.

Larry Fink CEO, BlackRock 10:32

Fink is bullish on Europe.

Fink says he is bullish on Europe because he sees Europe doing long-term things to build future vitality: Lagarde's push for unified capital markets, Trump prompting Europe to take more responsibility in defense and NATO, and progress in addressing underinvestment and the lack of capital markets.

BlackRock’s Fink Believes There’s No Bubble Forming in AI Space

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