Post by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)

Earlier this week, BlackRock and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, hosted our Infrastructure Summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by Larry Fink and Bayo Ogunlesi. We were pleased to be joined by OpenAI Founder and CEO Sam Altman, Meta President Dina Powell McCormick and Alphabet Inc. President Ruth Porat, as well as US cabinet secretaries, corporate CEOs and luminaries on stage to discuss infrastructure priorities and the important role private capital plays in building long-term infrastructure projects that deliver critical services for Americans. We've seen the crucial role that investments in infrastructure play through stimulating economic growth, enhancing national security, improving standards of living and creating well-paid jobs - this is because infrastructure sits at the intersection of growth, resilience, competitiveness, and security. It underpins how we manage resources, how we move people and goods, how we power industries and how we connect digitally. We believe that the infrastructure in the United States is at an inflection point and our discussion took place at a time of both intense urgency as well as tremendous opportunity.