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James Tyrrell
Dr. James Tyrrell
Private Markets Research Analyst

James joined L&G in 2024 as a researcher and has a strong background in technology and innovation. His research on digital infrastructure has spanned from market and investment dynamics to the impacts of novel technologies including generative AI and quantum computing. Before L&G, James was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London investigating novel hardware for AI, co-founded a VC-backed biotech start-up that aimed to innovate new methods for early cancer detection, and completed a PhD in Physics – also at Imperial College – on organic semiconductors for neurotechnology.  

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University-linked investments: Selectivity and opportunities within private markets

The UK Government’s legislative priorities highlight, in our view, the importance of working with universities to support spinouts, and the critical nature of infrastructure such as laboratories.
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The economic case for University-linked investments

L&G’s Private Markets research team recently published a major report into university investment earlier this year called “UK Universities: A Nexus for Private Market Investment”. In this blog post we summarise the economic rationale for universities. In the next instalment, we’ll explore the range of private market investment opportunities, how they complement one another and the risks that still require navigation.
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Generative AI in data centres part 3: How GenAI shapes AI sovereignty and data centre investment

In part 1 of this blog series, we introduced the physical infrastructure needs for data centres that support AI. In part 2, we described how those needs could change as AI evolves. In this final instalment, we consider how capital flows for data centre investment are shaped by AI sovereignty and geopolitics, and how the evolution of GenAI will increase their impact.
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Generative AI in data centres part 2: The evolution of GenAI and data centre investment implications

In the second of our latest digital infrastructure blog series, we explore the evolution of GenAI and its possible impact on demand for data centre assets.
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UK universities: A nexus for Private Market investment

Our report examines the economic drivers, growth potential, potential achievable returns, and the place for university-related investments in institutional investors’ portfolios.
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Generative AI in data centres part 1: A primer

In this first of a three-part series, we look at how GenAI is fuelling a surge in data centre investment, enabling the development of facilities that can house and cool high-power AI chips.
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Deglobalisation 2.0: Infrastructure

While the infrastructure sector is large and diverse, we’ve chosen to focus our last blog of this series on the digital sector where the long-term scale of asset creation is likely to be especially large and the implications of deglobalisation may be particularly relevant.
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Digital infrastructure: Charting the course in 2025

After proving fairly resilient in 2024, we look at what the remainder of 2025 may have in store for digital infrastructure – including the potential impact of DeepSeek’s* R1 model release.
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Unlocking quantum potential: Securing digital infrastructure

Why we believe the efforts to ensure data security in the quantum computing age will have significant implications for digital infrastructure investment.
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