Blackstone's unit dedicated to energy investments has acquired Potomac Energy Center. The asset manager announced the deal on Thursday.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that temporarily halted new leases on wind energy projects and called for a comprehensive review of existing wind projects.

Blackstone has been investing, across a number of strategies, into both data centers and the energy infrastructure powering them. In September, it agreed a $16 billion deal to buy Australian data ...