Brazil state development bank mulls AI, data center-focused investment fund
The fund, which would be part of a broader BNDES initiative to resume investments in equities, could receive an allocation ranging from 500 million reais to 1 billion reais ($91.93-183.86 million), he added.
($1 = 5.4390 reais)
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