Changing demand for data centre financing

This growing demand and appetite for data centres is pushing financial strategies to adapt, notably with solutions for the growing need for platform expansions, the emerging demand of AI deployment as well as the adoption of asset-backed securitisations (ABS) as a cost-effective method to refinance existing bank debt. According to Linklaters' analysis, USD $5.4 billion in securities backed by data centre revenues were issued in 2023, with an additional USD $3.7 billion issued within the first five months of 2024. In June 2024 a key milestone was reached with the issuance of the first EMEA data centre ABS, suggesting this as just the beginning for the ABS market within Europe's data centre sector.  The panel will cover the ever-growing capital demands needed to finance cloud and AI adoption as well as refinance already deployed capital.