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Firmus Technologies closed a $10 billion private‑credit facility led by Blackstone‑backed vehicles and Coatue to underwrite a rapid roll‑out of AI‑optimized campuses in Australia. The debt package targets deployment of Nvidia accelerators and up to 1.6 gigawatts of aggregate IT power by 2028, embedding the project in a wider global wave of specialized, high‑power data‑center financing.
Ares provides $2.4B debt package to Vantage to accelerate AI-era data center builds
Ares Management has agreed a $2.4 billion debt facility for Vantage Data Centers, of which $1.6 billion is a formal commitment and about $330 million has already been advanced to start projects. The financing will underwrite new AI-optimized capacity (including sites expected to support an Oracle–OpenAI arrangement), and underscores a broader shift toward private‑credit underwriting of power‑intensive, hyperscaler‑anchored data halls while carrying execution and concentration risks tied to grids, supply chains and tenant cadence.
Nscale Secures Monarch Compute Campus to Build Multi‑GW On‑Site Microgrid
Nscale acquired American Intelligence & Power and the Monarch Compute Campus, creating Nscale Energy & Power and pairing the state‑approved microgrid and multi‑GW power runway with a fresh $2B Series C (post‑round valuation ~$14.6B) backed by strategic investors including Nvidia, Aker ASA and 8090 Industries — a capital and asset combination that accelerates large‑scale AI compute deployment and shifts bargaining leverage toward vertically integrated power‑and‑compute operators.
In-Q-Tel backs Prometheus Hyperscale in data-center infrastructure push
In-Q-Tel has invested in Prometheus Hyperscale , accelerating private-sector builds of secure hyperscale capacity for government and commercial cloud workloads. This move tightens the link between national-security capital and critical infrastructure, reshaping financing for large-scale data-center development.
Hut 8 Accelerates AI Data‑Center Pivot with $7B Google‑Backed Lease
Hut 8 reported a hefty FY2025 loss driven by digital‑asset writedowns while signing a 15‑year, $7B agreement for 245 MW of AI IT capacity underwritten by Google — a deal that shifts the company from spot crypto exposure to contracted AI hosting. The transaction sits alongside broader market moves (private‑credit for greenfield builds, hyperscaler strategic stakes, and miners repurposing grid sites) and highlights divergent financing and execution risk profiles across the emerging AI‑compute supply chain.
Aypa Power wins $1.5B warehouse loan to accelerate U.S. utility-scale battery buildout
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NTT Global Data Centers to Scale Capacity to 4 GW, Targeting AI Demand
NTT Global Data Centers plans to deploy roughly 4 GW of nameplate IT power across 34 projects within about two years, accelerating a shift to GPU‑dense, high‑power facilities. The program sharpens near‑term pressure on interconnection, transformer and cooling supply chains and forces an energy‑strategy choice—embedded generation, contracted renewables, or hybrid solutions—that will determine usable capacity and local political risk.
JLL: Texas Tops Global Data Center Market as Hyperscalers Drive Buildout
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