Market note

Data centres: financing digital infrastructure at scale

Hyperscaler leases, power availability and phased build structures.

Eleanor Whitfield · 2026-03-03 · 6 min read

Research brief

Key points

Data-centre demand continues to grow with AI workloads. Power availability is now the primary gating factor ahead of land and fibre.

Structure

Phased construction facilities that convert to term loans on lease commencement, with pre-let thresholds of 50–70% per phase.

Figures are indicative and do not constitute advice or an offer of credit.

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