KBRA releases a recap of its Data Centers in Focus: Credit Considerations Across Asset Classes webinar, which was hosted in partnership with Seelaus on July 15. The webinar examined how artificial intelligence (AI)-driven demand is reshaping the financing and credit profile of U.S. data centers across project finance, asset-backed securities (ABS), and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

The webinar featured market commentary from KBRA's Chief Markets Strategist Van Hesser, followed by cross-sector perspectives from Andrew Giudici, Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance; Fred Perreten, Managing Director, CMBS; and Alan Greenblatt, Managing Director, ABS Commercial. Speakers discussed the scale of AI-related infrastructure investment, accelerating data center financing activity, and key credit considerations, including power access, execution risk, lease durability, tenant concentration, asset adaptability, refinancing risk, and transaction structure.

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