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KBRA Releases Research – Data Centers in Focus: Credit Considerations Across Asset Classes Webinar Recap

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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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Andrew Giudici, Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance
+1 646-731-2372
andrew.giudici@kbra.com

Fred Perreten, Managing Director
+1 646-731-2454
fred.perreten@kbra.com

Alan Greenblatt, Managing Director
+1 646-731-2496
alan.greenblatt@kbra.com

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Adam Tempkin, Senior Director of Communications
+1 646-731-1347
adam.tempkin@kbra.com

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Rosemary Kelley, Senior Managing Director
+1 646-731-2337
rosemary.kelley@kbra.com

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Andrew Giudici, Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance
+1 646-731-2372
andrew.giudici@kbra.com

Fred Perreten, Managing Director
+1 646-731-2454
fred.perreten@kbra.com

Alan Greenblatt, Managing Director
+1 646-731-2496
alan.greenblatt@kbra.com

Media Contact

Adam Tempkin, Senior Director of Communications
+1 646-731-1347
adam.tempkin@kbra.com

Business Development Contact

Rosemary Kelley, Senior Managing Director
+1 646-731-2337
rosemary.kelley@kbra.com

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