`They`re Patting Every Pocket`: Data Center Developers Struggle To Finance Projects Despite AI Boom

The ballooning volume of capital required at the beginning stages of the data center building process is forcing developers and investors to find new ways to raise the money needed to buy land and secure power. 

From a financing perspective, the start of a data center project presents something of a Catch-22 for developers. They need more upfront cash than ever before to purchase land and secure power for those sites, yet lenders and equity investors have largely been unwilling to provide the predevelopment capital required to navigate these early stages...

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RSK: Tough sledding for Data Center Developers. Even though all the ducks are in a row, it`s hard to get the start up going.