InfraComputeThe capital behind compute.

InfraCompute / Deals

AirTrunk: acquisition financing (Blackstone / CPP)

Acquisition loan for AirTrunk, A$18bn, September 2024.

Key terms

Borrower or issuer
AirTrunk
Date
September 2024
Structure
Acquisition loan
Amount
A$18bn
Pricing
Not disclosed
Sources
1 public source below

What’s notable

An A$18bn acquisition financing for Blackstone and CPP Investments' purchase of AirTrunk, with Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and MUFG providing an A$7bn backstop and separate holdco debt from Citi, DBS and Deutsche Bank. It remains the benchmark for data centre platform M&A financing in Asia-Pacific.

Recorded terms

Lender type
Bank loansNamed lender: Credit Agricole
Lenders and arrangers
Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, MUFG (A$7bn backstop); Citi, DBS, Deutsche Bank (holdco)

Parties

Similar financings

Same structure, other borrowers, closest in date.

More from AirTrunk

All AirTrunk financings →

For counsel on this deal

Acting for a lender, borrower or sponsor on a financing like this? Start from the filed precedents. Previews are open; the full text is free with InfraCompute Weekly.

Sources

  1. AirTrunk acquisition financing (Blackstone / CPP)Source date: 2024-09

About this record

Compiled from the sources above. Terms are as announced and may have changed since. Methodology · Send a correction.

Read the structure

Randeep Bubbra

InfraCompute Weekly

The week in compute finance, read from the filings.

Deals, terms and the clauses behind them, for the people financing data centres, GPU clouds and the power behind them. By Randeep Bubbra.

Working on a financing like this one? Book 20 minutes with Randeep to see how it compares.

Fridays, one email. Work email only. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.