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Crusoe: Upper90 GPU asset-backed financing (2023)

GPU-backed loan for Crusoe, US$200m, 23 October 2023.

Key terms

Borrower or issuer
Crusoe
Date
23 October 2023
Structure
GPU-backed loan
Amount
US$200m
Pricing
Not disclosed
Security
GPUs (asset-backed)

What’s notable

A US$200m asset-backed facility from Upper90 to buy H100 and A100 GPUs for Crusoe Cloud. Upper90 later described it as Crusoe's first GPU debt facility. It is a useful early marker for the GPU-backed lending market.

Recorded terms

Lender type
Private creditNamed lender: Upper90
Security
GPUs (asset-backed)
Lenders and arrangers
Upper90

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Sources

  1. Crusoe October 2023 Upper90 financing releaseSource date: 23 October 2023
  2. DCD: Crusoe borrows US$200m from Upper90 for Nvidia GPUs

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