Glossary / finance terms
Amortisation
The scheduled reduction of debt principal over time.
Why the distinction matters
Compare principal payments with equipment ageing and contract collections. A loan described as amortising may still leave a material balance for refinancing or disposal.
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Amortisation in the filed documents
Where the term turns up in filed contracts and what is market, for the lender’s or the borrower’s side. Previews are open; the full text is free with InfraCompute Weekly.
- What’s market: Rapid amortisation trigger in data centre ABSAt what DSCR does a data centre securitisation switch to rapid amortisation?
- Clause library: Amortisation period (rapid amortisation) in data centre ABSThe second, lower trigger. If coverage falls further, the notes stop being interest-only and all excess cash goes to repay…
- Bond protections: sharing the excess cashFour of the project bonds offer half of the excess cash flow to holders every six months, on top of scheduled amortisation. The…
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