Wall Street's 'Creative Financing' Powers AI Data Center Buildout as Private Credit Floods In

The financing behind the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom has become as consequential as the technology itself, as banks, private equity firms and law firms engineer increasingly elaborate deals to fund data centers on a scale that Big Tech's own cash flows can no longer cover. A forthcoming industry discussion featuring executives from Goldman Sachs, Blue Owl and law firm Skadden is set to unpack how the largest data center transactions get done—a topic that has moved from a niche corner of structured finance to the center of global capital markets.