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US Data Center Operators Have Financing Advantages Over EU Counterparts

Using a financing method called "securitization," US-based data center operators have been able to raise more money to finance growth than their European counterparts, who primarily rely on traditional bank financing.

European data center firms are at a disadvantage to the US firms that have been purchasing them, because EU- and UK-based financiers have been shy of using innovative financing to raise the large sums of money needed for construction, according to financial experts in the sector.

Correction: June 10, 2020
Updated to correct a several slight inaccuracies that crept-in during the editing process.

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