Data Center Builders Race to Offload Billions in Stakes as AI Boom Strains Balance Sheets
- Data center developers including Netrality Data Centers, DataBank, Edged, and EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure are working with bankers to sell majority equity stakes worth tens of billions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported (https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/data-center-builders-are-racing-to-offload-stakes-worth-billions-1a7d92f8).
- The sales reflect an industry scramble to monetize surging AI compute demand while private equity buyers price in construction and power-supply risk.
- The deals underscore how the AI infrastructure build-out is reshaping capital flows across real assets, private credit, and PE.