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Data Center Financing
Amsterdam | September 29, 2026
The event for decision-makers shaping data center bankability.
Data centers are moving from “infrastructure growth story” to “capital allocation problem”. Power is the binding constraint, permitting timelines are stretching, and the capital stack is being rebuilt in real time across project finance, corporate and warehouse lines, M&A, private credit, and public take-outs.
Data Center Financing Europe 2026 focuses on one central question: what is bankable now. The programme examines real transaction structures, credit committee thresholds and lifecycle capital strategies, defining how capital must be structured to clear underwriting in 2026.
Why join this first edition of the Data Center Financing Europe Event
- What gets through credit committee in Europe today: required proof points, milestones and discipline
- How power, permitting and grid timing drive underwriting terms, covenants and pricing
- How capital stacks are engineered across the full asset lifecycle
- Where take-out capacity sits today: warehouse, forward flow, private credit and ABS
- A senior room of counterparties across the full financing chain
- September 29, 2026
- Postillion Hotel & Convention Center Amsterdam
Meet the right people. Build powerful connections
250+
Attendees
50+
Investors
40+
Speakers
15+
Partners
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Associate Managing Director
Moody’s Investors Service
Senior Regulatory Adviser
A&O Shearman
Prudential Regulation and Supervisory Policy expert
European Banking Authority (EBA)
Partner
Morgan Lewis
Director Securitisation & Covered Bonds
Rabobank
Senior Investment Manager Credit Risk Sharing
PGGM Investments
Assistant Vice President Securitised Products & Supply Chain Finance
MUFG Bank
Senior Associate
Loyens & Loeff
Director Structured Finance & Capital Markets Services
Trustmoore
Complete speakers line-up
Michiel Eielts
Managing Director Germany & The Netherlands
Equinix
Carlotta Giacché
Debt Capital Markets & Financing Strategy
Data4
Sicco Boomsma
Managing Director (TMT / Data Center Financing)
ING
Xenia Sarri
Managing Director
DigitalBridge
Michiel de Roij
Senior Director, Acquisitions & Investments EMEA
Digital Realty
Lennart Piro
Principal
PGIM
Timo Buijs
Co Head Digital Infrastructure Finance
ABN AMRO
Michaela Lashova
Director Investments Europe
AG Capital
Natascha Veenendaal
Senior Associate (Advocaat)
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Matthew Harris
CFO
Kao Data
Geert Jan Hoogteijling
Vice President
Blue Owl Capital
Matthijs Lakerveld
Director Digital Infrastructure
PGGM Investments
Richard Ludwig
Director Digital Infrastructure
Alantra
Benjamin Walter
Director
Allianz Global Investors
Stephen Wright
CEO
Leafcloud
Joris Ravelli
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Steve Wright
Non Executive Director
Nominet
Candela Macchi
Managing Director, Global Analytical Officer Infrastructure & Project Finance S&P...
Alexandra Schless
CEO
NorthC
Deven Soni
CEO
Vertical Data
Kelly Morgan-Szydlo
Research Director
451 Research/ S&P Global
Darrell Purcell
Director – EMEA Structured Finance
S&P Global
Violetta Volovich
Vice President, European Commercial Real Estate Ratings
DBRS Morningstar
Sebastian Rossavik
Managing Director
BGO
Svante Horn
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Scandinavian Data Centers
Saloua Ouchan
Partner
Freshfields
Martijn Koning
Executive Director | Digital & Consumer Advisory
ABN AMRO Bank
Cedric Testa Salvador
Director Debt Capital Markets
ABN AMRO
Willem Stitselaar
Founding Partner
EQUIM
Laurens van Reijen
CEO
LCL Datacenters
Angenika Kunne CFA
Head of Infrastructure Equity, Managing Director,
Aviva Investors
Pieter-Willem Lips
Director Project Finance
Rabobank
Bill Davis
Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Digital Infrastructure
Ares Management
Elisabeth Hankeln
Managing Director
Eurofiber
Waldemar Maurer
Partner
DTCP
About this conference
Highlights of the conference
- One day, full market access: map the ecosystem fast across operators, investors, lenders and advisors.
- Full lifecycle coverage: development and project finance through stabilisation, refinancing, portfolio rotation, and exits, including capital markets take-outs.
- Executable takeaways: take-out routes (warehouse, forward flow, private credit, ABS) and practical alignment across PF, treasury, risk, and DCM.
Topics
- DATA CENTER FINANCING
- DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- PROJECT FINANCE
- HYPERSCALE FINANCING
- DATA CENTER ABS
- GPU FINANCING
Who will attend?
- Managing Directors
- Sector Lead TMT
- Chief Financial Officers (CFO)
- Head of Treasury
- Head of Project Finance
- Debt Capital Markets Directors
- Investment Directors
- Private Credit Partners
- Head of Corporate Development / M&A
- Head of Capital Markets / Funding
- Head of Energy / Power Strategy
- Partners / Counsels
Who will attend?
- Investors
- Issuers
- Lawyers
- Rating agencies
- Consultants
Founding Partners
Gold Partners
Partners
- September 29, 2026
- Postillion Hotel & Convention Center Amsterdam
- Advisory board
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In one day in Amsterdam, Data Center Financing Europe covers the full financing lifecycle, from power and project finance through corporate and warehouse facilities, M&A and capital markets take-outs, including ABS. Expect a senior, closed-door setting with structured networking and practical sessions focused on what is bankable now and what clears underwriting in 2026.
You will hear these mechanics directly from operators, banks, investors and advisors in panels and case-led discussions, plus the off-stage conversations where the real thresholds and workarounds come out.
Why should you attend?
- One day, full market access: connect across operators, investors, lenders and advisors shaping how data center assets are financed, refinanced and monetised.
- Right scale, real access: curated senior room where conversations go beyond headlines and into actual transactions, structures and execution challenges.
- Full lifecycle coverage: development and project finance through stabilisation, refinancing, recapitalisation, portfolio rotation and exits, including capital markets take-outs.
- What actually clears credit: understand how power, lease profile, customer quality and operational realities reshape financeability and underwriting.
- AI and GPU financing reality: separate scalable financing models from opportunistic structures and market hype.
- Executable takeaways: understand how operators structure warehouses, forward flow, private credit, ABS and refinancing strategies in practice.
Programme
Welcome, registration, coffee and tea
Opening Remarks - Setting the Stage for 2026
Steve Wright
Macro Outlook: The Data Center Reality Check for Finance: Macroeconomics impact, Power and the Next Build-Out Wave
Michiel Eielts Bill Davis- The real demand signals behind AI and cloud adoption
- Power and permitting constraints, timelines, pricing and risk
- Where growth shifts next: hubs, Tier 2, and policy pressure points
- Practical indicators of which platforms can scale
Plenary Panel: What Makes a Data Center Deal Bankable? Revenue Visibility, Offtake and Risk Allocation
Lennart Piro Candela Macchi Carlotta Giacché- What lenders and investors really look for beyond the headline story
- Hyperscaler, colocation and hybrid revenue models: which cashflows are seen as durable and financeable
- Pre-leasing, customer concentration and speculative development: how much offtake certainty is enough
- How borrowers and operators negotiate financeability in practice
- Where lenders and operators fundamentally disagree on risk allocation
- Which operational realities actually change underwriting decisions
- What makes an asset refinanceable, not only financeable
Networking break
From Build to Buy to Exit: How Data Center Platforms Monetise, Refinance and Recycle Capital
Matthew Harris Alexandra Schless Saloua Ouchan Xenia Sarri- How operators and investors actually monetize data center assets across development, stabilisation and scale
- What really drives recapitalisation, refinancing, partial sales and full exits in practice
- How buyers assess platform quality, lease profile, power position and long-term refinanceability
- How capital structures evolve as assets mature, and where current refinancing and take-out models still fall short
- The unresolved questions around leverage, amortisation, capex and long-term ownership structures in the sector
Lunch
Breakout sessions
3 break-outs1A - Project Finance and Construction Risk
STRUCTURING FOR VOLATILITY
- Learn how lenders price construction risk in volatile markets.
- Understand which contingencies and guarantees are now standard.
- See how sponsors reduce credit committee friction.
- Apply practical lessons from recent European deals.
Moderator: Natascha Veenendaal, Senior Associate (Advocaat), Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
1B - Energy, Grid and Sustainability Risks
WHEN POWER BECOMES A COVENANT
- Understand resilience strategies that unlock capital.
- Which sustainability requirements genuinely affect permitting, customer demand and financeability
- How power access and resilience alter underwriting and project viability
- Which operational energy risks lenders and customers actually price
1C - Capital Markets Take-Outs
WAREHOUSING, FORWARD FLOW AND ABS
- Take-out Structures: What works in Europe today.
- Investor Requirements: Reporting, operations, and disclosure standards.
- Capital Access: Warehouse, forward flow, and ABS strategies.
- Execution Lessons: Structuring mistakes and the decision behind ABS.
- Wwhy some operators choose ABS while others avoid it
Changeover time
Breakout sessions
3 break-outs2A - Valuation and M&A
YIELD COMPRESSION, ROLLUPS AND TIER 2 MARKETS
- See where valuations and cap rates are really clearing.
- Understand how Tier 2 markets are being underwritten.
- Learn what drives consolidation and carveouts.
- Translate valuation shifts into financing strategy.
2B - New Asset Classes
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FINANCING POWER BEYOND THE GRID: FINANCING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FOR DATA CENTERS
- Power Constraints to Power Solutions: Financing Alternative Energy in Data Centers
- When Power Limits Growth: Financing Microgrids, On-Site Generation and Grid Access
- Financing Decarbonized Energy to Meet Hyperscaler Requirements
- How Grid Constraints and Community Pushback Impact Project Bankability
- How Operators Balance Location, Power Availability and Community Acceptance
2C - The Debt View
FUNDING FLEXIBILITY, DISCLOSURE CONSTRAINTS AND TAKE-OUT READINESS
- How operators preserve financing flexibility while scaling platforms
- Trade-offs between leverage, refinancing certainty and operational flexibility
- How treasury teams balance growth capital and long-term optionality
- Take away practical rules for preparing a platform for refinancing
Moderator: Joris Ravelli, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Networking Coffee break
Deep Dive: Financing Chips vs Bricks: GPU Asset Life, Depreciation and Deal Reality in AI Infrastructure
Timo Buijs Stephen Wright Deven Soni Elisabeth Hankeln- How GPU financing differs from traditional data center (“bricks”) financing
- How asset life, utilisation, depreciation and refresh cycles impact financing decisions
- How operators deploying GPUs structure financing under asset obsolescence and demand uncertainty
- How banks and investors assess residual value, downside risk and financeability across chips vs infrastructure
- How recent transactions (e.g. GPU deals, ABS structures) are being executed in practice
- What market participants need to understand about what is actually financeable in AI infrastructure today
Deep Dive: If Europe De-risks Cloud Dependency: What Demand Becomes Financeable, and on What Terms?
Sicco Boomsma Laurens van Reijen Willem Stitselaar Waldemar Maurer- Shift the debate from sovereignty to contracted demand, platform quality and cash flow visibility.
- Identify which workloads and tenant profiles are financeable beyond hyperscaler-led models.
- Assess how repatriation, resilience and strategic autonomy reshape underwriting, covenants and risk appetite.
- Compare which structures are viable today, and what makes a European alternative genuinely bankable.
Moderator: Willem Stitselaar, Founding Partner, DEVCAP INFRA
The Investor Verdict 2027-2030: Where Does the Deep-Pocket Money Flow Next?
Michiel de Roij Sebastian Rossavik- Learn where the next wave of capital will flow.
- Understand where underwriting will tighten first.
- See how “bankable” is being redefined.
- Leave with clear signals for the next cycle.
Networking Drinks & Bites - Building Connections for Tomorrow
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Rob Matthijssen
IT Consultant
Onze organisatie heeft reeds twee keer aan de conferentie Opslagtanks event deelgenomen. We kunnen er kwalitatieve persoonlijke contacten leggen en krijgen er interessante feedback over onze leidingmarkering en veiligheidssignalisatie. Een professioneel georganiseerd event!
M. Gijsel
Territory Sales Manager
Artificial intelligence
Leerzaam en waardevol
De wijze waarop de trainer zijn kennis overbracht vond ik uitstekend. Veel werd direct terug gebracht naar de praktijk. Dit en de ervaring van de medecursisten vond ik erg leerzaam. Voor mij dus een waardevolle training!
M. Westerbeek
Servicedesk Manager
Praktijk en theorie komt bij elkaar
De training heb ik als zeer leerzaam en toepasbaar gevonden. Mede dank zij de cursisten en de trainer hebben we het uiterste weten te halen uit een ieder van ons. De stof die behandeld is als mede de gevoerde discussie pas ik al dagelijks toe.
M.E. Bosma
Internet Manager
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