Banks explore offloading AI data center debt as Oracle credit weakens
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JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, SMBC and MUFG are exploring significant risk transfers to move riskier slices of AI-linked data center loans to outside investors, the Financial Times reports.
A lender group including JPMorgan and MUFG has spent more than six months trying to distribute $38 billion in construction debt tied to an Oracle-leased data center project in Texas and Wisconsin.
According to the report, the banks are bumping up against internal limits on how much AI-linked exposure any one lender can hold. Some lenders are now selling pieces to non-bank buyers at a discount.
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AIJPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, SMBC and MUFG are exploring significant risk transfers to move AI-linked loans off their books, according to a Financial Times report. A group including JPMorgan and MUFG has spent more than six months trying to distribute $38 billion in construction debt tied to an Oracle-leased data center project in Texas and Wisconsin, and some lenders are selling pieces at a discount.
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