Industries We Review

Data Centers

Data centre operators and developers with site control, power agreements and tenant commitments.

Sector View

How We Read This Sector

Data centre businesses are real-asset businesses with a technology narrative. Investors underwrite them on site control, power, and the credit quality of the tenants — in that order.

Assessment Focus

What We Examine

Five areas that carry disproportionate weight in this sector.

01

Site control

Freehold title, leasehold terms or option agreements, with the certainty each provides.

02

Power procurement

Contracted capacity, grid connection status, tariff structure and the timeline to energisation.

03

Tenant commitments

Signed leases and their terms, separated from letters of intent and non-binding reservations.

04

Development stage

Permitting, construction status and the capital required to reach operation.

05

Operating metrics

Power usage effectiveness, redundancy tier and uptime history where facilities are live.

Sector Note

Where Companies in This Sector Get Caught

Development-stage data centre projects carry execution risk that must be disclosed clearly. Where the company is pre-construction and pre-tenant, we generally advise securing anchor commitments before considering a public-market pathway.

Submission of an application does not guarantee selection, financing, a transaction or a public listing.
General Criteria Still Apply

Sector Fit Is the Starting Point, Not the Test

Beyond sector-specific factors, every company is assessed against the same conditions: a verifiable asset, documented ownership, auditable financial reporting, management capable of operating a public company, and a budget to fund preparation.

Next Step

Building a Data Centers Company?

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