US EditionFrom Cash to Credit: AMZN, META and MSFT Face $1 Trillion in New AI Debt
RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA, AUG 8 – Meta leads a $29 billion financing deal with PIMCO and Blue Owl Capital to develop Hyperion, a 5-gigawatt AI data center expected to create over 1,500 permanent jobs.
- Meta Platforms Inc. secured a $29 billion financing led by PIMCO and Blue Owl Capital to expand data centers in rural Louisiana.
- Meta pursued this financing after competitive fundraising efforts involving Morgan Stanley, Apollo Global Management, and KKR to support AI infrastructure demands.
- PIMCO manages approximately $26 billion in debt likely issued as bonds, while Blue Owl Capital contributed $3 billion in equity for the project.
- Chief Financial Officer Susan Li stated that new financing models will attract substantial external capital supporting flexible, large-scale data center projects.
- The financing enables Meta to accelerate AI development with advanced data centers like Prometheus and Hyperion, indicating growing industry reliance on private capital partnerships.
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siliconvalley.comMeta picks Pimco, Blue Owl for $29 billion data center deal
(Bloomberg/Carmen Arroyo, Laura Benitez and Kurt Wagner) — Meta Platforms Inc. has selected Pacific Investment Management Co. and Blue Owl Capital Inc. to lead a $29 billion financing for its data center expansion in rural Louisiana as the race for artificial intelligence infrastructure heats up, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Pimco is expected to lead a $26 billion debt portion of the financing, while Blue Owl is providing $3…
Meta has decided to rely on the experience of Pimco and Blue Owl Capital to lead a $29 billion financing agreement for its data center projects in rural Louisiana. According to the original report, this strategic movement includes a strong investment in both debt and capital. The agreement stipulates that Pimco will head the debt portion, totaling $26 billion. This portion of the debt will probably be structured in the form of bonds, providing t…
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