About the Event
Evolving Data Center Landscape: Insights & Implementation Breakfast
March 12, 2026 | 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST
New York, NY
Join KBRA’s leadership and industry practitioners on March 12 for a half day seminar on Data Centers. The seminar will feature panels covering ABS, CMBS and Project Finance data center financing markets and trends. Also featured will be KBRA’s approach to analyzing and rating such transactions, particularly in light of it’s recently released Data Center ABS Global Rating Methodology. The seminar will contextualize KBRA’s approach to the sector within current market dynamics and illuminate credit considerations unique to the evolving data center securitization landscape. It offers a strategic forum for finance professionals, issuers, investors, and advisors to interact with other market participants, and engage with KBRA’s data center analysts.
Discussion Topics
- Market Trends and Rating Considerations
- The Issuer and Operator Perspectives
- Data Centers Through the Investor Lens
Where
Ease 1345
Concourse Level, 1345 6th Ave, New York, NY 10105
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Agenda
8:00 AM EST
Breakfast & Registration
8:45 AM EST
Opening Remarks
Rosemary Kelley, Senior Managing Director, Business Development, KBRA
9:00 AM EST
Market Trends and Rating Considerations
- Overview of the global data center financing landscape across ABS, CMBS, and Project Finance
- Key market trends driving securitization growth and structural innovation
- Introduction to KBRA’s Data Center ABS Global Rating Methodology
- Comparative discussion of ABS vs. CMBS approaches and key analytical distinctions
- Credit considerations unique to data centers (technology risk, tenant concentration, power, and scalability)
Nitin Bhasin, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of CMBS, KBRA
Andrew Giudici, Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance, KBRA
Alan Greenblatt, Managing Director, ABS Commercial, KBRA
Alan Greenblatt, Managing Director, ABS Commercial, KBRA
9:30 AM EST
Featured Speaker
Van Hesser, Senior Managing Director, Chief Markets Strategist, KBRA
9:45 AM EST
Networking Break
10:00 AM EST
The Issuer and Operator Perspectives
- Strategic considerations driving issuer selection of ABS, CMBS, or Project Finance structures
- Navigating growth, demand, and development pipelines
- Key underwriting considerations from a bank perspective
- Managing power availability, grid constraints, and energy sourcing
- Tenant concentration, contract structures, and revenue durability
- Balancing leverage, tenor, and flexibility amid evolving capital markets conditions
Moderator
Fred Perreten, Managing Director, CMBS KBRA
Panelists
Chris Busuttil, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Kristin Khanna, Senior Vice President, QTS Data Centers
Quynh Tran, Deputy Head of Structured Finance, Americas and Head of Infrastructure Finance, North America, SMBC
Kristin Khanna, Senior Vice President, QTS Data Centers
Quynh Tran, Deputy Head of Structured Finance, Americas and Head of Infrastructure Finance, North America, SMBC
10:45 AM EST
Data Centers Through the Investor Lens
- Investor appetite for data center exposure across ABS, CMBS, and private structures
- Key credit risks and mitigants investors focus on in underwriting
- Evaluating sponsor quality, asset location, and tenant profiles
- Relative value considerations versus other infrastructure and real asset classes
- Bank perspectives on balance sheet exposure and distribution strategies
Moderator
Adeeti Amin, Managing Director, Project Finance & Infrastructure, KBRA
Panelists
Syed Ahmed, Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apterra Infrastructure Capital
Andrew Butville, Director, MetLife Investment Management
Robert Sheldon, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Jeremy Smilovitz, Managing Director, Blackstone
Andrew Butville, Director, MetLife Investment Management
Robert Sheldon, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Jeremy Smilovitz, Managing Director, Blackstone
11:30 AM EST
Event Concludes
KBRA Speakers
Adeeti Amin
Managing Director
Project Finance & Infrastructure
Nitin Bhasin
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of CMBS
Andrew Giudici
Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance
Alan Greenblatt
Managing Director
ABS
Van Hesser
Senior Managing Director
Chief Markets Strategist
Fred Perreten
Managing Director
CMBS
KBRA Business Development & Investor Relations
Evolving Data Center Landscape: Insights & Implementation Breakfast
March 12, 2026 |New York, NY
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