亚洲数据中心运营商普林斯顿数字集团有限公司正寻求高达12亿美元的银团贷款，以资助其在马来西亚的建设扩张，据一位知情人士透露，因为为人工智能基础设施融资的借贷热潮仍在持续。
Asian data center operator Princeton Digital Group Ltd. is seeking a syndicated loan of up to $1.2 billion to fund its Malaysia buildout, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the debt binge to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure continues.
汇丰控股新加坡分行、马来亚投资银行、华侨银行（马来西亚）、渣打银行（新加坡）有限公司和大华银行有限公司是这笔三年期贷款交易的指定牵头主承销商和簿记管理人，该人士表示，因讨论私人信息而要求不具名。
HSBC Holdings Plc Singapore branch, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd., and United Overseas Bank Ltd. are the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners for the three-year loan deal, said the person, asking not to be identified discussing private information.
该人士称，由公司子公司普林斯顿数字集团纳闽阿尔法有限公司借入的贷款所得款项，将用于资助马来西亚柔佛州一个198.8兆瓦的数据中心园区项目，并用于再融资现有债务。
Proceeds from the loan to be taken by the company’s subsidiary, Princeton Digital Group Labuan Alpha Ltd., will be used to fund a 198.8-megawatt data center campus project in Johor, Malaysia and to refinance existing debt, the person said.
渣打银行拒绝置评。普林斯顿数字集团、汇丰、马来亚银行、华侨银行马来西亚分行和大华银行的代表未立即回应置评请求。
Standard Chartered declined to comment. Representatives for Princeton Digital Group, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Malaysia and UOB didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
全球数据中心公司一直在举债，因为它们寻求筹集资金以满足不断增长的AI需求。穆迪评级预计，未来五年至少将有3万亿美元流入数据中心相关投资，其中大部分支出将通过债务融资。
Data center companies across the world have been taking on debt as they seek to raise capital to meet growing AI demand. Moody’s Ratings expects at least $3 trillion to flow into data center-related investments over the next five years, with much of the spending financed through debt.
但有迹象显示，全球投资者开始抵制他们所认为的泡沫化AI估值，这从英伟达支持的数据中心运营商Firmus Grid Ltd.上周首次公开募股（IPO）失败便可看出。
But there are signs global investors are starting to push back against what they see are frothy AI valuations as evidenced by the collapse of Nvidia Corp.-backed data center operator Firmus Grid Ltd.’s initial public offering last week.
据报道，以黑石集团为主要投资者的数据中心公司AirTrunk将其在新加坡房地产投资信托基金（REIT）的计划IPO推迟至明年，因为较高的利率和市场波动抑制了投资者需求。
Data center firm AirTrunk, which counts Blackstone Inc. as a key investor, was reported to delay its planned IPO of a real estate investment trust in Singapore until next year as higher interest rates and market volatility temper investor demand.
总部位于新加坡的普林斯顿数字集团的最大股东是华平投资，其他投资者包括Stonepeak Partners、阿布扎比主权基金穆巴达拉投资公司和安大略教师养老金计划委员会。
Headquartered in Singapore, Princeton Digital’s top shareholder is Warburg Pincus and other investors include Stonepeak Partners, Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala Investment Co. and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
根据其网站显示，该公司成立于2018年，在亚洲各地运营着超过1.8吉瓦的数据中心容量，业务覆盖中国、日本、韩国、印度、新加坡、马来西亚和印度尼西亚。
The firm, founded in 2018, operates more than 1.8 gigawatts of data center capacity across Asia including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, according to its website.
PDG一直在大举借贷，以寻求在亚洲各地进行扩张。今年5月，该公司表示已为其在印度尼西亚的数据中心建设筹集了约8.56亿美元资金。今年早些时候，该公司曾表示，其目标是筹集50亿美元债务，以支持其区域扩张计划。
PDG has been on a borrowing spree as it seeks to expand across Asia. In May, the firm said it raised around $856 million for its data center buildout in Indonesia. Earlier in the year, the company said it was targeting to raise $5 billion in debt to support regional expansion plans.