TREE NEWS update: US data center operator CleanSpark Inc. priced its first Meta Platforms-linked high-yield bond at 98.5 cents on the dollar for a yield of 8.25%, with orders topping $10 billion against a deal size of nearly $2.28 billion — more than four times oversubscribed. The five-year notes yield roughly 175 basis points above the average BB-rated corporate bond tracked by Bloomberg.
CleanSpark Prices $2.28B Meta-Linked Data Center Junk Bond at 8.25%
AI take
CleanSpark's ability to pull a four-times-oversubscribed order book for a debut Meta-linked junk bond suggests credit investors are still willing to fund AI-adjacent data center buildout, even at a yield well wide of the BB average. The spread is the tell: lenders are pricing counterparty and execution risk into a sector whose capex needs keep outrunning internally generated cash. Whether that premium compresses on the next comparable deal — or widens if buildout timelines slip — is the open question for the broader AI infrastructure financing pipeline.
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