Financing the AI Infrastructure Boom

Valentina Burger-Jimenez -DigitalBridge - August 17. 2026

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In this episode, Catherine sat down with Valentina Burger-Jiménez from DigitalBridge about what it takes to finance AI infrastructure at scale. With DigitalBridge portfolio companies representing roughly one-third of the digital infrastructure securitization market, Valentina shares unique insights into the financing structures supporting AI-driven data center development. In this episode, they discuss:

The evolution of financing structures across project finance, high yield bonds, private placements, investment grade bonds, and securitization

Why power has become one of the biggest underwriting considerations for new data centers

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