Volta’s $5B AI infrastructure loan reportedly needed a higher yield and stronger lender protections to get done.
Bloomberg reports pricing at 6.5 percentage points above the benchmark rate, issued at 95 cents on the dollar. That pushed the yield above the 11% banks had initially floated.
I’m interested to see what terms $IREN and $NBIS secure on future financing deals, and how much room those terms leave for attractive shareholder returns.