HSBC Holdings is planning a risk transfer transaction to hedge against datacenter-related loan exposures. As the AI investment boom continues to heat up, more and more banks are considering similar deals. People familiar with the matter said that the London-based bank is in preliminary negotiations with investors to consider arranging a major risk transfer transaction for loans of more than 1 billion US dollars to finance AI infrastructure such as data centers. People familiar with the matter, who did not wish to be named because the information was not disclosed, said that the terms, including the scale of the deal, may still be adjusted as negotiations progress.

HSBC Holdings is planning a risk transfer transaction to hedge against datacenter-related loan exposures. As the AI investment boom continues to heat up, more and more banks are considering similar deals. People familiar with the matter said that the London-based bank is in preliminary negotiations with investors to consider arranging a major risk transfer transaction for loans of more than 1 billion US dollars to finance AI infrastructure such as data centers. People familiar with the matter, who did not wish to be named because the information was not disclosed, said that the terms, including the scale of the deal, may still be adjusted as negotiations progress.