Pre-Development & Power Finance

There is no completed collateral and no certain power; specialist capital prices this stage and converts once power and offtake are secured.

Secured power capacity with a credible timeline — lenders now underwrite the grid connection before the building.

Interconnection deposits, land control, entitlements and long-lead equipment typically consume 15–25% of total project budget before a construction lender will engage.

Secured power with a credible delivery timeline — grid connections can take up to four years, so lenders now underwrite the power position before the building.

Specialist infrastructure investors and bridge lenders who price development risk — structured so their capital rolls into the senior construction facility at financial close.

Matchpoint arranges the full capital stack for data-center developers and operators — land and powered-shell acquisition finance, senior construction and project finance, mezzanine, equity and JV capital, plus take-out refinancing and sale-and-leaseback once a facility stabilises. Tickets range from USD 5m to USD 500m+.

No. Matchpoint is a corporate-finance and capital-introduction firm: we structure and raise the finance, introduce equity and debt investors and advise on M&A. We do not provide engineering, construction or facility-operations services — those are delivered by your own contractors and operators.

Contracted, long-term lease or offtake cash flows from creditworthy hyperscale and enterprise tenants give data centers infrastructure-like return profiles, while structural demand from AI and cloud underpins growth. We structure debt and equity around those contracted cash flows and the asset’s secured power and connectivity.

Through senior, often limited-recourse project finance sized against contracted tenant cash flows and the asset’s secured power and connectivity, drawn against construction milestones.

A creditworthy anchor tenant or pre-leasing, secured grid power, an experienced operator and a clear path to stabilisation.

A built data-center shell with secured grid power and core infrastructure, ready for a tenant or operator to fit out.

Securing land and grid power is time-critical and capital-intensive; dedicated acquisition or bridge finance lets developers lock in scarce capacity ahead of construction.

Yes — high-value compute can be funded through equipment and asset-backed financing structures, sized against the equipment and its contracted use.

No — we arrange the financing for construction, fit-out and equipment; the engineering and installation are delivered by your own contractors.

Typically a meaningful equity layer beneath senior and mezzanine debt, often provided through JVs that combine land, power, an operator and institutional capital.

Yes — we structure JVs and introduce operators, developers and capital partners to complete the equation.

Capital raised at the operator or portfolio level to fund a pipeline of sites, rather than financing one asset at a time.

Infrastructure funds, institutional investors and strategic players seeking scaled exposure to digital infrastructure.

Through equity, debt or co-investment in development and stabilised data-center assets and platforms. Access is for qualified institutional and family-office investors.

Data-center investor access sits alongside our Alternatives practice; here the focus is the data-center asset class specifically, across both development and stabilised opportunities.

Once it stabilises — leased to creditworthy tenants with predictable cash flows — it can support cheaper, longer-term debt that repays construction finance.

Yes — a take-out can return capital to sponsors for redeployment into the next site.

The owner sells the facility to an investor and immediately leases it back on a long-term lease, freeing capital while continuing to operate.

Infrastructure funds, REITs and institutional investors seeking contracted, long-duration cash flows.

Operating data centers with contracted leases to creditworthy tenants and predictable cash flows.

Yes — contracted lease cash flows can support securitisation and lease-backed debt structures.

Yes — capital and scale advantages are driving active M&A among operators and platforms, creating opportunities for both buyers and sellers.

Both — we run sell-side processes and buy-side searches for data-center and digital-infrastructure assets and platforms.

The right mix of debt, equity and hybrid capital — and how it is sequenced — materially affects cost, risk and returns on a capital-intensive, long-duration asset.

Yes — financing can be structured around secured power capacity and PPAs, and can use green or Sukuk instruments where appropriate.

Lenders discount the hardware and underwrite the contract: a creditworthy, long-tenor offtake sets the debt capacity of the entire project.

No, but it prices differently: guarantees, prepayments, shorter amortisation and tenant diversification can carry a deal that a single weak covenant cannot.

Engagements ordinarily combine a retainer with a success fee. Terms are agreed in writing before work begins and calibrated to the mandate’s size, scope and complexity.

Most mandates reach a first term sheet within 30 days, depending on diligence readiness and structure; closing follows once terms are agreed.

A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement and prepare materials, then run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading at every step.

Matchpoint Partners is based in the UAE and runs cross-border mandates across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK, with active deal activity in wider Europe, Singapore and the United States.

Matchpoint undertakes corporate finance, financing, M&A and fund-placement mandates from USD 5m upwards, subject to mandate fit, diligence, applicable regulation, capacity and a written engagement. The partner team has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions.

Use the enquiry form, email contact@matchpoint-partners.com, or call/WhatsApp +971 52 345 1119. Every mandate is led by a partner from the very first conversation.

Yes. Confidential information is handled under the engagement terms and any applicable non-disclosure agreement.