This webinar explored the 2025 outlook for data centers. Our panel of analysts delved into key trends, opportunities, and potential risks in this rapidly evolving sector. Topics included:
- Global data center capacity growth: What are the implications of the projected doubling of global data center capacity for the market, considering the surge in demand from ai, cloud services, and cryptocurrencies?
- Technological improvements vs. capacity needs: How might advancements in computing power and energy efficiency influence the long-term demand and supply dynamics of data center capacity?
- Financing data center expansion: What financing trends are emerging in response to the significant projected investment in data center capacity over the next five years?
- Energy and water constraints: How do energy and water constraints impact the growth and sustainability of data center operations, and what does this mean for the overall market?
- Costs, delays, and construction adaptability: What effects do rising costs, inflation, and supply chain delays have on data center construction timelines and market supply?
- Lease renewal risks and market evolution: How does the evolving data center market affect long-term lease renewals and the stability of market supply and demand?
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SpeakersJohn Medina Senior Vice President, Global Project and Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
Raj Joshi Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
Ranjini Venkatesan Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, US REITs, CFG Moody's Ratings
Ryan Wobbrock Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Utilities Moody's Ratings
Veronica Huang Vice President – Senior Analyst Moody's Ratings
Vincent Detilleux Analyst, Project Infrastructure Group Moody´s Ratings
Nidhi Dhruv Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
Ramzi Kattan Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
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John is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Global Project and Infrastructure Finance Team covering a diverse portfolio of project financings, public private partnerships (PPPs), and municipal infrastructure issuers in the transportation, energy and social infrastructure sectors. John chairs Moody’s Global PPP Task Force and is the sector lead for US toll roads, PPPs and generic project financings. John authors research across multiple sectors and annually leads several new rating assignments for new PPPs and project financings in the US and Canada. John was selected as one of the Bond Buyer’s 2017 Rising Stars. Before joining the Infrastructure and Project Finance Team in 2010, John spent two and a half years as a lead analyst for local governments and enterprises in the Eastern Regional Local Government Ratings Team where he was the lead for municipal issuers in Pennsylvania and New York while also covering New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida. Prior to joining Moody’s, John worked as a risk management analyst, a property and casualty insurance account manager, and a health care claims auditor. John is a founding member and was the first co-chair of Moody’s NY Multicultural Employee Resource Group and is a founding steering committee member of Moody’s NY LGBTA Employee Resource Group. John earned his BA degree in Health Care Economics and Policy from Stanford University and his MPA in Health Care Public Finance from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Raj Joshi is a Senior Vice President on the Corporate Finance Team. He is the lead analyst responsible for a portfolio of enterprise software, hardware and technology-enabled services companies. Raj has covered a portfolio of technology and business services companies since 2010. From 2005 to 2010, he was part of the Telecommunications and Media team. Before joining Moody’s in 2005, Raj was an International Banker at Union Bank of California (now part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group).
Raj has an MBA from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Mumbai. Raj is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.
Ranjini Venkatesan is a VP Senior Credit Officer in the CRE-REIT team at Moody’s covering a portfolio of real estate investment trust (REIT) and real estate operating company (REOC) issuers. In addition, she is the sector specialist for office and data center REITs. Prior to joining the real estate finance team, Ranjini was a lead analyst in the Financial Institutions group at Moody’s focusing on financial guaranty and mortgage insurance companies. Before that, she was sellside equity research analyst at ABN Amro Asia.
Ranjini received her BSc. (Hons.) from University of Delhi, an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University.
Ryan Wobbrock is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in the Global Infrastructure Finance Group at Moody’s Investors Service. His responsibilities include conducting industry research and supporting the credit analysis of various U.S. electric utility companies. Prior to joining the Utilities Group as a Senior Associate in December 2004, Ryan worked at Moody’s in the Public Finance Group and spent time in Investment Accounting at Ambac Financial Group. Ryan graduated as an Honors Program Participant and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Colorado State University.
Veronica Huang is a Vice President – Senior Analyst at Moody’s Ratings, where she has been a key member of the CMBS New Ratings team since 2017. She leads the ratings analysis of conduit/fusion and large loan CMBS transactions, specializing in deals backed by complex and esoteric assets, including data centers. Veronica also leads Moody’s CMBS data center team and plays a pivotal role in developing the firm’s approach to data center CMBS and ABS ratings.
Previously, Veronica was a lead analyst on Moody’s RMBS Surveillance team, monitoring a portfolio of complex legacy RMBS transactions. She holds a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from Drake University. Veronica is also a CFA charterholder.
Nidhi Dhruv is a Senior Credit Officer, with Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Singapore, Nidhi covers a portfolio of issuers across the telecommunications, telecom towers, mining, construction and airline industries in South and Southeast Asia.
Before joining Moody’s in 2007, Nidhi was an analyst with Citigroup Investment Banking in India and Singapore for three years.
Nidhi is a CFA charterholder and a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She also has an MBA in Finance from Mumbai University.
Ramzi is a Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group in London focused on real estate.
He joined Moody’s in February 2011 as a lead analyst in EMEA CMBS responsible for analysing and rating a large variety of commercial mortgage backed transactions across all EMEA jurisdictions and property types. Ramzi’s responsibilities also included researching and analysing property market data and tracking European occupational and investment market trends.
Ramzi also worked in Moody’s Financial Institutions Group’s Analytics Team, where he was instrumental in conducting successful stress tests for banks globally as well as monitoring bank asset quality.
Prior to beginning his career at Moody’s in 2011, Ramzi spent 15 years working with a variety of European banks as a real estate credit specialist, and also worked in the Middle East on real estate development projects.
Ramzi’s prior roles included working as a senior real estate credit officer at the Royal Bank of Scotland. He also worked as deputy head of portfolio management at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank with direct risk responsibility for a large real estate finance portfolio covering a diverse range of assets including office, retail, industrial, hotels, residential, and healthcare.
Ramzi earned his MSc in Real Estate Investment from the Cass Business School. He also holds an MSc in Finance and a BA in General Management, both from Boston College.