S&P Global Ratings launched an interactive North America data center dashboard on October 23, 2026, offering a dynamic view of its rated digital infrastructure universe across multiple financial sectors.
Dashboard Overview
S&P Global Ratings announced the launch of its new interactive dashboard on October 23, 2026. According to the company, the platform provides a dynamic view of its rated North American data center universe across Project Finance, Corporates, and Structured Finance asset-backed securities.
The dashboard brings together market overviews, issuer tear sheets, comparatives, and state-level capacity insights. It accompanies the fourth-quarter roundup publication titled North America Data Center Roundup: Fourth-Quarter 2026, which was published on October 16, 2026.
Market Scale and Development Outlook
According to Vishal Merani, Managing Director and Global Digital Infrastructure Team Leader at S&P Global Ratings, the rated North American data center universe spans 32 digital infrastructure transactions and $105.3 billion in debt issuance. Structured finance asset-backed securities make up 50% of issuers by count, followed by project finance issuers at 28% and corporates at 22%.
By debt issuance volume, project finance accounts for 58.3%, structured finance asset-backed securities account for 26.4%, and corporates account for 15.3%. S&P Global Ratings stated that these transactions are backed by 143 properties providing approximately 8.7 gigawatts of capacity to tenants in North America.
S&P Global Ratings stated it expects strong data center demand driven by exponential data growth, cloud migration, and ongoing economic digitization. However, the rating agency also warned that power constraints, permitting challenges, public pushback, and regulatory responses could constrain or delay new data center development.
Key facts and where they come from
- S&P Global Ratings launched an interactive North America data center dashboard on October 23, 2026.
S&P Global Ratings, the world's leading provider of independent credit ratings, today launched a new interactive dashboard
- The rated North American data center universe covers 32 digital infrastructure transactions totaling $105.3 billion in debt issuance.
Covers 32 digital infrastructure transactions totaling $105.3 billion in debt issuance
- Rated transactions are backed by 143 properties with approximately 8.7 gigawatts of capacity available to tenants in North America.
The rated transactions are backed by 143 properties with approximately 8.7 gigawatts of capacity available to tenants in North America.
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