--- title: Blackstone’s AirTrunk seeks $3bn loan for one Sydney... description: AirTrunk, the Blackstone-owned data centre operator, is seeking a A$4.3bn (~$3bn) loan to build SYD3, a single hyperscale data centre in Sydney exceeding 400MW... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/blackstone-s-airtrunk-seeks-3bn-loan-for-one-sydney-data-centre-btzjhoscb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Blackstone’s AirTrunk seeks $3bn loan for one Sydney data centre | daily.dev og:description: AirTrunk, the Blackstone-owned data centre operator, is seeking a A$4.3bn (~$3bn) loan to build SYD3, a single hyperscale data centre in Sydney exceeding 400MW... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/blackstone-s-airtrunk-seeks-3bn-loan-for-one-sydney-data-centre-btzjhoscb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BTzJHoSCb.png og:image:alt: Blackstone’s AirTrunk seeks $3bn loan for one Sydney data centre og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Blackstone’s AirTrunk seeks $3bn loan for one Sydney data centre **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AirTrunk, the Blackstone-owned data centre operator, is seeking a A$4.3bn (~$3bn) loan to build SYD3, a single hyperscale data centre in Sydney exceeding 400MW of power capacity. The five-year syndicated facility highlights how AI-driven infrastructure investment has scaled to rival major public works projects. The deal reflects a broader shift in how operators finance AI compute buildouts — using project-specific debt, asset-backed bonds, and syndicated loans rather than equity. Power availability, not capital, is now the binding constraint, with SYD3 drawing political and community scrutiny over electricity and water consumption. AirTrunk is simultaneously pursuing a $30bn expansion in India and has been assembling financing aggressively across the Asia-Pacific region since Blackstone's A$24bn acquisition in 2024. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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