Hamburg Commercial Bank participates in refinancing of UK Data Centre business Pulsant
GERMANY/HAMBURG – Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) has participated in a senior debt refinancing of Pulsant. The total volume of the financing, which was provided jointly with a consortium of banks, amounts to £187 million.
Pulsant is the UK’s most geographically diverse digital infrastructure provider specialising in colocation, private cloud and network services. Pulsant’s operational footprint provides nationwide coverage of 14 sites across ten cities providing 19 MW of colocation capacity. Antin Infrastructure Partners acquired Pulsant in 2021 and has transformed the company from a managed services into an infrastructure platform.
Hans Lötzer, Head of Project Finance at Hamburg Commercial Bank, said: “Financing digital infrastructure is one of our core businesses, in which we have been successfully active throughout Europe for many years. Data centres form the digital backbone needed to handle the exponentially growing volume of data in a globally connected world.” César Bravo, Project Finance Director at HCOB, added: “We are delighted to support Pulsant and would like to thank Brad Petzer and the wider Pulsant and Antin teams for their trust and cooperation.”
Brad Petzer, CFO at Pulsant, said: “This financing from HCOB enables us to continue driving forward the expansion of our infrastructure platform, platformEDGE, in the UK. The bank’s project finance team has a high level of expertise and we are grateful for their reliable partnership.”
About Hamburg Commercial Bank
Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) is a private commercial bank headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, that provides customized financing solutions for German and international companies. HCOB has a strong position in structured real estate and project finance and is a reliable financing partner for the shipping sector. Efficient and secure payment transaction services as well as innovative products for foreign trade complete the range of services. The bank is guided by established ESG criteria and operates from several locations in Germany as well as in Amsterdam, London, Luxembourg and Piraeus. For more information, please visit www.hcob-bank.com.
About Pulsant
Pulsant is the UK’s leading regional edge infrastructure. Our platformEDGE infrastructure connects 14 strategically located data centres through a low-latency network fabric, providing access to cloud, connectivity, and compute services across the UK and beyond. Pulsant enables regional businesses and service providers to leverage the power of edge computing to improve application performance and user experience, reach new markets, and build innovative use cases. platformEDGE allows businesses to scale IT workloads in line with their ambitions, both locally and nationally, while ensuring continuous availability of data and applications through diverse connectivity options.
By choosing Pulsant, clients can optimise costs with local, secure infrastructure and access to an ecosystem of suppliers and partners, delivering exceptional time to value and supporting their digital ambitions. With almost three decades of experience and approximately 800 clients who put their trust in our geographically diverse digital infrastructure, we are committed to our ESG goals, holding multiple accreditations, including ISO27001 and PCI DSS, to deliver the highest standards of security and compliance.
About Antin Infrastructure Partners
Antin Infrastructure Partners is a leading private equity firm focused on infrastructure. With over €33 billion in assets under management across its Flagship, Mid Cap and NextGen investment strategies, Antin targets investments in the energy and environment, digital, transport and social infrastructure sectors. With offices in Paris, London, New York, Seoul, Singapore and Luxembourg, Antin employs over 240 professionals dedicated to growing, improving and transforming infrastructure businesses while delivering long-term value to portfolio companies and investors. Majority owned by its partners, Antin is listed on Euronext Paris (Ticker: ANTIN – ISIN: FR0014005AL0).
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