Seth Messner1 statement on record

Seth Messner

person · Head of the data center group, Katten Muchin Rosenman70%credibility0 / 0 / 0

Why this score Leads a law-firm data-centre practice; authoritative on how the SEC's interpretive position maps onto real deal structures, and notably hedged his own inference about Nvidia's platforms rather than overstating it. Interested party as counsel to deal participants.

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2026-08-17? unverified
The SEC's position lets sponsors of data-centre securitisations hold progressively less of their own equity in these deals, and will push the industry toward more of them.

Forward call made the week the reading became public; not yet checkable. The direction is plausible on the record — data-centre asset-backed issuance rose from $2.4bn in 2020 to $15.5bn in 2025 and is pacing to a 2026 record — but that growth predates the SEC's position, so 2027 issuance and disclosed retained-equity levels in new deals are what settle it.

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