🚨 Vantage raises €720M

What we’ll cover today:

🚨 Vantage raises €720M using data centers as collateral… Europe's first of its kind.

🧠 IonQ bets $1.1B on quantum chips to power the next-gen enterprise stack.

🔮 Why the real innovation layer in SaaS might be invisible infrastructure.

Vantage raises $821M to power Europe’s AI boom ⚡🏗️

Vantage, a US data center operator, just raised $821 million in Europe by turning its server buildings into bond collateral.

🚨Breaking News:
Vantage pulled off Europe’s first-ever data center-backed bond deal to expand AI-ready infrastructure in Germany. Investors loved it.

⚡Wire Simplified:

• Vantage raised €720M ($821M) via asset-backed securitization (ABS) across 4 data centers in Germany.

• These centers serve “hyperscale” customers (think Big Tech giants).

• The ABS bonds are rated A and BBB by Scope Ratings.

• Despite high leverage, the bonds were 2–4x oversubscribed.

• The funds will repay construction loans and expand AI/data infra in Europe.

✔️Straight to the Point:
Even with high debt, investors couldn’t resist this AI-era real estate play. Data centers might just be the new gold mines.

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IonQ buys Oxford Ionics for $1.1B 🧠✨

IonQ, an American quantum computing company, is buying Oxford Ionics from the UK to level up in the quantum chip race.

🚨Breaking News:
IonQ is spending over $1 billion to boost its quantum hardware with Oxford’s chip tech. Goal: 2 million qubits by 2030.

⚡Wire Simplified:

• IonQ is buying Oxford Ionics for $1.1B (mostly in stock, plus $10M cash).

• Their combined tech aims to make quantum computing more powerful, faster.

• IonQ plans to scale to 256 qubits by 2026, and 2 million by 2030.

• Microsoft and Alphabet’s quantum moves have reignited investor interest.

• IonQ’s shares are up 3% since the announcement.

✔️Straight to the Point:
Quantum computing is getting real. This deal gives IonQ the chips to chase Microsoft, Google, and the “quantum gorilla” crown.

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