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The Hidden Leverage in Data Infrastructure
06.2026 · Infrastructure Briefs

The Hidden Leverage in Data Infrastructure

数据基础设施中的隐性杠杆

Hyperscale compute is layering leases, revenue rights and off-balance-sheet structures into a quietly mounting duration mismatch.

Greenfield Research Institute · Greenfield Capital Group

Hyperscale compute is layering leases, revenue rights and off-balance-sheet structures into a quietly mounting duration mismatch.

Hyperscale compute is layering leases, revenue rights and off-balance-sheet structures into a quietly mounting duration mismatch.

Over the past three years, leading compute operators have securitized rent, power and GPU contracts into stacked capital structures.

Our analysis suggests a meaningful share of the underlying assets carry liabilities of under five years against revenue streams beyond ten — an exposure that surfaces rapidly when rates rise.

The brief provides three stress-test templates for institutional allocators and the duration-mismatch indicators to monitor at the ABS and REIT layer.

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