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<body> Japan, 15 April 2026 – Crédit Agricole CIB Japan and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance Japan, both entities of the Crédit Agricole Group, today announced the opening of their new office at Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the heart of one of Tokyo's premier international financial districts<figure @class="image"><img @height="1632" @src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance inaugurate new office in Japan_01_52774_CDN_images.jpg" @style="aspect-ratio:2449/1632;" @width="2449"></img></figure>Timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Crédit Agricole's presence in Japan, this move underscores the Group's long-standing commitment to one of the world’s most important and sophisticated financial markets. It also reflects the Group’s confidence in Japan’s economic outlook and its continued dedication to supporting international clients as well as businesses, institutions and individuals as a trusted long-term partner. <subtitle-block>A stratégic step in japan</subtitle-block>The relocation further illustrates the entities’ collective contribution to the Group’s medium-term plan, ACT 2028, announced last November. The organisation of the new workspace has been designed to foster closer collaboration among teams and strengthen synergies across the Group’s business activities.<subtitle-block>A modern and energy-efficient workspace</subtitle-block>The new office brings together over 350 employees from Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance in Japan, in a modern energy-efficient workplace on the 50th floor of the building. The tower is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum-certified, one of the highest global standards in sustainable building design, recognising excellence in energy efficiency, water conservation, and environmental performance.<figure @class="image"><img @height="3757" @src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/IMG_3952_52775_CDN_images.jpg" @style="aspect-ratio:2818/3757;" @width="2818"></img></figure><subtitle-block>Leadership statements</subtitle-block><a @href="quote 1">quote 1</a><a @href="quote 2">quote 2</a></body>

<body>The Crédit Agricole Group strengthens its presence in Tokyo with the opening of new ofifices at Azabudai Hills, a strategic location at the heart of Japan's interantional financial district</body>

Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance inaugurate new office in Japan

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<body> Japan, 15 April 2026 – Crédit Agricole CIB Japan and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance Japan, both entities of the Crédit Agricole Group, today announced the opening of their new office at Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the heart of one of Tokyo's premier international financial districts<figure class="image"><img height="1632" src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance inaugurate new office in Japan_01_52774_CDN_images.jpg" style="aspect-ratio:2449/1632;" width="2449"></img></figure>Timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Crédit Agricole's presence in Japan, this move underscores the Group's long-standing commitment to one of the world’s most important and sophisticated financial markets. It also reflects the Group’s confidence in Japan’s economic outlook and its continued dedication to supporting international clients as well as businesses, institutions and individuals as a trusted long-term partner. <subtitle-block>A stratégic step in japan</subtitle-block>The relocation further illustrates the entities’ collective contribution to the Group’s medium-term plan, ACT 2028, announced last November. The organisation of the new workspace has been designed to foster closer collaboration among teams and strengthen synergies across the Group’s business activities.<subtitle-block>A modern and energy-efficient workspace</subtitle-block>The new office brings together over 350 employees from Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole Life Insurance in Japan, in a modern energy-efficient workplace on the 50th floor of the building. The tower is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum-certified, one of the highest global standards in sustainable building design, recognising excellence in energy efficiency, water conservation, and environmental performance.<figure class="image"><img height="3757" src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/IMG_3952_52775_CDN_images.jpg" style="aspect-ratio:2818/3757;" width="2818"></img></figure><subtitle-block>Leadership statements</subtitle-block><a href="quote 1">quote 1</a><a href="quote 2">quote 2</a></body>

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI), the largest comprehensive guarantee insurance company in Korea, to further support Korean companies’ international growth and strengthen global cooperation. By combining our extensive global network with SGI’s guarantee expertise, we are poised to meet the increasing demand from a larger number of Korean companies expanding abroad.<figure @class="image image-style-align-left"><img @height="619" @src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/MoU_1_52771_CDN_images.jpg" @style="aspect-ratio:974/619;" @width="974"></img></figure>                     The signing ceremony was attended by Didier Gaffinel, Deputy General Manager and Head of Global Coverage & Investment Banking, Yves-Marie Gayet, Global Head of International Trade & Transaction Banking, Charles de la Rochefoucauld, Global Head of Coverage for Insurance & Pension Funds, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds and Gerald Massenet, Senior Country Officer for South Korea.This MoU comes in timely as there is increasing demand from Korean companies on export finance and our Bank is a leading player in this sector globally. Crédit Agricole CIB and SGI will work together on handling various guarantee requirements for Korean companies across their bids overseas.<figure @class="image image-style-align-left"><img @height="454" @src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/SGI Poland_opening_52772_CDN_images.jpg" @style="aspect-ratio:1200/454;" @width="1200"></img></figure>               To strengthen their capacity to help Korean companies expand overseas, SGI has opened its first European representative office in Poland. The opening ceremony was officiated in the presence of management of SGI and Crédit Agricole Bank Polska – Bernard Muselet, Chief Executive Officer, among others. This new office opening is a strategic decision to capture opportunities as Poland is a key logistics and industrial hub connecting Western and Eastern Europe. As a strategic outpost for European expansion for Korean companies, this new office will focus on establishing networks with financial companies in Poland and neighboring European countries.<a @href="quote 1">quote 1</a></body>

<body>A strategic partnership has been signed to support Korean companies in their global ambitions and help secure their interantional expansion projects</body>

Crédit Agricole CIB signs MoU with Seoul Guarantee Insurance to strengthen collaboration to support Korean companies’ overseas expansion

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<body>Crédit Agricole CIB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI), the largest comprehensive guarantee insurance company in Korea, to further support Korean companies’ international growth and strengthen global cooperation. By combining our extensive global network with SGI’s guarantee expertise, we are poised to meet the increasing demand from a larger number of Korean companies expanding abroad.<figure class="image image-style-align-left"><img height="619" src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/MoU_1_52771_CDN_images.jpg" style="aspect-ratio:974/619;" width="974"></img></figure>                     The signing ceremony was attended by Didier Gaffinel, Deputy General Manager and Head of Global Coverage & Investment Banking, Yves-Marie Gayet, Global Head of International Trade & Transaction Banking, Charles de la Rochefoucauld, Global Head of Coverage for Insurance & Pension Funds, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds and Gerald Massenet, Senior Country Officer for South Korea.This MoU comes in timely as there is increasing demand from Korean companies on export finance and our Bank is a leading player in this sector globally. Crédit Agricole CIB and SGI will work together on handling various guarantee requirements for Korean companies across their bids overseas.<figure class="image image-style-align-left"><img height="454" src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/SGI Poland_opening_52772_CDN_images.jpg" style="aspect-ratio:1200/454;" width="1200"></img></figure>               To strengthen their capacity to help Korean companies expand overseas, SGI has opened its first European representative office in Poland. The opening ceremony was officiated in the presence of management of SGI and Crédit Agricole Bank Polska – Bernard Muselet, Chief Executive Officer, among others. This new office opening is a strategic decision to capture opportunities as Poland is a key logistics and industrial hub connecting Western and Eastern Europe. As a strategic outpost for European expansion for Korean companies, this new office will focus on establishing networks with financial companies in Poland and neighboring European countries.<a href="quote 1">quote 1</a></body>

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB acted as the Lead Green Structuring Advisor, Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner to price the three-year US$300 million Senior Unsecured Green Bond offering by global shipping industry giant Evergreen Marine.This transaction achieved several ‘firsts’ in the sector as Asia’s first international green bond issued by a containership shipping company, the first-ever unrated US-dollar green bond from Taiwan, and Evergreen Marine’s own inaugural international green bond offering. It is also the first ever international green bond from the Asian shipping industry to reference the stringent EU Taxonomy substantial contribution criteria, setting a pioneer benchmark in the global sustainable finance sector.The use of proceeds of the green bond will be used to purchase large methanol dual-fuel container vessels designed for lower carbon emissions, enabling it to meet the future regulatory and customer demands. It also helps foster sustainable development in Taiwan, while set a precedent of its kind for a carbon-intensive sector that has been grappling with a necessary transition to more sustainable practices.This bond was well-received by the global investor community with a 6.3x final oversubscription. This first-in-market offering attracted interest from a diversified and high-quality investor base including orders from global real money and dedicated ESG investors. This transaction marks our second public bond issuance as lead manager out of Taiwan. Founded in 1968, Evergreen Marine is now the worlds’ seventh largest shipping company with 1.96 Mteu capacity and 5.8% market share as of 31 December 2025. It serves over 150 routes across Europe, Asia, Near East, Latin America, and Transatlantic.<a @href="quote 1">quote 1</a><a @href="quote 2">quote 2</a><a @href="quote 3">quote 3</a> </body>

<body>The proceeds will be used to finance eligible green projects</body>

Crédit Agricole CIB leads Asia’s first international green bond offering by a containership shipping company - Evergreen Marine

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB acted as the Lead Green Structuring Advisor, Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner to price the three-year US$300 million Senior Unsecured Green Bond offering by global shipping industry giant Evergreen Marine.This transaction achieved several ‘firsts’ in the sector as Asia’s first international green bond issued by a containership shipping company, the first-ever unrated US-dollar green bond from Taiwan, and Evergreen Marine’s own inaugural international green bond offering. It is also the first ever international green bond from the Asian shipping industry to reference the stringent EU Taxonomy substantial contribution criteria, setting a pioneer benchmark in the global sustainable finance sector.The use of proceeds of the green bond will be used to purchase large methanol dual-fuel container vessels designed for lower carbon emissions, enabling it to meet the future regulatory and customer demands. It also helps foster sustainable development in Taiwan, while set a precedent of its kind for a carbon-intensive sector that has been grappling with a necessary transition to more sustainable practices.This bond was well-received by the global investor community with a 6.3x final oversubscription. This first-in-market offering attracted interest from a diversified and high-quality investor base including orders from global real money and dedicated ESG investors. This transaction marks our second public bond issuance as lead manager out of Taiwan. Founded in 1968, Evergreen Marine is now the worlds’ seventh largest shipping company with 1.96 Mteu capacity and 5.8% market share as of 31 December 2025. It serves over 150 routes across Europe, Asia, Near East, Latin America, and Transatlantic.<a href="quote 1">quote 1</a><a href="quote 2">quote 2</a><a href="quote 3">quote 3</a> </body>

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB supported True Internet Data Center (True IDC), Thailand’s leading data centre and cloud service provider and a strategic joint venture under leading Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, in its US$530 million financing to fund the development and construction of a new greenfield hyperscale data centre in Rayong, Thailand.The joint venture in True IDC has been set up to help elevate Thailand’s digital infrastructure transformation to the global stage, in an effort to position the nation as Southeast Asia’s leading digital economy hub.The project marks Crédit Agricole CIB’s first ever greenfield data centre financing in Thailand. This deal, in which Crédit Agricole CIB played key roles as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Underwriter, and Hedge Provider demonstrates Crédit Agricole CIB’s leadership in telecommunications and digital infrastructure financing in Asia-Pacific, and commitment to facilitating digital transformation of Southeast Asia.<a @href="Quote">Quote</a></body>

<body>This also marks the Bank’s debut data centre financing in Thailand, further expanding its strong track record across Asia-Pacific markets.</body>

Supporting True IDC on one of the largest greenfield data centre developments in Thailand

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<body>Crédit Agricole CIB supported True Internet Data Center (True IDC), Thailand’s leading data centre and cloud service provider and a strategic joint venture under leading Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, in its US$530 million financing to fund the development and construction of a new greenfield hyperscale data centre in Rayong, Thailand.The joint venture in True IDC has been set up to help elevate Thailand’s digital infrastructure transformation to the global stage, in an effort to position the nation as Southeast Asia’s leading digital economy hub.The project marks Crédit Agricole CIB’s first ever greenfield data centre financing in Thailand. This deal, in which Crédit Agricole CIB played key roles as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Underwriter, and Hedge Provider demonstrates Crédit Agricole CIB’s leadership in telecommunications and digital infrastructure financing in Asia-Pacific, and commitment to facilitating digital transformation of Southeast Asia.<a href="Quote">Quote</a></body>

<body>The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's groundbreaking third digital green bond offering was priced on 10 November 2025, worthing approximately HK$10 billion across four currencies under its Global Medium Term Note Programme. Proceeds will be used for funding eligible projects, under the Government Sustainable Bond Programme, that will provide environmental benefits and support the sustainable development of Hong Kong.The multi-currency issuance comprised tranches in Hong Kong dollars, Renminbi, US dollars, and Euro. With further expansion in size, tenor and participation, it attracted strong demand from a diverse base of institutional investors worldwide, including many first-time digital bond investors. The transaction builds on the success of previous digital bond issuances in <a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/hong-kong-sar-issues-worlds-first-government-issued-tokenised-green-bond">2023</a> and <a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/hong-kong-sar-government-issues-worlds-first-multi-currency-digital-green-bond">2024</a>, while introducing several breakthrough features, representing a significant evolution in digital capital markets. It lays the foundation for future integration with other forms of digital money, fostering interoperability and unlocking new synergies across different digital infrastructures.The issuance also marks the first digital bond offering globally to integrate tokenised central bank money - e-CNY and e-HKD - in the settlement process, alongside traditional rails, helping further reduce settlement time, costs and counterparty credit risk.Crédit Agricole CIB has assumed a lead role acting as joint global coordinator, joint bookrunner, joint lead manager, and joint green and sustainable bond structuring bank in this transaction. Our expertise in both traditional debt capital markets and emerging digital technologies positions us uniquely to support complex issuances that integrate innovative features.<a @href="Quote1">Quote1</a><a @href="Quote2">Quote2</a><a @href="Quote3">Quote3</a></body>

<body>Another testament to the Bank’s expertise in contributing to Hong Kong's leadership in digital asset innovation and sustainable finance.</body>

Crédit Agricole CIB once again supports landmark digitally native green bond issuance by the Hong Kong SAR Government

<body>The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's groundbreaking third digital green bond offering was priced on 10 November 2025, worthing approximately HK$10 billion across four currencies under its Global Medium Term Note Programme. Proceeds will be used for funding eligible projects, under the Government Sustainable Bond Programme, that will provide environmental benefits and support the sustainable development of Hong Kong.The multi-currency issuance comprised tranches in Hong Kong dollars, Renminbi, US dollars, and Euro. With further expansion in size, tenor and participation, it attracted strong demand from a diverse base of institutional investors worldwide, including many first-time digital bond investors. The transaction builds on the success of previous digital bond issuances in <a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/hong-kong-sar-issues-worlds-first-government-issued-tokenised-green-bond">2023</a> and <a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/hong-kong-sar-government-issues-worlds-first-multi-currency-digital-green-bond">2024</a>, while introducing several breakthrough features, representing a significant evolution in digital capital markets. It lays the foundation for future integration with other forms of digital money, fostering interoperability and unlocking new synergies across different digital infrastructures.The issuance also marks the first digital bond offering globally to integrate tokenised central bank money - e-CNY and e-HKD - in the settlement process, alongside traditional rails, helping further reduce settlement time, costs and counterparty credit risk.Crédit Agricole CIB has assumed a lead role acting as joint global coordinator, joint bookrunner, joint lead manager, and joint green and sustainable bond structuring bank in this transaction. Our expertise in both traditional debt capital markets and emerging digital technologies positions us uniquely to support complex issuances that integrate innovative features.<a href="Quote1">Quote1</a><a href="Quote2">Quote2</a><a href="Quote3">Quote3</a></body>

Quantum innovation for finance: Crédit Agricole CIB and Quandela optimise default risk prediction models

<body><subtitle-block>Enriched data at the heart of this new solution</subtitle-block>Until now, the publication of research documents was the only way of sharing information, recommendations and research forecasts. This new platform connects billions of data using artificial intelligence. The market research teams can now produce personalised thematic reports with different levels of sophistication depending on the profile of clients and their technical skills, both on the macroeconomic environment and on the foreign exchange, fixed-income markets, etc. The publications shared with clients over the past year already contain some exclusive content developed with this new solution, generating real interest from subscribers with a sharp increase in consultations.<subtitle-block>A centralised platform for exclusive content</subtitle-block>The strength of this AI-based system is to centralise and connect data from around a hundred external sources (central banks, NGOs, specialised companies, regulators, data aggregators, etc.) and internal models produced by the Bank’s strategists, analysts and economists.The platform is also interactive, enabling you to interact directly with the database or certain forecasting models.The system is proving to be a relevant platform for developing new artificial intelligence products applied to detecting price anomalies, for example, or analysing and anticipating the behaviour of some market players.<a @href="Quote1">Quote1</a>The solution was presented to the first clients at the end of 2024 and the feedback is excellent, both in terms of the possibilities offered by the solution and the technological approach chosen by the Bank. The new solution will be commercialised soon. </body>

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB is transforming its market research with a data-driven intelligence solution, which will be launched soon. It offers a tailor-made service to clients subscribing to the Bank’s market research. It also provides access to exclusive and personalised data according to their profile. </body>

Market research: Crédit Agricole CIB combines AI and data

<body><subtitle-block>Enriched data at the heart of this new solution</subtitle-block>Until now, the publication of research documents was the only way of sharing information, recommendations and research forecasts. This new platform connects billions of data using artificial intelligence. The market research teams can now produce personalised thematic reports with different levels of sophistication depending on the profile of clients and their technical skills, both on the macroeconomic environment and on the foreign exchange, fixed-income markets, etc. The publications shared with clients over the past year already contain some exclusive content developed with this new solution, generating real interest from subscribers with a sharp increase in consultations.<subtitle-block>A centralised platform for exclusive content</subtitle-block>The strength of this AI-based system is to centralise and connect data from around a hundred external sources (central banks, NGOs, specialised companies, regulators, data aggregators, etc.) and internal models produced by the Bank’s strategists, analysts and economists.The platform is also interactive, enabling you to interact directly with the database or certain forecasting models.The system is proving to be a relevant platform for developing new artificial intelligence products applied to detecting price anomalies, for example, or analysing and anticipating the behaviour of some market players.<a href="Quote1">Quote1</a>The solution was presented to the first clients at the end of 2024 and the feedback is excellent, both in terms of the possibilities offered by the solution and the technological approach chosen by the Bank. The new solution will be commercialised soon. </body>

Tokenized Correspondent Banking Experiment: a Key Step Towards an Open and Interoperable Standard

Sustainable finance

First EU Taxonomy-aligned Green Loan in the European cloud sector for OVH Cloud

First experimentation with Eurosystem wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)

Crédit Agricole CIB announces its participation in Project Agorá, studying tokenization on cross-border payments

<body>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not a new topic for discussion. However, there is a pivotal step that many have missed before the evolution really began – how will our infrastructure enable this next big step of digital evolution?To put it simply, data centres are buildings that host all the information you process online, from questions you ask AI to cloud storage. To provide the complex computing power and storage functionalities required to train and deliver AI, we need a data centre network as a backbone for the rapidly evolving digital economy.That brings us to the next question – how are we going to facilitate the exponential growth of AI and the digital economy, which is entirely reliant on data centres? This growth in data centre demand will require a substantial volume of capital investment for the buildout.<a @href="Q1">Q1</a><subtitle-block>Funding data centre buildout</subtitle-block>Gathering billions of funding within a relatively short period of time is not a straightforward process – it requires specially designed solutions and access to a variety of credit and debt financing sources including project finance, securitisation and private credit, to accumulate sufficient investment. Banks play a critical role in this complicated process – they can help tailor suitable financing structures and tap the right liquidity pools, such as seeking funds from private debt providers or issuing credit facilities themselves, and line up independent credit rating and legal reviews for funding.One of the most successful data centre companies that has been able to secure capital from the bank market is Australian-founded AirTrunk. The company has the largest hyperscale centre platform in Asia-Pacific and Japan (excluding mainland China). To date, AirTrunk has raised over A$6 billion in ESG financing, making it one of the largest issuers of sustainable financing in the global data centre industry.Data centres around the world are looking to decarbonise their emissions while expanding to cater to global demand. Reaching out to partners with deep sector knowledge like Crédit Agricole CIB brings advantages as they can customise innovative financing solutions with specific features to support decarbonisation trajectories. When designed thoughtfully, sustainable finance can also address ESG priorities beyond climate goals, such as diversity and community engagement.<a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/asia-pacific-trailblazes-esg-adoption-and-innovation-amongst-global-data-centre-operators">Read more: How the world’s global carbon footprint is being impacted by our technology advancement globally, and how every step we take to decarbonise data centre industry emissions has an impact</a><a @href="Q2">Q2</a>As time goes by, rating agencies are getting more comfortable with the reliable, long-term cash flow generated from the underlying customer contracts, leading to more data operators, especially in the Americas, securitising the offtake contracts and thereby opening up a new avenue for data centre financing.  <subtitle-block>A global phenomenon</subtitle-block>Beyond the Americas, which is often considered as the hub for data centres, there has also been a surge of build-out of data centres in Asia-Pacific, spurred by digitalisation of local economies and a deep talent pool for data centre operation.In 2023, Crédit Agricole CIB supported AirTrunk in issuing the world’s largest data centre sustainability-linked loan in history. The transaction featured innovative industry-specific environmental key performance indicators (KPIs) such as carbon, energy and water efficiency, as well as gender diversity and pay equity to align the company’s human development goals. Within the same year, the Bank has helped at least three other data centres in Asia-Pacific – AirTrunk in Australia, Digital Edge (Singapore) in South Korea, and ESR in Hong Kong – in exploring ways to achieve sustainable growth while implementing their ESG objectives.AirTrunk has adopted sustainable financing to ensure it scales responsibly as the demand for AI and cloud computing skyrockets. With sustainability at the heart of both its financing and operations, linking financing to its sustainability strategy has been one of the key differentiators for AirTrunk in successfully securing large volumes of capital from the bank market. AirTrunk has gone a step further, investing the margin incentives from its sustainability-linked loans (from the achievement of its loan KPIs) into its social impact programme to deliver material and lasting benefit to the community.To ensure accountability and transparency, AirTrunk has developed a comprehensive sustainable financing framework outlining the rationale of the KPIs included in their sustainability-linked loan.<a @href="Q3">Q3</a><a @href="Q4">Q4</a></body>

<body>Data centres around the world are looking to decarbonise their emissions while expanding to cater to global demand. </body>

Growth-powering strategy: Data centre financing for a sustainable future

<body>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not a new topic for discussion. However, there is a pivotal step that many have missed before the evolution really began – how will our infrastructure enable this next big step of digital evolution?To put it simply, data centres are buildings that host all the information you process online, from questions you ask AI to cloud storage. To provide the complex computing power and storage functionalities required to train and deliver AI, we need a data centre network as a backbone for the rapidly evolving digital economy.That brings us to the next question – how are we going to facilitate the exponential growth of AI and the digital economy, which is entirely reliant on data centres? This growth in data centre demand will require a substantial volume of capital investment for the buildout.<a href="Q1">Q1</a><subtitle-block>Funding data centre buildout</subtitle-block>Gathering billions of funding within a relatively short period of time is not a straightforward process – it requires specially designed solutions and access to a variety of credit and debt financing sources including project finance, securitisation and private credit, to accumulate sufficient investment. Banks play a critical role in this complicated process – they can help tailor suitable financing structures and tap the right liquidity pools, such as seeking funds from private debt providers or issuing credit facilities themselves, and line up independent credit rating and legal reviews for funding.One of the most successful data centre companies that has been able to secure capital from the bank market is Australian-founded AirTrunk. The company has the largest hyperscale centre platform in Asia-Pacific and Japan (excluding mainland China). To date, AirTrunk has raised over A$6 billion in ESG financing, making it one of the largest issuers of sustainable financing in the global data centre industry.Data centres around the world are looking to decarbonise their emissions while expanding to cater to global demand. Reaching out to partners with deep sector knowledge like Crédit Agricole CIB brings advantages as they can customise innovative financing solutions with specific features to support decarbonisation trajectories. When designed thoughtfully, sustainable finance can also address ESG priorities beyond climate goals, such as diversity and community engagement.<a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/asia-pacific-trailblazes-esg-adoption-and-innovation-amongst-global-data-centre-operators">Read more: How the world’s global carbon footprint is being impacted by our technology advancement globally, and how every step we take to decarbonise data centre industry emissions has an impact</a><a href="Q2">Q2</a>As time goes by, rating agencies are getting more comfortable with the reliable, long-term cash flow generated from the underlying customer contracts, leading to more data operators, especially in the Americas, securitising the offtake contracts and thereby opening up a new avenue for data centre financing.  <subtitle-block>A global phenomenon</subtitle-block>Beyond the Americas, which is often considered as the hub for data centres, there has also been a surge of build-out of data centres in Asia-Pacific, spurred by digitalisation of local economies and a deep talent pool for data centre operation.In 2023, Crédit Agricole CIB supported AirTrunk in issuing the world’s largest data centre sustainability-linked loan in history. The transaction featured innovative industry-specific environmental key performance indicators (KPIs) such as carbon, energy and water efficiency, as well as gender diversity and pay equity to align the company’s human development goals. Within the same year, the Bank has helped at least three other data centres in Asia-Pacific – AirTrunk in Australia, Digital Edge (Singapore) in South Korea, and ESR in Hong Kong – in exploring ways to achieve sustainable growth while implementing their ESG objectives.AirTrunk has adopted sustainable financing to ensure it scales responsibly as the demand for AI and cloud computing skyrockets. With sustainability at the heart of both its financing and operations, linking financing to its sustainability strategy has been one of the key differentiators for AirTrunk in successfully securing large volumes of capital from the bank market. AirTrunk has gone a step further, investing the margin incentives from its sustainability-linked loans (from the achievement of its loan KPIs) into its social impact programme to deliver material and lasting benefit to the community.To ensure accountability and transparency, AirTrunk has developed a comprehensive sustainable financing framework outlining the rationale of the KPIs included in their sustainability-linked loan.<a href="Q3">Q3</a><a href="Q4">Q4</a></body>