US SEC exempts certain data center bonds from key securitization rules

FILE PHOTO: United States Securities and Exchange Commission logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo 11 Aug 2026 07:27AM (Updated: 11 Aug 2026 07:35AM) Aug 10 : The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has made it easier for data center owners to sell asset-backed securities, as the AI boom expands deeper into financing markets.The regulator's clarification came in response to a letter from law firm Latham & Watkins."We agree that the fixed-income or other securities issued in data center securitizations of the type described in your (Latham & Watkins's) letter are not asset-backed securities," the U.S. markets regulator said.Asset-backed securities are investments created by pooling together financial asset