Banks Delay Sale of Portion of $15 Billion Loan for Anthropic-Tied Texas Data Center
Several banks are delaying the sale of portions of a $15 billion loan. The loan is being used to finance a data center in Texas tied to artificial intelligence company Anthropic. According to Bloomberg, Texas has suspended approval of new data center projects to assess risks to the power grid. The delay will cause the banks to hold the debt on their balance sheets longer than originally planned.
The loan was previously arranged by a bank group led by Morgan Stanley for a campus project being developed by Nexus Data Centers in Hubbard, Texas. Anthropic is the primary tenant, and Google is providing power and lease-related guarantees. The project plans to have its own natural gas power generation facility. The banks originally planned to refinance part of the debt through the high-yield bond market after the loan was drawn. Bloomberg reported that the current bond issuance plan has been shelved.
As of the time of verification, the report did not disclose the full list of specific banks or a new issuance timetable. Anthropic did not directly respond in public materials to this financing delay. Texas's suspension measures target approvals for new projects, and the details of how they interact with existing financing arrangements still need further confirmation.
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Title: Banks Shelve Bond Sale for Anthropic-Tied Texas Data Center Publisher: Bloomberg Date of publication: 2026-10-28 URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-28/banks-shelve-bond-sale-for-anthropic-tied-texas-data-center Nature of source: media report Verification status: During this reading, accessible summary and report highlights were available; verification date 2026-10-28 Supporting content: Banks delayed the sale of portions of a $15 billion loan used to finance a Texas data center tied to Anthropic; Texas suspended new projects to assess grid risk; the delay will keep the banks holding the debt for longer.
Title: Banks to offload $15bn of debt for Anthropic data centre backed by Google Publisher: Financial Times Date of publication: 2026-08-05 URL: https://www.ft.com/content/c492ce6b-483b-4196-8f2a-9bd1afda92d3 Nature of source: media report Verification status: Full text was read during this reading; verification date 2026-10-28 Supporting content: A bank group led by Morgan Stanley planned to refinance about $15 billion of debt through the bond market; the project is in Hubbard, Texas, with Anthropic as the tenant and Google providing guarantees; the project has its own natural gas power plant.
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The plan to sell portions of a $15 billion loan through the bond market has been delayed, directly corresponding to Texas's suspension of permits for new data center projects. The suspension, cited as a measure to assess grid risk, pushes back the refinancing window that was originally planned after the loan drawdown, requiring the banks to keep the debt on their balance sheets for longer. The borrower is Nexus Data Centers' project in Hubbard, with Anthropic as the primary tenant and Google providing related guarantees, and the project has its own power generation facilities to reduce reliance on the public grid.
Previous reporting showed that the banks had planned to sell the debt in tranches through the high-yield bond market. The current shelving temporarily interrupts that path. Texas's measures target permits for new projects, and the report does not make clear whether construction and grid-connection progress for existing projects are affected to the same extent. Items to watch include whether the bond issuance restarts, progress in Texas's permitting review, and whether the banks adjust the loan drawdown or refinancing timetable.
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The suspension of new project permits due to grid risk assessment pushes back the banks' planned sale of loan portions.
The $15 billion loan corresponds to a data center project with its own power generation, and the refinancing window depends on permitting and construction progress.
The result of the banks holding the debt longer comes from the shelving of the sale plan, not from the loan itself being canceled.