Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (BXDC) offers exposure to stabilized data center assets with limited development risk, while projected industry-leading AFFO/share growth and potential cap rate compression provide investment upside, with Blackstone (BX) backing adding to the credibility, BofA Securities said in a Monday note.

Building on this, the investment firm said that Blackstone's backing and management expertise add credibility. However, these positives are offset by pre-asset acquisition uncertainty, which could drive variance in cap rates, acquisition timing and asset quality versus the brokerage's base case.

Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust has identified a $25 billion pipeline of acquisition targets in the top-tier markets and expects to deploy its initial public offering capital by early 2027, BofA said, adding that tenants of target properties are hyperscalers such as Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), and Alphabet's (GOOGL, GOOG) Google.

Strong projected demand for the data center market is driving record development spending, and exposure to less proven markets and increased counterparty risk at public peers, which has negatively affected valuations in some cases due to near-term AFFO dilution from costs and perceived risks, BofA Securities said.

BofA initiated coverage with a neutral rating and a $22.5 price objective on Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust.

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