Vultr Secures $329 Million in Credit Financing to Expand Global AI Infrastructure and Cloud Computing Platform
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Vultr, the world's largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, today announced the closing of a $255 million syndicated credit facility including a $35 million uncommitted accordion, in addition to $74 million of recently-closed lease financing, for a total of $329 million of credit financing. The syndicated credit facility was led by J.P. Morgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, with additional participation from Citi, Goldman Sachs and KeyBank. Vultr plans to use the additional capital to expand its global footprint of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing infrastructure to serve its rapidly-growing customer base, further solidifying its leadership position in the independent cloud provider market.
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'J.P. Morgan is thrilled to support Vultr's continued growth and success,' said Lorenzo Colonna di Paliano, Innovation Economy Market Executive, J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking. 'Throughout our longstanding relationship, Vultr has shown time and again their ability to innovate and scale in a dynamic sector. We're proud to contribute to their journey and help Vultr achieve new heights in the cloud computing industry.'
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As part of this new credit facility, Vultr also secured $74 million in capital expenditure financing led and syndicated by Bank of America. 'This financing solution will further support Vultr's growth objectives and those of their clients,' said Theresa Provencher, Managing Director, Syndications in Global Leasing, Bank of America.
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This new credit facility follows Vultr's announcement of its first-ever equity financing led by LuminArx Capital Management and AMD Ventures in December 2024. Founded in 2014 by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr provides industry-leading scalability, global reach, compliance and price-to-performance for AI infrastructure and cloud computing. Vultr plans to leverage the facility to continue its expansion of global cloud infrastructure and enable a new era of AI-native applications. With 32 cloud data center regions across six continents, Vultr is the only globally-available, profitable, full-stack AI infrastructure and cloud computing platform.
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'This milestone credit facility from some of the world's most respected financial institutions is a strong validation of Vultr's financial strength, operational discipline, and long-term vision,' said J.J. Kardwell, CEO of Vultr. 'Building on our recent $3.5 billion valuation equity financing, this credit facility further accelerates our global expansion. For enterprises, AI innovators, governments, and compliance-driven organizations, Vultr provides an independent, transparent, and institutional-quality alternative to the hyperscalers.'
Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators around the world. Vultr is trusted by hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries for its flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. Founded by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr has grown to become the world's largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company.
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