Macquarie’s Latest Data Center Bet is a Tiny Startup

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By Christina Kyriasoglou

January 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC

Corrected

January 13, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC

Macquarie Group Ltd. is lending as much as €117 million ($136 million) to German data center infrastructure startup Polarise GmbH, as a debt-fueled boom in the sector continues into 2026.

The loan will fund Polarise’s fit-out of a Deutsche Telekom AG data center as well as further projects in Europe, Polarise and Macquarie told Bloomberg News.