Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to hire bankers to arrange financing deals for data centers as Japan¡¯s biggest bank jumps on the artificial intelligence boom.

MUFG sees strong opportunities to match demand to fund the AI buildup with investor appetite for higher-yielding private assets, according to global corporate and investment banking head Fumitaka Nakahama.

Companies are likely to persist with AI-driven capital spending along with investments in other areas such as energy infrastructure, even as geopolitical risks cloud the economic outlook, according to Nakahama.