DataBank Holdings, Ltd..
400 South Akard Street, Suite 100
Dallas, Texas 75202
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Independent Accountants’ Report
on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures
We have performed the procedures described below, related to certain information with respect to a portfolio of tenant leases in connection with the proposed offering of DataBank Issuer II, LLC and DataBank
Co-Issuer II, LLC Secured Data Center Revenue Term Notes, Series 2025-1. DataBank Holdings, Ltd.. (the “Company”) is responsible for the information provided to us, including the information set forth in the Data File (each as defined herein).
The Company has agreed to the procedures and acknowledged that the procedures performed are appropriate to meet the intended purpose of evaluating the accuracy of certain information set forth in the Data File.
Additionally, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (together with the Company, the “Specified Parties”) has agreed to the procedures and acknowledged that the procedures performed are appropriate for their purposes. This report may not be suitable for
any other purpose. The procedures performed may not address all of the items of interest to a user of the report and may not meet the needs of all users of the report and, as such, users are responsible for determining whether the procedures
performed are appropriate for their purposes. Consequently, we make no representations regarding the appropriateness of the procedures described below either for the purpose for which this report has been requested or for any other purpose.
We performed certain procedures on earlier versions of the Data File and communicated differences prior to being provided the final Data File which was subjected to the procedures described below.
Agreed-Upon Procedures
At your instruction, we accessed the “Company Website” (https://dealvdr.com/datarooms/databankabs ) on June 16, 2025, and obtained a computer-generated data file and related record layout (the
“Data File”) containing data, as represented to us by the Company, as of June 30, 2025, with respect to five tenant leases (the “Tenant Leases”).
For each of the Tenant Leases, we performed comparisons of the tenant lease characteristics (the “Characteristics”) set forth on the Data File and indicated below.
Characteristics
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Order number (for informational purposes only)
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9.
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Additional base rent amount (if applicable) |
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Work order start date |
10.
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Work order payment frequency |
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Work order end date |
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Escalator rate |
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Tenant name |
12.
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Escalator frequency |
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Date center |
13.
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Renewal options remaining |
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Market |
14.
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Length of renewal options |
7.
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Total contracted kW leased |
15.
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Tenant guarantor credit rating |
8.
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Current rent per kW per month |
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Member of
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We compared Characteristics 2. through 13. to the master lease agreement (or any amendments there to), service order or commencement notice (collectively, the “Lease Agreement”). Further, with
respect to our comparison of Characteristics 2. and 3., differences of 30 days or less are deemed to be “in agreement.”
At the instruction of the Company, we accessed the “Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC Website” (https://www.standardandpoors.com) on July 7, 2025 and, using the tenant name (as set forth on the
Lease Agreement), we compared Characteristic 14. to the corresponding information set forth on Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC Website.
In addition to the procedures described above, for each of the Tenant Leases, we compared the information set forth on the ramp schedule, rent schedule, base rent schedule, current additional rent schedule and
total rent schedule, as set forth on the Data File, to the corresponding information set forth on or derived from the Lease Agreement.
The tenant lease documents described above, and any other related documents used in support of the Characteristics, were provided to us by representatives of the Company and are collectively
referred to hereinafter as the “Tenant Lease Documentation.”
We were not requested to perform, and we did not perform, any procedures with respect to the preparation or verification of any of the information set forth on the Tenant Lease Documentation
and we make no representations concerning the accuracy or completeness of any of the information contained therein. In certain instances, our procedures were performed using data imaged facsimiles or photocopies of the Tenant Lease
Documentation. In addition, we make no representations as to whether the Tenant Lease Documentation are comprehensive or valid instruments or reflect the current prevailing terms with respect to the corresponding Tenant Leases.
Agreed-Upon Procedures’ Findings
The results of the foregoing procedures indicated that the Characteristics set forth on the Data File were found to be in agreement with the above-mentioned Tenant Lease Documentation.
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We make no representations as to the (i) actual characteristics or existence of the underlying documents or data comprising the tenant leases underlying the Data File or the conformity of their characteristics with
those assumed for purposes of the procedures described herein, (ii) existence or ownership of the tenant leases or (iii) reasonableness of any of the aforementioned assumptions, information or methodologies.
It should be understood that we make no representations as to questions of legal interpretation or as to the sufficiency for your purposes of the procedures enumerated in the preceding paragraphs. Also, such
procedures would not necessarily reveal any material misstatement of the information referred to above. We have no responsibility to update this report for events and circumstances that occur subsequent to the date of this report.
We were engaged by the Company to perform this agreed-upon procedures engagement and conducted our engagement in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (“AICPA”). An agreed-upon procedures engagement involves the practitioner performing specific procedures that the engaging party has agreed to and acknowledged to be appropriate for the purpose of the engagement and reporting on
findings based on the procedures performed. We were not engaged to conduct, and did not conduct, an (i) audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or (ii) examination or a review engagement conducted in accordance
with attestation standards established by the AICPA, the objective of which would be the expression of an opinion or conclusion, respectively, on the Data File. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion or conclusion, or any other form of
assurance, including reasonable assurance. Had we performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been reported to you.
We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, as applicable for agreed-upon procedures engagements set forth in the Preface: Applicable to All Members and Part 1 –
Members in Public Practice of the Code of Professional Conduct established by the AICPA. Independence requirements for agreed-upon procedure engagements are less restrictive than independence requirements for audit and other attestation
services.
None of the engagement, procedures or report was intended to address, nor did they address, the (i) conformity of the origination of the assets to stated underwriting or credit extension
guidelines, standards, criteria or other requirements, (ii) value of collateral securing such assets or (iii) compliance of the originator of the assets with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
None of the engagement, procedures or report were intended to satisfy, nor did they satisfy, any criteria for due diligence published by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Specified Parties identified above and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these Specified
Parties.
Yours truly,
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
July 14, 2025