Capital Planning for Your Large Investments: Model Debt, Depreciation, and Cash Flow with Confidence

March 25, 2026 by Petra Rich in Webinars/Events 1 0 0

April 9, 2026

Capital planning doesn’t happen in isolation.

When organizations plan for large investments, they also need to model how those investments are financed — and how both impact financial statements over time.

The explosive growth in demand for AI-driven solutions is putting the entire AI Ecosystem under pressure, not just data centers, but also the power (see Google Announcement), cooling, fiber, telecom, and energy-storage networks (see Redwood Materials Announcement) required to bring these projects online. For data center operators, suppliers, and the industries that support them, the challenge is no longer simply approving capital spend. It is sequencing the right projects, funding them intelligently, and understanding the downstream impact on debt, depreciation, cash flow, and working capital. When critical infrastructure must be delivered on time, on budget, and without exhausting available liquidity, capital planning becomes a strategic discipline, not an administrative exercise.

Too often, capital expenditure planning and debt modeling are handled separately, making it difficult to understand the full financial picture.

In this session, we’ll demonstrate how organizations are combining capital planning and debt modeling into a unified process using SAP Analytics Cloud and PlaniFi.

Through a practical example, you’ll see how to plan capital purchases financed through debt — and automatically calculate the downstream financial impacts across both assets and liabilities.

What You’ll Learn

How to plan capital expenditures alongside debt financing
How to calculate present value and model loan payment structures
How to break down payments into principal and interest
How to track debt balances over time
How to align capital investments with asset depreciation and financial reporting