Stonepeak-backed Digital Edge has raised over $1.6bn through equity and debt financings to accelerate its data centre growth across the Asia Pacific

David Brooks has been appointed head of Fitch Ratings for Australia, succeeding John Miles who is set to retire next month. The appointment is effective immediately

Carlyle Group has raised around $1.075 billion in total to date for its second infrastructure credit fund, according to SEC filings

Swisscom has closed its acquisition of Vodafone Italia in a deal which will see its Fastweb brand merge with the newly acquired company to form Fastweb + Vodafone

Tiger Infrastructure Partners has raised $510 million to date for its fourth infrastructure fund, according to SEC filings

JLC Infrastructure has closed its second flagship fund above target at $925 million

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Swisscom has received clearance from Italian competition authorities for its €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone Italia

Illinois’ Firefighters Pension Investment Fund has allocated $80 million to 2 non-core infrastructure funds

Blackstone has closed its A$24 billion acquisition of hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk, marking the completion of the largest-ever such deal globally and the largest transaction in Australia for 2024

BNP Paribas has formalised its proposed acquisition of AXA Investment Managers with the signing of a share purchase agreement

IHS Towers has completed its 70% stake sale in IHS Kuwait to Kuwaiti telco Zain Group

Marguerite has reached final close on the third iteration of its infrastructure fund at €700 million, below its target of €1 billion

UK-based data centre operator Yondr has secured over $900 million from a consortium of 6 lenders for its greenfield hyperscale data centre campus in Malaysia

Atlas Power Group has signed an agreement with NorthWestern Energy Group to power its Butte, Montana, data centre