The International Finance Corporation has made a $30 million equity investment in the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 Partnership to boost essential infrastructure development throughout Africa

Global Infrastructure Partners is in the “late stages of fundraising” for one of its vehicles, according to BlackRock chief executive and chairman Larry Fink in the firm’s Q4 earnings conference call

Africa50 has achieved first close for the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, securing $222.5 million in commitments

Dutch data centre operator NorthC has announced an upcoming 5MW data centre to be constructed in the Frankfurt area

The board of trustees of the Arlington County Employees’ Retirement System has approved a $15 million LP commitment to SDQ Digital Infrastructure Opportunities Fund IV

BlackRock has agreed to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners for about $12.5 billion in cash and stock in a move that further consolidates the infrastructure fund market

Google will join Chilean state-run infrastructure fund Desarrollo País and the Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia to develop a subsea fibre cable route linking Chile, French Polynesia and Australia

The investment committee of the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana has approved a $50 million commitment to Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund V

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has priced a $3 billion 5-year sustainable development bond, proceeds of which will be used for "infrastructure for tomorrow"

Blackstone has promoted Lionel Assant – its European head of private equity – to global co-chief investment officer, based at the firm’s London office

London CIV has appointed Aoifinn Devitt as its new CIO from US-based wealth management firm Moneta, where she was also CIO

DigitalBridge has divested its controlling interest in Vantage Stabilized Data Centre effective 31 December 2023

Swiss Life Asset Managers has agreed with InfraBridge to acquire a co-controlling equity stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners

A joint venture of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has agreed to acquire the company's entire portfolio of carrier-neutral colocation and edge sites in Indonesia