Sudatel joins data centre ecosystem in Sudan

Sudatel – Sudan’s second-largest mobile operator – has announced its participation in the DjIX platform at Wingu’s Djibouti Data Center

Agility launches data centre sites across Mideast & Africa

Industrial and logistics real estate developer Agility Logistics Parks has launched data centre campus sites in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, and Ghana

Maincubes signs €1bn facility for Europe growth

German data centre operator Maincubes has today announced that it has signed a €1.035 billion scalable finance facility to drive sustainable growth across Europe

OPFP commits $80m to Brookfield V

Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has made a commitment to Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V worth $80 million

Spanish data centre PPP in the works

Impulsa Galicia, a public-private partnership from the Galician government, has appointed renewable energy firm Ingenostrum as its partner on a €400 million greenfield carbon-neutral data centre project in Galicia, Spain

DWS launches evergreen infrastructure strategy

DWS has launched a European evergreen infrastructure investment strategy focused on assets in the EU

Roland Berger appoints infra lawyers to lead MENA office

Roland Berger has appointed infra lawyers Hani Tohme and Santiago Castillo as managing partners to co-lead the firm’s MENA office

Meridiam, Magenta Telekom JV green lit

The European Commission has given the go ahead to a joint venture between France’s Meridiam and Austria’s Magenta Telekom which aims to launch a fibre roll-out in Austria

Bowmans promotes Baru to partnership in Nairobi

Bowmans has elevated energy and infra projects lawyer Edwin Baru to the partnership to boost the firm's coverage in the east Africa region

Megawide, EDC partner for Philippines data centre

Filipino conglomerate Megawide has partnered with Singapore-headquartered Evolution Data Centres to develop a 69MW carrier-neutral data centre in the archipelago country

CMA conditionally approves Inmarsat acquisition

The Competition Markets Authority has provisionally approved US telecom provider Viasat’s acquisition of British satellite business Inmarsat Group Holdings

Grain secures second tranche of fibre financing

UK broadband provider Grain has secured the second of 2 tranches of a debt financing package from NordLB to fund its fibre roll-out plans

EIG, Modern Energy back US solar developer

EIG, the $22.7 billion energy and infrastructure investor, and renewables company Modern Energy have backed solar developer Industrial Sun to the tune of $90 million

ProInversión to award $3bn infra projects

Peruvian investment promotion agency ProInversión will seek to award PPP projects worth around $3 billion in 2023, the organisation announced on Tuesday