Kio launches Spanish data centre
Mexican information technology group Kio Networks has added to its Spanish assets with a €50 million data centre in Valencia
Chindata returns for $300m bonds
Bain Capital-backed Chindata Group Holdings made an opportunistic return to the international bond market on Wednesday to print a $300 million 3-year unsecured bond, paying a10.50% coupon
UK data centre in works to attract hyperscalers
Plans for a large-scale data centre have been submitted to Epping Forrest District Council in a bid to attract hyperscalers to the area
Dalmore – fundraise pulled / London closing
IJGlobal hears of worrying developments at Dalmore Capital with a halt called to its latest fundraise, the London office being all but closed down and the Innisfree model being adopted
Keppel's transpacific cable – lenders revealed
Singaporean conglomerate Keppel is expecting to sign the debt package by next quarter for a transpacific undersea cable, which will connect the west coast of North America with Indonesia and Singapore, IJGlobal has learned
Igneo completes US Signal acquisition
Infrastructure investment manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has completed its previously announced acquisition of US Signal, a data centre and network solutions provider
Network Rail unveils UK rail fibre PB
Network Rail has selected Neos Networks, a major UK fibre provider, as the preferred bidder for Project Reach, a scheme which will provide nationwide track-side fibre connectivity
Antitrust concerns over Inmarsat acquisition
The EU Commission has announced antitrust concerns regarding US telecom provider Viasat’s acquisition of British satellite business Inmarsat Group Holdings
Minority stake in Vodafone offloaded
Liberty Global has acquired a minority 4.92% interest in Vodafone Group, the equivalent of 1.34 billion shares
WTW hires Doshi from Westpac
WTW, the Nasdaq-listed global advisory, broking and solutions company, has hired Deesha Doshi as an executive director in its credit & political risk practice team in Singapore
EE expands 5G into rural UK
EE, part of telecoms group BT, is deploying its ultra-fast 5G network into rural areas of the UK, as well as testing new mobile network technologies
TIM, ASTM to develop 4G in Brazil
Italian telecoms company TIM’s Brazilian subsidiary, TIM Brasil, and Ecovias do Araguaia, concessionaire of the EcoRodovais highway PPP and subsidiary of multinational infrastructure company ASTM, will partner to install 4G coverage along 850 kilometres of highway
AFC signs OPEC Fund loan
The OPEC Fund has signed with the AFC a $50 million loan to support the latter’s infra project financing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fibre roll-out for rural England
Broadband provider Quickline has rolled out 1 Gbps fibre broadband to rural communities across the north of England