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