StepStone launches listed infra fund

StepStone Private Wealth has launched StepStone Private Infrastructure Fund, an evergreen fund that has begun accepting subscriptions and aims to hold its initial closing in Q3 of 2023

ESR closes sustainability-linked loan for Hong Kong DC

Asia-focused real estate and investment company ESR Group has raised HK$1.6 billion through a sustainability-linked loan in Hong Kong for a brownfield data centre project

Costs climb for Irish data centre scheme

The Republic of Ireland’s State Data Centre project has seen costs rise to more than double – now valued at €80 million

Guggenheim appoints MDs

Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, has named Tim Murphy and Alex Kozak as new joiners

CoreWeave raises $2.3bn debt financing for AI cloud infra

CoreWeave has secured a $2.3 billion debt financing facility led by Magnetar Capital and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities to expand its AI-driven cloud infrastructure

CBRE names infra client head

Aaron Vale has been named head of infrastructure client solutions at CBRE Investment Management

Palisade to acquire WA-based assets of Consolidated Commu...

Palisade Infrastructure has reached an agreement to acquire all the Washington-based assets of Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider

Mubadala invests in TX-based data centre co

Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, has invested in Texas-based Aligned Data Centers

OMERS names global infra head, NY

OMERS has named Michael Hill executive vice president and global head of infrastructure

UK launches £40m 5G fund

The UK government has opened applications for 5G roll-out funding via a £40 million fund

Responses in for New Haven broadband RFP

The City of New Haven in Connecticut has received submissions from 7 firms in response to the RFP for its broadband P3 issued last month

Patrizia chief exec takes helm

Real assets investor Patrizia has completed a leadership changeover in which Asoka Wöhrmann has taken over the position of sole chief executive

abrdn buys Airband stake from Amber, UK

abrdn's Core Infrastructure division has bought a minority stake in British full-fibre rural network operator Airband from Amber Infrastructure, increasing its majority shareholding

Artelia acquires Canadian engineer

France’s Artelia Group has acquired engineering company FNX-INNOV in Quebec, Canada

Texas ERS commits to infra funds

The board of the Employees Retirement System of Texas has approved $152 million of infrastructure investment to 2 funds