Bayobab lands subsea cable in Nigeria and Ghana

Bayobab, with support from MTN, has extended the reach of its 45,000km-long subsea cable, landing it in Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria

Actis Americas refi advances

Infrastructure investor Actis is nearing close on a deal to refinance the bridge loan it took out last March to acquire data centres across 6 Latin American countries and the US

Belady joins DigitalBridge from Microsoft

Christian Belady has joined digital infrastructure asset manager DigitalBridge as a senior adviser

D9’s Verne sale moves to Iceland regulator

Digital 9 has told shareholders that the sale of Icelandic data centre business Verne Global to Ardian is under a “Phase II investigation” from the Icelandic anti-trust authority

Swiss Life launches infra ELTIF to retail investors

Swiss Life has launched a long-term investment fund to broaden retail clients' access to private infrastructure investments

Vacaville, CA pause broadband project P3

The City of Vacaville’s expansion of business and residential broadband access via a P3 is on hold following the release of an RFP in September

Meketa launches infra fund for retail investors

Meketa Investment Group has launched an infrastructure interval fund for retail investors as part of a push to offer private market solutions to a broader client base

AirTrunk inks virtual PPA in Malaysia

AirTrunk has signed a renewable energy virtual power purchase agreement for a data center in Malaysia

CityFibre bags UK Project Gigabit contracts

CityFibre has been awarded 5 contracts worth more than £394 million through the UK government’s £5 billion Project Gigabit programme

EXA Infrastructure invests in Sicily operations

EXA Infrastructure has invested in its network connecting Sicily to mainland Italy, with upgrades planned for its Janna cable system and a new submarine route from Palermo to Genoa

NYSCRF makes $475m backing to DigitalBridge, Carlyle

The New York State Common Retirement Fund closed 2 infra fund commitments to DigitalBridge and the Carlyle Group in December

SMBC hires Credit Suisse banker for Asia role

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation today announced the appointment of Carsten Stoehr as managing director, deputy head of Asia Pacific

ADB hires country director for India

The Asian Development Bank yesterday announced the appointment of Mio Oka as its new country director for India, succeeding Takeo Konishi who has been promoted as ADB director general for South Asia at the multilateral’s Manila headquarters

EQT promotes Homayoun to executive committee

Swedish firm EQT has promoted Masoud Homayoun, current head of value-add infrastructure, to its executive committee in Stockholm

Vodafone explores options for Italian unit sale

Vodafone is exploring options with “several parties” to sell Vodafone Italia, the company confirmed in its quarterly statement