An Asia-based institutional investor is allocating capital to a Macquarie fund

EdgeConneX has closed its acquisition of a joint venture between Indonesian telco Multipolar Technology and Mitsui & Co

The Australian arm of Herbert Smith Freehills has made up 3 infrastructure, energy and M&A associates to partner – effective next month

DIF Core-Plus Infrastructure Fund III will hold a first close early next month, with the first deal for the strategy expected around the same time

US-based digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge has today finalised the purchase of AMP Capital’s international equity business for an up-front consideration of A$462 million following a last-minute bidding war

Nigerian telecom firm Content Oasis will soon expand internet access to un-and underserved areas of Nigeria after receiving a grant from the USTDA

Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF and local telecoms company stc Group have formed a joint venture to promote the Internet of Things market in the Middle Eastern state

Dutch regional data centre provider NorthC Group has broken into the Swiss market with the acquisition of Netrics’ Swiss connectivity services and data centres

Nokan Konan has this month joined Keppel Capital as vice president of investments following a nearly 10-year stint at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Italian wireless broadband specialist Linkem Retail and telco Tiscali are to merge following approval from the respective shareholders

Singapore-headquartered Digital Edge has partnered with South Korea-based SK Ecoplant for a 120MW data centre worth $790 million in South Korea

Collimate Capital Investment – formerly AMP Capital – is being broken up and sold with the company’s Australia infrastructure and real estate business going to Australian real estate trust Dexus

US telco Reit SBA Communications has received the green light to develop 1,470 telecoms towers in the country with a total investment value of $206 million during the next 5 years

Vietnamese state-owned telco Viettel is developing a $261 million data centre in Ho Chi Minh City