Burges Salmon hires UK corporate, M&A partner
Burges Salmon has appointed AJ Venter as partner in its corporate and M&A team based in Edinburgh
Patrizia names new CEO and COO
The board of directors of Patrizia, the global real assets manager, have named Asoka Wöhrmann as CEO designate and Slava Shafir as chief operating officer
Colorado county issues RFP for broadband P3
Mesa County in Colorado has issued an RFP seeking service provider partners for a broadband initiative via a P3
I Squared’s money man quits
Andreas Moon – lauded as “rainmaker” and the “money man” at I Squared – has this week quit his role as head of IR and fundraising at the Miami-based infrastructure fund
WPP, GCM Grosvenor partner on infra investments
UK Government pension pool Wales Pension Partnership has appointed NASDAQ-listed alternative investment manager GCM Grosvenor as its partner for infrastructure investments
Sequoia board member steps down
Sarika Patel, board member and head of the audit committee for LSE-listed Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund, will step down at the fund’s next annual general meeting in August
Northern Fibre Holding locks in €240m facility
German digital infrastructure company Northern Fibre Holding today announced that it has secured a €240 million loan package from a consortium of 5 European lenders to facilitate growth in the German market
Green light for Equinix UK data centre
Slough Borough Council planning officers have unanimously approved plans for an upcoming data centre from US-based data centre provider Equinix
Vodafone appoints CEO
Vodafone Group has appointed Margherita della Valle as chief executive officer
UPDATED: Empyrion achieves FC for Gangnam data center
Empyrion DC, a Seraya Partners portfolio company, has reached financial close for its new data center in Gangnam, South Korea, with financing provided by 3 Korean lenders
Keppel’s Bifrost Cable financing update
Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp’s debt financing is under way for a transpacific undersea cable system – which will connect the west coast of North America with Indonesia and Singapore
Microsoft unveils €1bn Polish data centre valley
Microsoft has opened its first data centre region in Central and Eastern Europe located on several sites around the Warsaw, Poland, area
Vauban appoints 7 European partners
Vauban Infrastructure Partners has promoted 7 individuals to partner in a bid “to build & develop a diverse, multicultural, and talented team”
EIB backs data centre expansion
The European Investment Bank will back Swedish data centre firm Atea with a €50 million loan to fund R&D and capital investments in the Nordics and Baltics
Windstream invests in broadband for Georgia county
Windstream has partnered with Union County in Georgia to provide high-speed broadband internet access to the region through its Kinetic fibre network