Rakiza nets $300m subscription facility, Oman
Rakiza, the $1 billion Omani infrastructure fund jointly managed by Equitix and Oman Infrastructure Investment Management, has secured a $300 million subscription facility from lenders led by MUFG
HMC snaps up Global Switch Australia assets
Asset manager HMC Capital has submitted a proposal to acquire 100% of NYSE-listed data centre operator Global Switch Australia in a A$1.937 billion deal
Odata to establish data centres in Colombia
Brazil’s Odata will develop 2 greenfield data centres in Colombia with a total investment cost of $1.3 billion
Igneo finishes first fund wind-up
Igneo Infrastructure Partners has finished the wind-down of its €2 billion inaugural European infrastructure fund, with its divestments returning around €5 billion to investors
Broadband provider rebrands following acquisition, Florida
Fiber-based broadband company OpticalTel has rebranded to Fibernow following its acquisition earlier this year by an affiliate of DigitalBridge
maincubes progresses data centre, Germany
Data centre developer maincubes has acquired a 14-hectare plot in Nauen, Germany, where it will develop an AI data centre campus
CBRE IM looks to Asia with Wallace hire
CBRE Investment Management has hired Vaughan Wallace as managing director of its private infrastructure strategies in the Asia Pacific region, based in Sydney and effective immediately
HarbourVest infra fund hits $444m
Boston-based HarbourVest has raised $443.7 million for its third infrastructure opportunities fund, according to SEC filings
Boston Retirement System launches private infra search
Boston Retirement System has issued an RFP for a $30 million private infrastructure mandate
Keppel enters Taiwan's DC market
Keppel’s private fund Keppel Data Centre Fund II is in a joint venture to develop an 80MW greenfield data centre campus in North Taiwan
Morgan Stanley Infra invests in Flexential, US
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has invested in North Carolina-based data centre business Flexential
DigitalBridge takes majority stake in JTower, Japan
DigitalBridge has secured a 75.62% stake in JTower for ¥70.1 billion, following the completion of a tender offer
DNB to acquire Carnegie, Sweden
DNB Bank has agreed to acquire Swedish investment bank Carnegie, from Altor and minority owners for around SEK 12 billion
EAIF sets sights on Asia
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund has expanded its mandate to South and Southeast Asia, in a bid to capitalise on growing debt markets for infrastructure in the region
Funds & Investors Report Q3 2024 – smaller funds rule
Fundraising by the global infrastructure fund community – despite having performed poorly in the third quarter – has performed more consistently over the first 9 months of the year when compared to previous years