Sunway bags contract for Malaysia data center

Sunway Construction Group has signed an agreement worth $159 million to construct a data center in Malaysia

Pantheon names Leaf first chief executive

Pantheon Ventures has promoted Kathryn Leaf – current co-head of investment and global head of real assets – to chief executive, based in San Francisco and effective on 1 January 2025

EU Commission issues €7bn green bond

The European Commission raised €7 billion in NextGenerationEU green bonds on Tuesday

IFC mulls financing for Asia telecoms

The International Finance Corp is considering an up to $99 million financing package for a telecommunications project spanning 25 countries in the Asia Pacific

Tele Columbus completes €1.4bn refinancing

Tele Columbus has completed a €1.4 billion refinancing with its largest indirect shareholder, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, and a group of the company’s financial creditors, including United Internet

AFD and CDC recommit to STOA, plan €600m investments

Groupe Caisse des Dépôts and Agence Française de Développement have added to their investment in STOA Infra & Energy, as the impact fund plans to gear up operations

Eutelsat, Intelsat sign multi-year strategic partnership

Eutelsat Group and Intelsat have signed a 7-year strategic partnership worth up to $500 million for the development of Eutelstat’s OneWeb low earth orbit constellation

CBRE hires Oriol as private infra director

CBRE Investment Management has appointed Rocio Oriol as senior director of private infrastructure investments in its global indirect private infra team, based in London

IDB Invest issues sustainable bond duo

IDB Invest has issued 2 sustainable bonds in local currency to support renewable energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America

CityFibre acquires Lit Fibre from Newlight, UK

CityFibre has acquired Lit Fibre from Newlight Partners in the first of a series of UK deals CityFibre is expected to close over the next 2 years

CalPERS commits $1.7bn with GIP, ups PE allocation

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has committed to investing $1.7 billion with Global Infrastructure Partners

PINT extends RCF for investment pipeline

London-listed Pantheon Infrastructure has extended its £115 million revolving credit facility until March 2027 to support further investments in its pipeline

DWS considers joining InfraRed in sale of German telco

DWS is considering selling a small stake in German telco Deutsche Giganetz, IJGlobal can reveal

Actis doubles down on data centres, Malaysia

Global private equity player Actis is ramping up its focus on hyperscale data centers in the Asia Pacific region with a special focus on Malaysia