CDPQ hires infra debt director

London-based Thibault Sauvage has joined Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec as a director in the infrastructure debt team

Government bailout for Mexican telecoms PPP

Bankrupt Mexican telecoms concessionaire Altán Redes has signed a $388 million rescue package led by the federal government

Foresight acquires Downing’s tech funds

Foresight has acquired 3 funds from the technology ventures division of UK asset manager Downing for £13.6 million – taking its private equity AUM to £1.2 billion

IFC backstops Philippines tower market deal

IFC is investing an additional $8.3 million in EdgePoint, as DigitalBridge’s tower platform enters the growing Philippines tower market

Adam Petrie joins Apollo as partner

Adam Petrie has joined Apollo Infrastructure as a partner to be based out of London, following a 13 year stretch at AMP Capital

Peru moves to rerun fibre tender

Peruvian telecoms regulator Pronatel has announced plans to run a fresh tender process to O&M the national fibre backbone network after the last attempt was abandoned

Another LP backs latest Brookfield fund

An Asia-headquartered institutional investor has agreed to allocate to the latest vintage of Brookfield’s flagship infrastructure strategy

UKIB makes 4 NED appointments

The UK Infrastructure Bank has appointed 4 new non-executive directors, with each term taking effect from today

EY poaches modelers for digital twin offshoot

The Australian arm of EY has poached 5 modelers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, expanding its digital twin practice

SolarAfrica set to power $1bn Joburg data centre

South Africa-based renewables firm SolarAfrica has signed with US data centre developer Vantage DC a 20-year PPA to supply solar energy to the latter’s $1 billion, 80MW Johannesburg data centre campus

Cordiant signs €200m Eurobond facility

Listed infrastructure investment vehicle Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has signed a €200 million Eurobond facility

STT, Samsung to develop South Korea data centre

Singaporean telco ST Telemedia has partnered with South Korea-based Samsung for a second data centre in the southwest of Seoul

Nooy leaving InfraCo Asia

Allard Nooy is stepping down as CEO at InfraCo Asia by the end of the month, while chief operating officer Claudine Lim will serve as interim CEO

UKIB selects first permanent exec team

The UK Infrastructure Bank has appointed the 5 founding members of its new permanent executive team, all of whom will be based at its headquarters in Leeds

NEXI and ATI provide Ethiopian telecom cover

NEXI and the ATI have provided investment risk insurance cover for the GPE consortium’s $200 million telecoms project in Ethiopia