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