Equinix to build Malaysia data centre

Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced plans to set up a $40 million international business exchange data centre in Johor, Malaysia

Morrison & Co adds new European directors

Morrison & Co has named Pia Lambert as its newest executive director, a move designed to build out the firm's presence in Europe

Brookfield selects Amazon for cloud services

Brookfield Asset Management has selected Amazon Web Services as a preferred cloud provider to accelerate its digital infrastructure and become a more data-driven company

Philippines proposes $4.4bn SWF

Filipino lawmakers have proposed a bill to establish the country’s sovereign wealth fund with an initial investment of $4.4 billion to support the archipelago’s economy

Tiger secures $40m for Philippines telecoms tower

A multilateral is considering providing a $40 million loan to Filipino telecoms company Tiger Infrastructure Philippines for developing telecommunication towers in underserved regions of the archipelago country

Q1 first close for recently-launched vehicle

A recently launched vehicle with an equity strategy targeting brownfield European assets launched in November and is targeting first close in Q1 2023, according to sources close to the matter

Basalt first close within days

Basalt Infrastructure Partners is approaching first close “within days” on its fourth vintage of an Atlantic-focused, multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund, according to sources close to the matter

EQT Infrastructure to acquire calibration lab business

EQT Infrastructure has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Trescal – a global provider of calibration laboratories from OMERS via its EQT Infrastructure V fund

MAM close for Super Core second series

Macquarie Asset Management has hit final close on its second series fundraising for its Super Core Infrastructure strategy – which now has €12.6 billion of combined commitments

Rahimzada moves to Ashurst

Ashurst has hired Simon Rahimzada as partner from King & Spalding to bolster the firm’s MENA corporate practice in the United Arab Emirates

DIF picks up majority stake in German fibre business

DIF Capital Partners is set to acquire a majority stake in Ruhrfibre to support the build-out of a large-scale fibre network in Essen, targeting around 150,000 households

Eurazeo fund closes at €210m

Eurazeo has reached a €210 million first close on its transition infrastructure fund ETIF with commitments from several institutional investors, including a €75 million cornerstone investment from the European Investment Fund

John Laing hires sustainability chief

International investor John Laing has hired in Sandrine Lalmant to take on the newly-created role of head of sustainability

Invesis acquires UK-based Asanti Datacentres

Invesis, a global investor and developer of sustainable infrastructure, has entered the digital infrastructure sector with the acquisition of UK data centre operator Asanti Datacentres

US national holiday - Thanksgiving

The North American market will be off from 24 November to celebrate Thanksgiving