TNG refinances for German fibre roll-out

German fibre-to-the-home provider TNG has secured a €325 million financing package to accelerate the roll-out of its fibre network across rural and semi-rural areas in northern Germany and Hesse

DigitalBridge buys Malaysian data center operator

DigitalBridge Group funds affiliated with DigitalBridge Investment Management have acquired an ownership stake in Aims Group – operator of highly-connected ecosystem-centric data centers based in Malaysia from Time dotCom Berhad

UPDATE: UK alt net to undergo capital raise

Non-binding offers are due next week for Gigaclear's imminent capital raise with UBS enlisted to handle the process, according to a source

November close for UK fibre deal

Financial close will be achieved within weeks on a major UK fibre transaction as the 3 underwriters put finishing touches to the deal

Infracapital brings in MD

M&G’s infrastructure equity investor arm, Infracapital has appointed Latifa Tefridj-Gaillard as its new head of capital formation and investor relations

Cube to invest in Finnish FTTH

Cube Infrastructure Managers – via its Connecting Europe Broadband Fund – is set to invest an initial €14 million into the first phase of a Finnish FTTH project by Fibernet

Helios buys into African data centers

Africa-focused investor Helios Investment Partners is to acquire majority stakes in Maroc data center and IXAfrica data centre for an undisclosed sum

ESR closes $1b China-ASEAN fund

ESR Group-backed ARA Asset Management has closed the China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund 2 at $1 billion, making it one of the largest ASEAN-focused infrastructure funds

The Irideos journey, Italy

RMB lends on Octotel’s fibre roll-out

RMB has signed with South African network operator Octotel a $108.8m social loan to fund the latter’s fibre network expansion in the Western Cape

ICG appoints non-exec director and chair

The board of Intermediate Capital Group has named William Rucker as a non-executive director and chair of the company

Blackstone launches data centre in India

Global asset manager Blackstone Group has launched 2 sizable hyper-scale data centres in India, with a combined capacity of 600MW

Moratelindo, Mitsui to work on telecoms passive infras

Indonesia telecoms provider Mora Telematika Indonesia has partnered with Japan-based Mitsui & Co for passive infrastructure and other infrastructures related to telecommunications

Barker leads for GI Partners, London

3i Infrastructure veteran Matt Barker has joined GI Partners in London to drive its digital investment strategy across Europe

ADB consults for Cambodia,Tajikistan digital infra

Asian Development Bank has awarded a tender for an international consultant to assist in preparing pre-feasibility studies for digital infrastructure projects in Cambodia and Tajikistan