France's FTTH mega-project reaches FC
Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners today reached financial close on a fully-underwritten digital infra deal in France – SDFAST FTTH
D9 acquires Finnish data centre stake
Triple Point Investment Management's digital infra vehicle Digital 9 Infrastructure has acquired an 86% interest in Ficolo, a Finnish data centre owner-operator, from Taaleri and Pontos
Lightning Fibre makes board appointments
Lightning Fibre – the digital infrastructure group set up by UK-based investment manager Foresight Group – today made 2 new appointments to its board as the company progresses with planned expansion
Macquarie’s Wong crops up at Stonepeak
The former co-head of Macquarie Capital, Daniel Wong, has today been announced as the new head of Europe at New York headquartered infrastructure investment firm Stonepeak
Thor enters digital infra with acquisition, Spain
New York headquartered real estate developer Thor Equities is planning its first move into the digital infrastructure sector with the acquisition of rights to a data centre development in Spain
Ardian closes largest infra secondaries fund at $5.25bn
Ardian has raised $5.25 billion for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure
Cellnex acquires additional Portuguese telecoms assets
Cellnex Telecom has acquired an additional portfolio of 350 sites – towers and rooftops – from Portuguese mobile operator NOS, valued at €155 million
Trio completes Oi mobile acquisition
A trio of international telcos have jointly completed their acquisition of Oi’s mobile assets, splitting up Brazil’s fourth-largest mobile provider
Blackstone raises $2.5bn for infra in Q1
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners brought in $2.5 billion in commitments across Q1, according to its most recent earnings report
IFM to buy equity stake in FTTH junior
IFM Investors is reportedly close to finalising a deal to buy an equity stake in fibre and wireless network infrastructure developer Render Networks
YTL to build Malaysia 500MW data centre park
Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate YTL plans to develop a 500MW data centre campus in southern Malaysia, powered by solar energy
Ambitious QLD data centre/battery storage project in works
Australian specialist investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has quietly laid foundations for a sizable data centre and battery development in Queensland with plans to start preliminary construction works this year
IJInvestor Funds & Investors Report – Q1 2022
If the stellar performance in infrastructure fundraising in Q1 2022 continues for the remainder of the year, we can expect another record-breaking 12 months of infrastructure fundraising
KAB expanding into telco infra
The Malaysian electrical and mechanical engineering services provider is entering the telco infrastructure sector by forming a joint venture with a telco service provider