Edgnex plans 20MW data centre for Riyadh

Digital infrastructure company Edgnex is to build a 20MW data centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with plans for it to go live in Q3 2023

IFC collabs to improve digital infra in Angola

The International Finance Corporation has partnered with microfinance institution KixiCrédito to help the latter boost the delivery of digital financial services across Angola

KKR and GIP complete $15bn CyrusOne acquisition

KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners have closed their acquisition of global data centre REIT CyrusOne in an all-cash transaction valued at $15 billion

Yondr to build Malaysia data centre

Netherlands-based data centre company Yondr Group has entered the Malaysian market with a 200MW hyperscale data centre in southern Malaysia

Celona raises $60m via DigitalBridge-led funding round

Enterprise 5G company Celona has closed an oversubscribed $60 million Series C financing round led by DigitalBridge Ventures, the venture capital initiative of DigitalBridge Group

Pantheon invests in global data centre

Global infrastructure fund Pantheon Infrastructure has invested in the take-private of data centre operator CyrusOne through a KKR-affiliated investment vehicle

UPDATE: TIM Group mulls €11bn sale to KKR

TIM Group is still considering KKR's indicative and non-binding expression of interest to buy the Italian telco, the company said today

EIB lends on Telecom Egypt expansion

The European Investment Bank has signed a €150 million loan with Telecom Egypt to expand the latter’s 4G network

ICG reaches €1.5bn for debut Infrastructure fund 

Global alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group has completed fundraising for its debut Infrastructure fund, ICG Infrastructure Equity 1

HSBC AM extracts AMP listed team for fund

HSBC Asset Management has extracted AMP’s established listed infrastructure equity team in order to launch its own listed fund

AIIB offers affordable pricing for infra

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has set up a blended financing facility to provide affordable pricing to support less developed members with infrastructure projects

Orange merges Romanian telecom offering

French telecoms giant Orange will from Monday transition its national business under its Orange Romania brand, following its acquisition last September of a 54% controlling stake in the fixed line operations of Telekom Romania Communications

DigitalBridge to acquire Belgian tower business

Mechelen-based Telenet has agreed to sell its mobile telecommunications tower business to DigitalBridge Investment in an all cash deal valued at €745 million

Majority stake in Italian telecoms company on the market

A 78.4% stake in Italian cloud and data centre company Irideos is up for grabs with the process having launched last month

$4bn fourth vintage prep for infra fund

The fourth vintage of a $4 billion mid-market infra fund is currently being prepped