BNP Paribas Asset Management has today reached first close on its second European junior infra debt fund at €280 million

Georgia-based DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected data centres, has secured a $265 million green senior secured credit facilities loan and raised incremental equity capital

Hamilton Lane has added 2 evergreen infrastructure funds to its range, attempting to draw further interest from individual investors

Ares Management has acquired GCP International, the non-China business of GLP Capital Partners, in a $3.7 billion deal that would see Ares gain further exposure to the hyperscale data centre market

HIG Capital has acquired a majority interest in PolarDC, a Norwegian high-powered computing data centre operator

Blue Owl Capital has agreed to acquire digital infrastructure fund manager IPI Partners for around $1 billion as it seeks to cash in on the rapidly growing hyperscale data centre market

The Enan Group has reached financial close on a NIS 410 million debt financing deal with Mizrahi-Tefahot bank for a large-scale data centre near Kibbutz Tsera

California Public Employees’ Retirement System has evaluated potential commitments to infrastructure funds managed by Brookfield, KKR and TPG, according to recently disclosed documents

South Africa plans to launch an insurance vehicle to boost private sector involvement and de-risk investment in infrastructure projects

US-based Neuberger Berman is in the process of forming its first private markets infrastructure fund, according to recent filings in Luxembourg

Digital Transformation Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Atlantic Hub as the Irish data centre developer plans a new campus in Derry, Northern Ireland

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and Retelit have made a non-binding offer for Telecom Italia’s sub-sea cable unit, Sparkle

Alphabet’s Google is planning a $1 billion investment to build data centers and cloud regions in Thailand