M&G Investments’ infrastructure arm, Infracapital, is to launch a platform dedicated to bridging the digital gap in Austria, to be known as Speed Connect Austria

The World Bank Group member has appointed Lisa Kaestner as the new country manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Norway-based Earth, Wind & Power has tapped Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina to study using flare gas to power modular data centres

Globe Telecoms has partnered with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres and Ayala for data centre businesses in the Philippines

A majority stake in London-based global data centre developer and operator Global Switch is reportedly up for grabs, with advisers hired to assess a potential sale

EQT Partners has launched a new fund – EQT Active Core Infrastructure – with a €5 billion target

Sustainability consultancy ERM has acquired Australian technical advisory firm Point Advisory – strengthening its presence in APAC

The Cuyahoga County Department of Innovation & Performance has selected a preferred bidder to provide affordable, high-speed broadband services to residents

STACK Infrastructure has merged Nordic data centre company DigiPlex and Milan-based data centre company Supernap Italia into its established brand – STACK Infrastructure

Energy telco group Norlys has agreed to sell a 35% stake in its wholesale fibre division to a consortium led by PGGM, the administering arm of Dutch public pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn

Australian private equity firm BGH Capital has hit a hard cap of A$3.6 billion for its Fund II on second close today

Axiata's telco towers business is entering Indonesia by agreeing to acquire nearly 860 towers from XL Axiata for more than $50 million and leaseback 92%

Singapore-headquartered real estate investment manager SC Capital Partners is developing a $500 million data centre in South Korea, following the launch of an Asian data centre platform

India has cancelled the invitation to develop a $3.9 billion portfolio of broadband PPPs across 16 states

BBVA is to open a new representative office in Santiago, 5 years after selling its Chilean operations to Scotiabank