Carlyle to invest in US cell tower business
Carlyle has partnered with Tillman Global and committed up to $1 billion to accelerate its investments in Tillman Infrastructure, a privately held cell tower platform in the US
Kommunalkredit second debt fund gets seed capital
Kommunalkredit’s second infrastructure debt fund, Fidelio Infrastructure Debt Fund Europe 2 completed a seed close this month
Ireland greenlights €1.2bn data centre
Clare County Council has approved the delayed 200MW Ennis data centre project, allowing the developers to progress to the financing stage
SCIB bags Indonesia cell towers
Malaysia-based Sarawak Consolidated Industries has joined Indonesia state-owned Semesta Noor Berkarya and consulting firm Envy Manajemen Konsultansi to develop telecom towers for Indonesia’s outermost regions
KKR closes Apac fund
KKR’s second infrastructure fund focused on Asia Pacific has closed with more than $4 billion in commitments
Progress on stalled Irish data centre
There are signs of progress on the stalled procurement of the Clare County data centre project in Ireland with developers expecting a ruling on the planning application this week
PwC lifer joins BDO Oz
Projects and infrastructure veteran John Haggert has joined BDO as partner following a 15 year stint at PwC
Uniti to change hands with A$1.6bn debt package
A consortium led by New Zealand based asset manager Morrison & Co has put together a circa A$1.6 billion debt package to fund its acquisition of Australian telecoms major Uniti Group
Astarte launches Greek fund
Hyperion Investment Management, a member of the Astarte Capital Partners Platform, is set to launch its mid-market focused fund, Hyperion Hellenic Investment Fund
Morrison & Co JV finalise Uniti acquisition
A consortium led by New Zealand headquartered asset manager Morrison & Co has today completed the acquisition of Uniti Group, finalising the transaction inked in April
Fund increases capital ahead of new solar deal
A Europe-based sustainable infrastructure fund has raised a total of €60 million ahead of a new solar investment expected later this month
German telco's JV search advances
Vodafone Group’s German fibre business FibreCo is seeking a partner to support its fibre roll-out with second round bids due next month, IJGlobal has learned
Philippines telecoms package nears close
A roughly $110 million telecoms project to decongest the network in the Philippines has reached financial closure
Infrastructure Asia, Invest India ink MoU
Infrastructure Asia, established by Enterprise Singapore and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has agreed with Invest India to cooperate on future infrastructure projects in India
Accenture set to acquire European cloud business
Accenture Cloud First has agreed to acquire Sentia’s businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria for an undisclosed sum