Alternative networks FullFibre and Zzoomm have merged to expand FullFibre’s existing group and will have one of the UK’s largest altnet fibre footprints

IJGlobal’s full-year 2024 data for greenfield infrastructure and energy transactions show a marked improvement on the previous year, however a good deal of the activity is dominated by refinance of debt

Chicago-based Harrison Street has closed its first dedicated digital infrastructure fund with $600 million in total commitments

Hertsmere Borough Council has given the go-ahead to a 400MVA £3.75 billion data centre on the outskirts of London

Blue Owl Capital has raised nearly $6.1 billion for Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Fund III – which was formerly managed by IPI Partners, according to SEC filings

Keppel Corp has secured US regulatory approval for the Bifrost Cable System project connecting Singapore to the US via subsea cable

French asset manager and investor Meridiam has invested in South African telecom firm Ilitha Telecommunications – becoming a majority equity partner in the business

Fengate Asset Management has raised $1.1 billion at the final close of its fourth infrastructure fund, exceeding its $1 billion target

Venture capital firm XTX Markets will invest a €1 billion financing package into developing a major data centre campus in Kajaani, Finland

Full year 2024 proved to be the least active in recent times for fundraising by closed-ended, unlisted infrastructure funds, capping off the 12-month period with the second worst quarter since the start of 2020

Canadian private equity firm Novacap has raised a total of $1 billion at the final close of its first digital infrastructure fund

Blue Owl, Crusoe Energy System, and Primary Digital Infrastructure have secured a $2.3 billion loan from JP Morgan for a 206MW build-to-suit data centre in Abilene, Texas

Goldman Sachs has launched an open-ended infrastructure fund for wealthy individual clients to bolster its fundraising efforts