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Neuberger Berman forms private infra fund

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

DTCP acquires stake in Atlantic Hub, Ireland

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

Italy, Retelit submit NBO for Sparkle, Italy

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

Google mulls Thailand data centre

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

Infranode, Lyse acquire Altifiber, Norway

Infranode and Lyse have acquired a respective 49% and 17% interest respectively in Altifiber from Dalane Energi and private minority shareholders

XpFibre’s US PP signed, France

Final signing has taken place on a US private placement – replacing a bridge facility – to complete the refinance of XpFibre’s roll-out across France

General Atlantic, Actis deal completes in UK

US private equity firm General Atlantic has completed its acquisition of UK-based Actis, creating a combined global platform with around $97 billion in assets under management

Clifford Capital inks SLL for Indian telco

Clifford Capital today announced the closing of a $248 million financing for GIP EM Ascend 2, a Singapore-based company owned by Global Infrastructure Partners

US Signal launches infrastructure-as-a-service product

Michigan-based data centre firm US Signal has launched an infrastructure-as-a-service product, OpenCloud

Equinix signs $15bn JV for data centre growth in US

California-based data centre firm Equinix has formed a $15 billion JV with GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

D9 cuts portfolio value by 41%, UK

Digital 9 has cut the value of its net assets to £403 million from £686 million last year, a decrease of 41%.

BlackRock completes GIP acquisition

BlackRock on Tuesday 1 October completed its acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners, bringing to fruition one of the largest consolidations in the infrastructure fund landscape