French data centre startup Etix Everywhere has reached financial close on the acquisition of 5 data centres from DataBank in France

London-based infrastructure investment firm Basalt Infrastructure plans to merge 2 of its fibre to the premises portfolio companies

Engineering consultancy Dar Al Riyadh Group has appointed John Seed as group director of strategy and development

Spanish wireless telecoms infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom has agreed to sell a 49% stake in its Nordic subsidiary to Stonepeak for €730 million

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has announced the establishment of a new equity fund worth with the lender committing up to $500 million to the new entity

The Asian Development Bank has signed an MoU to support the development of public-private partnerships across various sectors in Kyrgyzstan

Brazilian development bank BNDES has pledged to fund projects aimed at universalising broadband access in public schools across Brazil by 2026 through the Telecommunications Services Universalization Fund

Lithuanian cyber security company Nord Security has secured $100 million in a funding round – doubling its valuation to $3 billion in a year

Global Infrastructure Partners, together with affiliates and co-investors, has invested in a term loan of up to $450 million in Vantage Data Centers, a global data centre solutions provider

Nordic infrastructure investor Infranode has closed the acquisition of Finnish owner and operator of digital core infrastructure MPY Telecom from MPY Cooperative for €75 million

Georgia Department of Transportation is hosting a virtual industry forum for the statewide broadband network operations, maintenance, and commercialization project

The Colombian unit of Brazil’s Nubank – a digital financial service provider – has received over $100 million in additional funds from the International Finance Corporation – complementing a loan of $150 million announced in January

A merger between Macquarie Capital, Israel Infrastructure Fund and Tiger Infrastructure Partners’ fibre businesses has positioned Voneus as the UK’s foremost rural broadband provider

The Irish Strategic Investment Fund has provided €75 million to Equitix's new initiative to invest in private companies developing greenfield infrastructure projects in Ireland

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Abbas Rangwala as the head of M&A, Southeast Asia & India, a newly created role