APL ropes in partner for Japan DC

Asia Pacific Land Group and Global Compute Infrastructure, a data infrastructure investment firm led by industry veterans, have launched a JV to develop a new data centre hub in Kyushu, Japan

Macquarie Capital invests in Brazilian fibre platform

Macquarie Capital has made an investment of R$ 300 million in Brasil TecPar, a leading internet service provider in the country

Tritax plans Heathrow data centre, UK

Tritax Big Box has acquired a £70 million land parcel within the Slough Availability Zone at Heathrow for the development of a 147MW data centre

PIH closes Kazakh telecom acquisition

Power International Holding has completed the acquisition of 100% participatory interest in Kazakhstan’s Mobile Telecom-Service

USTDA, AfDB extend African infra partnership

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency and African Development Bank have renewed their 2018 MoU, extending their partnership for 5-years to support infrastructure development across Africa

Data4 closes Europe’s largest digital infra raise

Brookfield-owned Data4 has closed a €3.3 billion debt refinancing, the largest digital infrastructure debt raise in Europe

Aurea Finvest plans 800MW São Paulo data centre

Aurea Finvest, a Brazilian real estate investment and development company, is planning to construct an 800MW capacity data centre in Sumaré, São Paulo

EXA Infra picks up D9 subsea asset at steep discount

London-listed Digital 9 Infrastructure has agreed the sale of Aqua Comms, a subsea fibre company operating in the Atlantic and Irish Sea, to EXA Infrastructure for net proceeds of $48 million

KKR takes stake in GDH for ME data centres

KKR has acquired a stake in Gulf Data Hub as part of a strategic partnership to roll-out a data centre platform across the Middle East

HKBN syndicates loan ahead of takeover

TPG Capital and MBK Partners-backed Hong Kong-listed telecom operator, HKBN, have launched an up to $867.5 million 5-year senior sustainability-linked term loan in general syndication ahead of its potential takeover, IJGlobal can reveal

Rowan secures $975m for Bauxite data centre in Maryland

Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners portfolio company, has secured $975 million in construction financing for the first phase of its hyperscale data centre campus in Maryland

PowerHouse plans 400MW Kentucky data centre

PowerHouse Data Centers and Poe Companies are planning the development of a 400MW data centre campus in Louisville, Kentucky

Stonepeak closes Boundary Street acquisition, US

Stonepeak’s acquisition of Boundary Street Capital, a private credit manager focusing on digital infrastructure and technology, has closed

ESR, CloudHQ to build $2bn Japan DC

ESR Group and CloudHQ have entered into a JV for the former's $2 billion Cosmosquare Data Centre campus in Nanko Kita, Osaka, Japan

Aligned raises $12bn for Americas data centre expansion

Aligned Data Centres has completed a $12 billion debt and equity fundraising round to support its platform expansion, with Macquarie leading the equity component