Ardian closes largest infra secondaries fund at $5.25bn

Ardian has raised $5.25 billion for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure

Cellnex acquires additional Portuguese telecoms assets

Cellnex Telecom has acquired an additional portfolio of 350 sites – towers and rooftops – from Portuguese mobile operator NOS, valued at €155 million

Trio completes Oi mobile acquisition

A trio of international telcos have jointly completed their acquisition of Oi’s mobile assets, splitting up Brazil’s fourth-largest mobile provider

Blackstone raises $2.5bn for infra in Q1

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners brought in $2.5 billion in commitments across Q1, according to its most recent earnings report

IFM to buy equity stake in FTTH junior

IFM Investors is reportedly close to finalising a deal to buy an equity stake in fibre and wireless network infrastructure developer Render Networks

YTL to build Malaysia 500MW data centre park

Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate YTL plans to develop a 500MW data centre campus in southern Malaysia, powered by solar energy

Ambitious QLD data centre/battery storage project in works

Australian specialist investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has quietly laid foundations for a sizable data centre and battery development in Queensland with plans to start preliminary construction works this year

IJInvestor Funds & Investors Report – Q1 2022

If the stellar performance in infrastructure fundraising in Q1 2022 continues for the remainder of the year, we can expect another record-breaking 12 months of infrastructure fundraising

KAB expanding into telco infra

The Malaysian electrical and mechanical engineering services provider is entering the telco infrastructure sector by forming a joint venture with a telco service provider

Watanabe is SMBC's new structured finance co-head

Tomofumi Watanabe has been SMBC's new managing director and co-general manager for the structured finance department in Asia Pacific since earlier this month

Digital infra investor rebrands as Palistar Capital

New York-based Melody Investment Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on mission-critical communications infrastructure, has changed its name to Palistar Capital

UPDATE: 86% stake in Finnish telecom company up for grabs

An 86% stake in Finnish data centre operator Ficolo Oy is up for grabs as Pontos seeks to join Taaleri in disposing of the asset

Amber hires senior investment director

Amber Infrastructure Group has hired Dorin Alexandru Badea as a senior investment director to expand its Eastern European capabilities