Invesis acquires UK-based Asanti Datacentres

Invesis, a global investor and developer of sustainable infrastructure, has entered the digital infrastructure sector with the acquisition of UK data centre operator Asanti Datacentres

US national holiday - Thanksgiving

The North American market will be off from 24 November to celebrate Thanksgiving

TNG refinances for German fibre roll-out

German fibre-to-the-home provider TNG has secured a €325 million financing package to accelerate the roll-out of its fibre network across rural and semi-rural areas in northern Germany and Hesse

DigitalBridge buys Malaysian data center operator

DigitalBridge Group funds affiliated with DigitalBridge Investment Management have acquired an ownership stake in Aims Group – operator of highly-connected ecosystem-centric data centers based in Malaysia from Time dotCom Berhad

UPDATE: UK alt net to undergo capital raise

Non-binding offers are due next week for Gigaclear's imminent capital raise with UBS enlisted to handle the process, according to a source

November close for UK fibre deal

Financial close will be achieved within weeks on a major UK fibre transaction as the 3 underwriters put finishing touches to the deal

Infracapital brings in MD

M&G’s infrastructure equity investor arm, Infracapital has appointed Latifa Tefridj-Gaillard as its new head of capital formation and investor relations

Cube to invest in Finnish FTTH

Cube Infrastructure Managers – via its Connecting Europe Broadband Fund – is set to invest an initial €14 million into the first phase of a Finnish FTTH project by Fibernet

Helios buys into African data centers

Africa-focused investor Helios Investment Partners is to acquire majority stakes in Maroc data center and IXAfrica data centre for an undisclosed sum

ESR closes $1b China-ASEAN fund

ESR Group-backed ARA Asset Management has closed the China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund 2 at $1 billion, making it one of the largest ASEAN-focused infrastructure funds

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RMB lends on Octotel’s fibre roll-out

RMB has signed with South African network operator Octotel a $108.8m social loan to fund the latter’s fibre network expansion in the Western Cape

ICG appoints non-exec director and chair

The board of Intermediate Capital Group has named William Rucker as a non-executive director and chair of the company

Blackstone launches data centre in India

Global asset manager Blackstone Group has launched 2 sizable hyper-scale data centres in India, with a combined capacity of 600MW

Moratelindo, Mitsui to work on telecoms passive infras

Indonesia telecoms provider Mora Telematika Indonesia has partnered with Japan-based Mitsui & Co for passive infrastructure and other infrastructures related to telecommunications