Whiriskey joins Linklaters in Japan
Tracy Whiriskey has joined Linklaters’ Tokyo office as a corporate partner, the law firm announced today
GlobalConnect grows fibre portfolio
Nordic digital infrastructure provider GlobalConnect Group will acquire fibre infrastructure from Danish network provider Wizer
Patrizia names new CFO
Christoph Glaser has been appointed to the Patrizia management board as chief financial officer
3i managing partner Phil White steps down
Phil White is stepping down from his role as managing partner of the 3i Group infrastructure team after 8 years of having led the team, effective 1 July 2022
HIG Capital adds 2 MDs to senior infra team
Antonio Botija and George Watts have been appointed to global alternative investment firm HIG Capital’s infrastructure team as managing partners in the London and New York offices respectively
Antin invests in US FTTP provider
Antin Infrastructure Partners is to invest in fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband provider Empire – made up of Empire Access and North Penn Telephone
Trilogy to sell Bolivian telco
US-based communications firm Trilogy International Partners is to sell its 71.5% stake in Bolivia’s Nuevatel
Bonds rated for DC lighting P3
Financing for Washington DC’s first P3 – the DC Smart Street Lighting project - has been assigned a rating of A3 by Moody’s
IJGlobal Awards 2021 – The Global Winners Part II
While the bulk of the global winners were announced at the IJGlobal Awards 2021 at The Londoner in Leicester Square on 16 March, the final winner was broadcasted just one day later at Gotham Hall in New York
Slovenian telco expands into UK with new offshoot
Slovenian telco Iskratel has announced plans to deliver FTTH connection to underserved regions in the UK through a newly established offshoot
Edgnex plans 20MW data centre for Riyadh
Digital infrastructure company Edgnex is to build a 20MW data centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with plans for it to go live in Q3 2023
IFC collabs to improve digital infra in Angola
The International Finance Corporation has partnered with microfinance institution KixiCrédito to help the latter boost the delivery of digital financial services across Angola
KKR and GIP complete $15bn CyrusOne acquisition
KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners have closed their acquisition of global data centre REIT CyrusOne in an all-cash transaction valued at $15 billion
Yondr to build Malaysia data centre
Netherlands-based data centre company Yondr Group has entered the Malaysian market with a 200MW hyperscale data centre in southern Malaysia
Celona raises $60m via DigitalBridge-led funding round
Enterprise 5G company Celona has closed an oversubscribed $60 million Series C financing round led by DigitalBridge Ventures, the venture capital initiative of DigitalBridge Group