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