Asian Development Bank is planning to launch a country partnership strategy to support private sector and human capital development with an emphasis on climate change in Turkmenistan

Private equity investor JZ International has sold its stake in Lisbon-based Blue Sites Telco to Everest Infrastructure Partners

Indian real estate developer Hiranandani Group-backed Yotta Infrastructure Solutions has become the first borrower to raise money from the local currency market for its data centre, offering a template for other borrowers to follow suit

Greece’s ministry of digital governance last week signed a €350 million ultra-fast broadband PPP with private telecoms company OTE

OMERS Infrastructure has hired London-based Chris Hogg this month as director to lead its investments in digital infrastructure in Europe

The European Commission has approved a €680 million funding package to support 5G network access in rural Spanish communities

An Italian fund manager will hold a final close on its renewables and digital vehicle by year-end – having raised €400 million of its €500 million target

Fibre optic operator Adamo has signed a €350 million financing facility to expand its fibre network in rural areas in Spain

Mapletree Industrial Trust is in the process of raising funds to finance its $371 million Japanese data centre acquisition announced last month

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is considering a potential collaboration with the software corporation SAP to enhance the digital transformation of the utility sector

Vodafone and Hutchison 3G UK, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, have entered into binding agreements to combine their UK telecoms businesses

Friedman Capital has launched its latest capital raise – FCF Strategic Fund I – targeting Fiber and Internet Service Providers in underserved markets

Warburg Pincus-backed Evolution Data Centres has entered into a JV with Central Pattana PCL to design, build and operate a carrier-neutral data centre in central Bangkok

Eagle County in Colorado has issued an invitation to negotiate for service provider interested in a broadband initiative via a P3

Nordic independent tower operator Digita Oy today announced that it will create a daughter company for its data centre business