Converge joins Hong Kong-SEA undersea cable

Philippines telco Converge ICT has joined the consortium that is developing a submarine cable system connecting Southeast Asia, southern China, and Hong Kong

Singapore to tender sustainable data centres

Singapore government plans to launch a tender for energy-efficient data centre pilot projects by Q2, following a 3-year moratorium on developing new data centres

MottMac appoints UK digital specialist

Engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald has named Mark Enzer as its newest executive adviser

Peru replaces transport minister

Peruvian president Pedro Castillo has named Nicolás Bustamante as the country’s new minister for transport and communications following the resignation of the previous incumbent last month

CyrusOne closes Houston data centre sale

DataBank has completed its $670 million acquisition of CyrusOne’s 4 Houston data centres, taking its portfolio to over 65 facilities, the largest edge infrastructure footprint in the country

Mactaggart exits SNIB citing “personal reasons”

Eilidh Mactaggart has unexpectedly stepped down from the chief executive role at the Scottish National Investment Bank citing “personal reasons”

First Sentier appoints deputy chief exec

Australian asset manager First Sentier Investors has moved up Yoshiki Ueno to deputy chief executive working alongside company CEO Mark Steinberg

CMA approves Cellnex UK towers acquisition

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has approved Cellnex Telecom’s acquisition of 6,000 UK towers from CK Hutchison Group following a Phase 2 investigation into the deal

Natixis moves up Vo-Dinh

Natixis Australia has promoted M&A veteran Aurelia Vo-Dinh to managing director as a part of the bank’s 2022 global promotions

AIIB pauses Russian and Belarus activities

AIIB management has issued a statement on war in Ukraine

Infracapital unveils Austrian fibre platform plans

M&G Investments’ infrastructure arm, Infracapital, is to launch a platform dedicated to bridging the digital gap in Austria, to be known as Speed Connect Austria

IFC appoints country head for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

The World Bank Group member has appointed Lisa Kaestner as the new country manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

EWP, Pertamina studying gas flare-powered data centres

Norway-based Earth, Wind & Power has tapped Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina to study using flare gas to power modular data centres

Globe sets up Philippines data centre JV

Globe Telecoms has partnered with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres and Ayala for data centre businesses in the Philippines

Bidders line up for stake in UK data centre developer

A majority stake in London-based global data centre developer and operator Global Switch is reportedly up for grabs, with advisers hired to assess a potential sale