D9 Tetra buy pulled over pre-emption rights

Digital 9 Infrastructure has terminated the planned SPA to acquire a 56% stake in Tetra Ireland Communications for €76 million from Eir due to preemption rights exercised by another shareholder

Demiralan follows Yates into RPS

Energy and utilities specialist Bora Demiralan has started at the growing London office of infrastructure advisory firm RPS Group, having joined from engineering Arup

Entel scouts data centre buyer

Chilean telco Entel is weighing the potential sale of its data centre business

Approval for PIF-led acquisition of telecom towers

Zain Group has approved a $807 million offer from a Public Investment Fund-led consortium to acquire an 80% majority stake in Zain KSA’s fleet of 8,069 passive tower infrastructure

JV to develop Philippines data centre portfolio

A JV between Philippines-based JJYnchausti Ventures and US-based CloudCenters is investing up to $500 million during the next 3 years on a data centre portfolio in the Philippines

EQT-backed platform to acquire Indonesia data centre

An EQT-backed developer agreed to acquire 100% interest in the first Indonesian data centre with Japanese technology

Niam fund in exclusivity on 3 projects

Niam Infra Fund has an exclusivity agreement in place for 3 new deals – expected to conclude by the summer – as it holds first close at SEK500 million

Swoop acquires dark fibre network

Australian telecoms specialist Swoop has today finalised the acquisition of Sydney based dark fibre provider Luminet

Pomerleau Capital launches fund

Pomerleau Capital has launched a new vehicle – PCap Infrastructure & Renewables Fund

Kommunalkredit Austria names new CFO

Kommunalkredit Austria has appointed Claudia Wieser to the executive board as CFO with effect from 1 April 2022

BAI Australia on the block

The owners of telecom company BAI Australia have put out feelers for a buyer – with plans to launch a formal sale process next month

I Squared – the right to reply

A spokesperson for I Squared Capital has responded to the story published late last week identifying 3 senior exits from the firm’s Miami infrastructure and energy team

IFC names new regional head of infra

Julien Thureau has been appointed regional head of infrastructure and natural resources at the International Finance Corporation

Cardenas moves to Damma

Juan José Cardenas has left EY Law to join Damma Legal Advisors in Peru

Wildanet appoints new senior executives

Independent broadband provider Wildanet has named telecoms heavyweights Helen Wylde and Paul Buttery as chief executive and chair of the board respectively