Amber Infrastructure, Boyd Watterson to merge, US
Amber Infrastructure has agreed to merge with US-based real estate and fixed income manager Boyd Watterson in a joint company with around $35.7 billion in assets under management
New Mexico SIC commits to Ardian, Antin infra funds
The New Mexico State Investment Council has committed around $466 million to 2 infrastructure funds
Saudi Arabia’s PIF launches into space
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has launched the Neo Space Group to support satellite operations
Solar PPAs to green Keppel data centre ops, Ireland
Greek group Mytilineos Energy & Metals has signed solar offtake agreements with a fund of Singapore-headquartered infrastructure asset manager Keppel for supplying renewable electricity to 2 data centres in Dublin
Sidley Austin expands UK, US infra teams
Sidley Austin has hired Ben Thompson and Stephen Boone as partners in its UK and US energy & infrastructure practices respectively
Helios Towers prices $850m bond
A group of international institutional investors have anchored a bond issuance from African telecom company Helios Towers
T-Mobile acquires UScellular’s wireless operations
T-Mobile has agreed to acquire UScellular’s wireless operations, including its customers, stores and certain specified spectrum assets, for around $4.4 billion
Telkom SA shareholders approve Swiftnet sale
Telkom SA has secured shareholder approval to sell its shares in its wholly-owned subsidiary Swiftnet to a purchasing consortium of Actis Ohio Fund and Royal Bafokeng Holdings
Citi appoints head of markets, Thailand
Citi has appointed Nattaphan Assavavisessivakul as head of markets for Thailand, effective in August 2024
IFC approves Malaysia data center loan
The International Finance Corp has approved a $150 million-equivalent senior loan to finance the first phase of a 300MW data center campus in Malaysia
FirstLight Fiber refinances credit facilities
New York-based FirstLight Fiber has secured a 5-year senior secured infrastructure debt package to refinance existing credit facilities and fund future capital expenditure needs
APFC makes $30m co-invest, mulls allocations
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has closed a $30 million infrastructure co-investment and will consider increasing its infra allocation
Spain’s Solaria makes data centre market debut
Solaria has debuted its data centre business Solaria Data Center with a 155MW data centre portfolio
Collins joins OMERS Infra as director
Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement System Infrastructure has hired Francesca Collins as a director on its strategic partnerships team
JERA ropes in Mckinsey for new company
JERA has set up a company with the aim of combining its energy, digital and business transformation capabilities to accelerate corporate green transformation