Amazon to inject £8bn into UK data centres

Amazon Web Services will invest £8 billion into UK data centre development over the next 5 years

Telesat sells satellite services company, Canada

Alberta-based Network Innovations has acquired satellite services company Infosat Communications from Telesat

RFQ issued for Florida city broadband P3

The City of Williston, Florida has issued an RFQ seeking a private partner to DBF a fibre-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed broadband services

Modularity, Borealis link for Icelandic data centre

US data centre developer Modularity and its Icelandic counterpart Borealis have teamed up to develop a data centre campus and subsea cable in Iceland

EIP's third fund passes $1bn

Energy Impact Partners has raised just over $1 billion for its third flagship fund, according to SEC filings yesterday

Colombia’s FDN approves fibre financing

Colombian development bank Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional has approved a financing for Onnet Fibra Colombia – owned by KKR – to develop fibre infrastructure

CalPERS invests $500m in Macquarie Infra VI

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has closed a $500 million investment with Macquarie

NordLB launches infra debt fund, Germany

NordLB has launched a debt fund to invest in infrastructure assets with a €300 million target

FERC nod for BlackRock, GIP deal

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved BlackRock’s $12.5 billion takeover of Global Infrastructure Partners

IDB mulls Guyana telecom investment

IDB Invest is considering investing $40 million to support One Communication Guyana’s – formerly GTT – expansion of fixed and mobile infrastructure

Liberty Latin America buys spectrum assets in PR, USVI

Liberty Latin America has acquired spectrum assets from EchoStar in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands for $255 million

Ramboll acquires UK data centre company

Ramboll has acquired i3 Solutions Group – a UK-based data centre consulting company – as part of its global expansion into the digital infrastructure industry

TalkTalk completes debt refi, UK

TalkTalk has finalised its £400 million debt refinancing which will allow the beleaguered telco to extend its debt maturities to 2027

INPP eyes divestments, UK

Amber Infrastructure listed fund International Public Partnerships is “actively pursuing” divestment opportunities within its portfolio as it attempts to address its share price trading discount

SA's competition tribunal approves Swiftnet sale

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Telkom’s communications towers subsidiary Swiftnet to UK-based emerging markets investor Actis