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