Timelines emerge on latest DIF Strategies

DIF is expected to reach first close on its junior and senior debt strategies by the end of this year, while 2022 will see the launch of new iterations of its flagship strategies

Puerto Rico seeks advisers to modernise digital infra

The Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority is seeking legal, financial and technical advisers for a potential P3 to modernise the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s digital infrastructure

KKR data centre platform expands to Tel Avi

KKR’s data centre platform Global Technical Realty (GTR) has launched a new 10.5MW data centre in Petah Tikva, a data centre hub in Tel Aviv, Israel

PLDT confirms plans to divest cell towers

Philippines-based telecoms company PLDT mulls divesting non-strategic cell towers to independent tower companies

DIF, CIB close Canadian fibre build

DIF has signed an agreement with the Canada Infrastructure Bank which occasions the expansion of the former’s telecoms infra business Valley Fiber

Telefónica completes Costa Rica exit

Telefónica has closed the sale of its Costa Rican unit to Liberty Latin America for $538 million

Nexera locks in debt for Polish fibre rollout

Polish utility Nexera has today secured PLN 1 billion in debt from 5 lenders for a project to develop fibre-to-the-home infrastructure across 5 regions in Poland

India's first green data centre signs MoU

Gurgaon-based ReNew Power signed an MoU to supply captive renewable energy to RackBank Datacenters

Offers submitted for fibre business capital raise

Offers have been submitted on a capital raise for a UK fibre network, which has a price of £100 million-plus in equity expected to be sold down

Second Ethiopian telecom licence to launch

The government of Ethiopia will launch the tender for the second telecom licence later this month (August) and is currently finalising the RFP documents

Equitix sinks £75m in UK fibre business

Equitix has made a £75 million investment in UK fibre business Grain Connect through its latest fund

EIB extends loan to Italian digital infra operator

The European Investment Bank has agreed to extend a €250 million loan to Italian wireless network infrastructure operator Inwit which will be used to develop the company’s assets in the country

ESR Cayman to acquire ARA

Hong Kong-listed ESR Cayman agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Singaporean asset manager ARA Asset Management for $5.2 billion

Asian LP mulls commitment to DI fund

An infrastructure financier is likely to allocate $150 million to a fund investing in data centres and digital infrastructure in Asia