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