Knight Frank appoints data centre partner

Knight Frank has appointed Ben Stirk as partner and co-head of global data centres

Globe telecom partners with Nokia for 5G

Philippines-based telecommunications company Globe Telecom yesterday selected Finland-based Nokia to develop a 5G network and upgrade its existing 4G network in the Philippines under a 3-year deal

Bangladesh recruits adviser

A nonbank infrastructure financial institution is recruiting an adviser to assist on its corporate strategy and capacity development to foster PPPs in Bangladesh

Vantage IPO confirmed by March end

Vodafone has confirmed that it will IPO its tower arm by the end of March, as suggested by previous reports.

Egis moves APAC HQ and names CEO

Caisse des Dépôts-backed Egis has appointed Hongyu Li as chief executive of Asia Pacific

Exim bank forming ESG FoF

An Asian export-import bank is seeding investment funds, as part of its government’s nearly $145 billion initiative to invest in digital and green sectors

KKR to build out Chile's fibre network with Telefonica

KKR has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Telefonica Chile’s fibre network for US$1 billion

IJGlobal Awards 2020 – North Americas Judging Team

IJGlobal is currently inviting submissions for its annual awards which celebrate achievements on deals across the infrastructure and energy sectors in all regions around the world, and for now we are delighted to announce our judging team for North America

New India telecom JV forms

Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX agreed to develop 1GW of data centre capacity in India during the next decade

Malaysia forming 5G SPV

The government of Malaysia intends to form a special purpose vehicle to manage the country’s transition to 5G

DFIs line up for Liquid Telecommunications bond issue

Three debt finance institutions have put in place orders to purchase up to an aggregate $187 million of a bond issue by Africa-focused Liquid Telecommunications

DNS buyers shortlisted

Potential buyers for the sale of German fibre group DNS:NET have been shortlisted, IJGlobal understands

Hudson to leave KPMG for public sector position

Nicholas Hudson, associate director of infrastructure and projects at KPMG Australia, has last week resigned from his position to take on a political advisory role

Calisen to delist in March after regulator's green light

Calisen has updated the market on its take-private timeline after receiving approvals from Ukrainian authorities

Avaio data centre venture secures institutional backing

Avaio Digital Partners, a platform focused on building sustainable hyperscale data centres in the Americas and Europe, has raised $375 million from a single institutional investor