Quaero in market with social infra fund

French manager Quaero Capital is fundraising for its inaugural social infrastructure fund and has raised $45.3 million to date, according to SEC filings

JLL to acquire NY-based data centre services provider

JLL has reached an agreement to acquire New York-based SKAE Power Solutions, a provider of data center technical and project management services

RMB supports global telematics, Powerfleet

Rand Merchant Bank has put together a $100 million funding package for US headquartered IT services and consulting company Powerfleet

Vantage Data Centers receives €750m in financing

Ares Management, CDPQ and Schroders Capital have agreed to provide Vantage Data Centers with up to €750 million in financing to aid its EMEA expansion strategy

Threadneedle wind-down begins, London

The travails of Columbia Threadneedle are drawing to a conclusion with news – exclusively revealed today by IJGlobal – emerging that the ESIF fund is being wound down

OSERS to invest in energy transition, digital infra

The School Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio will focus infrastructure investments on energy security, the transition and digital infrastructure

PDG hires group CFO from Masdar

Warburg Pincus-backed Princeton Digital Group today announced the appointment of Niall Hannigan as the group CFO, with effect from 3 June 2024

Involta rebrands as ark data centers

Data centre owner and operator Involta has been rebranded as ark data centers

Brazil’s BNDES to finance telecoms expansion

Brazilian development bank BNDES will provide Brisanet Serviços de Telecomunicações with a R$146.1 million loan to expand 5G coverage in the suburbs of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará state

PAIX, FSD partner for Djibouti data centre

PAIX Data Centres and the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Djibouti have signed a joint venture to construct a cloud and carrier-neutral data centre in the east African country

Bpifrance, QIA add €300m to partnership

Bpifrance and the Qatar Investment Authority have strengthened their partnership while renewing a sector focus on the energy transition

CityFibre completes Lit Fibre acquisition, UK

CityFibre has completed the acquisition of Lit Fibre from Newlight Partners in the UK for an undisclosed sum

CAF approves loan to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has approved a R$3.8 trillion loan package to reconstruct Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state after record-level floods

IFC to support STEP's Ethiopian telecoms roll-out

The International Finance Corporation is mulling a $350 million loan to support Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia plc in expanding its telecommunications network through the east African country