Data4 to set up shop in Poland

French data centre owner and operator Data4 is pushing ahead with its planned expansion in Europe and will open a data centre in Poland

Damkjaer takes role at AFC

Africa Finance Corporation has appointed to its board of directors Kirstine Damkjaer – the former chief executive of EKF, Denmark’s export credit agency

Secondaries fund bags Asian LP

An Asian-headquartered institutional investor has agreed to allocate capital to an infrastructure secondaries fund

IJGlobal ESG Awards – deadline extended

Due to popular demand – and possibly people getting their heads around a whole new set of criteria – we are extending the deadline for submissions to the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards

BTG Pactual takes InfraCo controlling stake

BTG Pactual is to purchase a controlling stake in InfraCo, holder of Brazil’s largest fibre optic network, from telecoms company Oi

Climate Finance Partnership raises $250m

The Climate Finance Partnership, a government-backed and BlackRock-managed blended finance vehicle focused on emerging markets infrastructure, has held a first close

Axiata in talks to acquire Link Net

Malaysian telecoms company Axiata is eyeing options to acquire a stake in Indonesia-based internet provider Link Net from interest holders Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners and Indonesian telecoms company First Media

SUNeVision to develop Hong Kong data centre

A SUNeVision Holdings subsidiary agreed to establish a 10 MW data centre in Hong Kong

BCIE opens first office in Asia

This week Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica, or Central American Bank for Economic Integration, started operations in Taiwan

Peru scopes out 5G auction

The Peruvian communications ministry has begun formal preparations for the country’s upcoming 5G spectrum auction

Shortlist out for Oz telecom deal

Five consortia are believed to have been shortlisted by Bank of America for the sale of Singtel’s Australian mobile telecom tower operator Optus

Stocche Forbes makes infra hire

Stocche Forbes Advogados has made a new hire in its infrastructure project development practice