Saudi sovereign wealth fund to invest in new infrastructu...

A regional infrastructure fund set up between Investcorp and Aberdeen Standard Investments has secured Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as an anchor investor

3i completes DNS:NET acquisition

3i Infrastructure has completed its acquisition of a 60% stake in German fibre business DNS:NET

Bayfront prices $401 million PF securitisation

Singapore-headquartered Bayfront Infrastructure Management today priced $401 million infrastructure asset-backed securities

Eco Wave Power joins wave modelling project

Swedish wave energy developer Eco Wave Power Global has joined the ILIAD Consortium – an EU-backed initiative to develop a DTO device which uses real-time data to simulate wave movements

Principal data centre fund raises $533m

Principal Real Estate has raised €533 million for its first specialist US-focused data centre fund

Alibaba to develop first data centre in Philippines

China-based Alibaba Group plans to develop its first data centre in the Philippines by the end of this year

Cordiant digital vehicle raises £185m

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, the London-listed digital infrastructure investment company, has raised £185 million through a placing

Blackstone to take QTS Realty private

Blackstone has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of NYSE-listed QTS Realty Trust in a deal valued at $10 billion, including assumption of debt

Partners Group fund adds LP

A US pension fund has committed up to $100 million to a Partners Group infrastructure fund

Campbell Lutyens recruits principal for secondaries team

Campbell Lutyens has hired Darren O’Brien as a principal in its Chicago office

OIO approves DCI's entrance

New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approved the Brookfield-backed data centre company’s land purchase for a greenfield data centre in Auckland

Khakee appointed GC of Melody Investment Advisors

Melody Investment Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on communications infrastructure assets, has appointed Nitin Khakee to general counsel

Mizzi to head Plenary's funds business

Infrastructure veteran Julie-Anne Mizzi has this week joined Plenary Group as the head of its funds management activities for Australia and New Zealand

Fruits producer invests in I Squared fund

I Squared Capital has partnered with a global fruit and vegetables producer on tech-related infrastructure investments

EIB president calls for closer public/private ties to dev...

The president of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, has in a speech at the G20 today highlighted the "crucial need" to accelerate investment in sustainable infrastructure through closer cooperation between public and private investors