Blackstone-led consortium to buy AirTrunk

Macquarie Asset Management and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board have announced the sale of their majority stake in hyperscale-focused data centre operator, AirTrunk, to a consortium of investors led and managed by Blackstone

Citi hires ex-JPM banker to head IB

Citi today announced the appointment of ex-JP Morgan banker, Achintya Mangla, as head of financing for its investment banking business, effective immediately

InfraRed, MEAG invest in US FTTP

InfraRed and MEAG have partnered to co-invest in LiveOak Fiber, a US fibre-to-the-premise company, which is majority-owned by InfraRed

Carlos Slim ups BT stake, UK

Carlos Slim’s investment firm has increased its stake in BT, a regulatory filing shows

Ogi agrees £45m financing package, UK

Welsh alternative network provider Ogi has agreed a £45 million financing package from Cardiff Capital Region

Sumpster crops up at CIBC, London

Long-established London-based infrastructure figure Tom Sumpster has started a new role leading the team at CIBC, having exited Phoenix Group late last year

IJInvestor Awards – NY Judging Panel in Full

IJInvestor – the M&A and infrastructure fund service of IJGlobal – is pleased to announce the full judging panel that will sit in New York to decide the fate of IJInvestor Awards 2024 for the Americas

IJInvestor Awards 2024 – Full London Judging Panel

IJInvestor – the M&A and infrastructure fund service of IJGlobal – is pleased to announce the full judging panel that will sit in London to decide the fate of IJInvestor Awards 2024

Google to build second LatAm data centre

Google is planning to build its second data centre facility in Latin America

Macquarie’s sixth Americas fund passes $6bn

Macquarie has raised $6.2 billion for its sixth infrastructure fund, according to SEC filings, approaching its $7 billion target

Ohio Police backs Blackstone fund

Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has committed $125 million to a Blackstone infrastructure fund

Mongolia group sells majority stake

Mongolia’s conglomerate MSM Group today announced the sale of a majority stake to Jebsen & Jessen Group

Empyrion Digital forays into Japan

Empyrion Digital has signed a binding agreement with one of Japan's largest diversified financial services groups to develop a 25MW AI-ready data centre in Tokyo

Blue Owl partners on $5bn US data centre JV

Blue Owl has partnered with Chirisa Technology Parks and PowerHouse Data Centers to build large-scale AI/HPC data centres for CoreWeave, an AI and cloud services company

RBC raises C$850m for global infra fund

RBC Global Asset Management has completed the second subscription period for its global infrastructure fund, raising C$850 million