North Carolina-based Ripple Fiber has partnered with Post Road Group, an alternative investment firm focused on digital infrastructure, to deploy its fibre optic network across the country

Investment firm and alternative asset manager CIM Group has closed on its previously announced initial $125 million loan commitment to Applied Digital

The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System approved 2 infrastructure fund commitments last week

BlackRock has raised $510 million to date for the second iteration of its global infrastructure debt fund, according to SEC filings

BlackRock has bought a 50.1% stake of Mainova Group’s shares in its digital infrastructure subsidiary

The European Commission has opened an in-depth foreign subsidies investigation into the Emirates Telecommunications Group Company’s acquisition of a 50% plus 1 share interest in PPF Telecom Group’s assets across Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia

TDK Ventures – a subsidiary of Japanese electronics manufacturer TDK Corporation – has hired David Delfassy as investment director in its London office effective today, as part of the firm’s European expansion

Patrizia has reorganised its ESG team, with its sustainability and impact investing roles to be headed up by Edward Pugh and Mads Rude respectively

Infrastructure veteran Charles Greenfield is retiring after 26 years at Societe Generale in London, and Alex Kipling is stepping up to replace him

Global digital and connectivity operator Veon has increased its $600 million investment into Ukraine’s digital infrastructure to $1 billion

Arpan Garg has joined SMBC India’s coverage team as an executive director to handle renewables, utilities and infrastructure companies

Technical advisory firm Altus Group started culling its infrastructure advisory team in March, continuing through April and May, IJGlobal has learned. One member of the team is said to be leaving of his own volition

Applied Digital Corporation has secured up to $200 million in private financing from CIM Group, an investment firm and alternative asset manager

The California Public Employees' Retirement System has completed $2.6 billion in new infra fund commitments

BGO has made a €350 million equity investment in Bulk Infrastructure, a Nordic digital infrastructure developer and operator