DataBank has raised $1.1 billion through a new master trust, marking its first securitisation backed by hyperscale facilities and the first data center ABS to be dual-rated by S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s

Telin has selected Nokia’s optical transport solution to provide highly available, reliable and scalable island-wide network between data centres in Singapore

New Era Energy & Digital has completed Phase 1 engineering for Texas Critical Data Centers, its 50/50 joint venture with Sharon AI, advancing plans for a large-scale AI data center and power development campus in the Permian Basin

Hyperscaler Nscale Global has closed an oversubscribed $1.1 billion Series B funding round

Keppel DC REIT and Keppel have signed agreements with unrelated third-party vendors to acquire a 100% interest in Tokyo Data Centre 3 in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo for $553.24 million

Akin has hired Ron Erlichman and Nick Atwood as partners in its market-leading energy and infrastructure practice in New York and Washington, DC offices, respectively

West Yorkshire Pension Fund has committed £50 million to L&G Digital Infrastructure Fund to support UK and European digital infrastructure investment

Meta, SoftBank, IPS, TM, XLSmart and NEC have formed a partnership to build the Candle submarine cable system connecting Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

Infranity has launched an open-ended evergreen infrastructure ELTIF aimed at private wealth investors

British investment trust Pantheon Infrastructure has committed to invest around £30 million in energy and data centre developer Intersect Power, through a vehicle managed by Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, a US-based infrastructure investor with over $1.3 billion in AUM