Soluna has launched Project Annie, a 75MW data center that is powered by a co-located 114MW solar farm in northeast Texas

UK-based pension scheme Nest has committed €530 million to seed a new infrastructure debt fund, a first major move since it acquired a stake in the Australian investment manager IFM Investors

Barings has secured nearly $950 million in capital commitments for its Diversified Alternative Equity strategy over the past 6 months, targeting lower middle market private equity buyouts and value-add infrastructure investments

Millicom Spain has completed the acquisition of Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay for $440 million

The Australian Energy Market Commission has finalised a comprehensive modernisation to the national electricity grid’s technical requirements, addressing challenges from large energy users like data centres and hydrogen electrolysers

Manulife Investment Management has formed Lakefront Fiber, a joint venture with Midwest Fiber Networks

Arcus-backed FixMap has acquired Stimo.Net, a fibre-to-the-home operator and ISP with network coverage in Poland’s Podkarpackie and Mazowieckie provinces, as part of its ongoing consolidation strategy

Blue Owl, Crusoe and Primary Digital Infrastructure have raised $11.6 billion in debt and equity to build one of OpenAI’s largest data centres in Texas

Paris-based management company Swen Capital Partners has launched evergreen fund Swen Select Infrastructure FCPR, opening access to individual investors

AtlasEdge Data Centers is preparing to sell some of its assets, IJGlobal can reveal

US-based law firm Cadwalader has appointed Rebecca Crowley – a lawyer in the infrastructure and core-plus infrastructure space – as a partner in its London office

Apterra today launched the syndication process for $200 million of debt to recapitalise data centre company Tierpoint

British Columbia Investment Management’s bid for London-listed BBGI Global Infrastructure has been accepted by 93.84% of BBGI shareholders and is now unconditional

The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund has raised $325 million in debt for its emerging market infrastructure-focused fund