UK gov overturns major data centre plan

The UK government has overruled a decision made by Three Rivers District Council to block a £1 billion data centre project in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

I Squared, PIF sign MoU for infra fund, KSA

I Squared Capital and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to establish a dedicated infrastructure investment strategy focused on the Middle East

Africa50 and BRVM partner up, West Africa

Africa50 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres to develop infrastructure-focused capital markets solutions across the West African Economic and Monetary Union

Stonepeak eyes Spark NZ’s data centre portfolio

Stonepeak Partners is considering purchasing a stake in Spark New Zealand’s data centre portfolio, an asset valued at up to $800 million

Finnfund to focus on advancing digitalisation, Finland

Finnish development financier and impact investor Finnfund has rolled out a strategy to focus investments on digitalisation – including a digital infrastructure fund – and climate and nature

Scala Data Center receives power connection approval, Bra...

Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy has approved Scala’s 5GW power connection for its data center city in Rio Grande do Sul

Allianz raises €400m for private markets fund, Europe

AllianzGI said it has raised over €400 million to date for its semi-liquid cross-private markets strategy from clients across Europe

XL Batteries, Prometheus Hyperscale sign energy storage a...

XL Batteries and Prometheus Hyperscale have inked a multi-year agreement for the deployment of long-duration energy storage systems at US data centers

BDx secures financing for Hong Kong data centre

BDx has secured project financing from Clifford Capital, UOB and SMBC for the development of its first hyperscale data centre in Hong Kong

Juvo Energy seeks capital partners for data centers, US

Juvo Energy has launched a search for additional capital partners to support the further advancement of its 10GW portfolio of data center projects in the US

26North in talks to acquire DigitalBridge

A consortium led by alternatives investment firm 26North Partners is understood to be in advanced discussions to acquire digital infrastructure fund manager DigitalBridge, IJGlobal can reveal

Basalt chooses capital formation head, US

Basalt Infrastructure Partners has appointed Daniel Covre as global head of capital formation, based in New York

3i's FLAG secures refinancing for subsea network expansion

3i Infrastructure-back FLAG has secured a $340 million refinancing package covering all its existing debt facilities