Kazakhstan is planning to build Central Asia’s largest hyperscale data centre by 2030, following a major investment from Singapore’s GK Hyperscale

Nitesh Agrawal, ex-senior syndications officer at the International Finance Corp, has joined the Asian Development Bank, IJGlobal can reveal

Equinix, the global data centre player, has raised $375 million from a green bond, diversifying it funding and investor base

Bain Capital-backed Bridge Data Centres has secured a $2.8 billion loan to expand its data centre portfolio in APAC

Thailand has approved 3 data centre projects from local and international developers, representing a total investment of $2.7 billion

The African Development Bank has signed 2 agreements supporting infrastructure and energy projects on the continent

Italian asset manager F2i is preparing the launch of a second infrastructure debt fund and has made registrations in Luxembourg

RWE has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with Telehouse, a data centre service operator

South African-headquartered banking conglomerate Absa Group has appointed Kenny Fihla as its new group chief exec, effective 17 June

EXA Infrastructure and Ultranet have put pen to paper on a deal to develop a fibre route between Milan and Genoa

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has raised $4.1 billion at the final close of its fourth fund, North Haven Infrastructure Partners IV

Globe Telecom has closed term loan facilities amounting to P10 billion each with BDO Unibank and the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company to fund capital expenditures, debt refinancing and corporate needs

Patrizia – alongside Universal Investment – has launched its first European long-term investment fund to raise capital for its infrastructure strategies from private and professional investors

Digital 9 Infrastructure has refinanced its £53.3 million RCF, which was set to mature on 17 March 2025