IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Digital Infra Acquisition, APAC

The winner for Asia Pacific in the IJInvestor Awards 2023 is the creation of a joint venture partnership between Ayalaland Logistics Holdings Corp and Flow Digital Infrastructure to drive investments across the region

IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Digital Infra Acquisition, Europe

More of a merger than an acquisition – a rare thing to write on IJGlobal – the MapleCo / Calisen deal wins the IJInvestor Awards trophy for the digital infrastructure category for Europe

Novva Data Centres acquires fifth US facility

CIM Group-owned Novva Data Centres has acquired a 7.5 acre campus in south San Francisco as a base for its fifth US data centre

Green debt facility approved for US FTTP

Ubiquity, the US digital infrastructure specialist, has closed on an inaugural green revolving debt facility that will be used to accelerate deployment of open access fibre networks across its operating regions of Texas, California, Arizona and Nebraska

Netrality Data Centres secures sustainability-linked loan

Netrality Data Centres, the US’s largest privately held core interconnection facility company, has received a $380 million sustainability-linked loan from a team of lenders

HIG Capital adds 3 to capital formation team

HIG Capital has hired Jenny Nelson and Joe Tremblay as managing directors of its capital formation group in California, and Jennie Park as principal of the group, based in New York

Antin NextGen fund reaches €1.2bn final close

Antin Infrastructure Partners has reached final close on its investment vehicle dedicated to new infrastructure technologies at its target size of €1.2 billion

Five quit RPS to launch Infravue, Oz

A team of 5 infrastructure investment advisers quit RPS Group to start their own technical and ESG investment advisory firm – Infravue – specialising on energy, industrial, transport and digital infrastructure assets

Apis gets $75m from IFC for new fund

UK-based Apis Partners has received a $75 million equity investment from International Finance Corp for its new fund that helps expanding mid-cap financial service providers and improving financial inclusion

T Rowe Price expands Asia team

US-based T Rowe Price has expanded its Asia intermediary distribution team with the appointment of Daisy Leung and Claudia Phuah

MAM appoints co-heads of private credit division, Europe

Macquarie Asset Management has strengthened its infrastructure and investment grade private credit leadership team with the appointment of Tom van Rijsewijk and Sophia Alison as co-heads of Europe

Nigeria's PAT secures investment from DPI & Verod

Nigerian digital infrastructure company Pan African Towers will receive investment from Development Partners International and Verod Capital to fuel its growth and embark on the next phase of its strategy

Digital 9 sells Verne to Ardian, initiates strategic review

D9 has agreed to sell its entire stake in data centre provider, Verne Global, to Ardian for $575 million

InfraVia, PSG invest in Finnish sustainability platform

InfraVia Capital Partners and PSG Equity have invested €40 million in One Click LCA, a decarbonisation platform for construction and manufacturing, to fund operations, expansion and M&A

DigitalBridge closes first credit fund at $1.1bn

DigitalBridge’s digital infrastructure credit fund has reached close at $1.1 billion in commitments, including co-investment capital