EC approves MásMóvil, Orange merger, Spain

The European Commission has approved MásMóvil and Orange’s merger, subject to the mobile network operators fulfilling a commitments package

McAvinchey joins UKIB as Scot banking lead

Eddie McAvinchey has joined the UK Infrastructure Bank as director for banking and investments in Scotland

NOVA files for second infra fund

US manager NOVA Infrastructure has registered a second infrastructure fund and disclosed around $200 million of capital raised

UK fund manager to launch third sustainable infra strategy

UK-based asset manager Gresham House is gearing up for the launch of its third British sustainable infrastructure strategy with a £750 million target

Asterion launches third fund with €3.2bn target

Spanish manager Asterion has launched its third infrastructure fund, with a target of €3.2 billion and a hard cap of €3.6 billion

DataBank raises $456m securitisation

Databank has raised $456 million from issued secured notes in its fourth securitisation since 2021

Italy confirms debt for digital transformation

Polo Strategico Nazionale, Italy’s national strategic hub, has signed a €200 million debt package from a 6-strong lending club

Sequoia infra co-head steps down

Greg Taylor, co-head of infrastructure at at Sequoia Investment Management, is leaving his position to pursue personal ventures

Virtus announces 75MW UK data centre

British data centre developer Virtus has unveiled plans for a 75MW data centre in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

Borealis buys Finnish data centre

Borealis Data Center has acquired the Kajaani campus in Finland from Herman IT, with plans to expand its AI and high-power computing capabilities

Grain Management completes Quintillion acquisition

Grain Management, a solutions provider for the broadband and communications industry, has completed its acquisition of Quintillion, a fibre connectivity provider for Alaska and the North American Arctic

Yondr, Marubeni partner for Japan data center

London-based Yondr Group and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation have entered into a partnership to develop data centers in Japan

PIH agrees to acquire MTS from Kazakhtelecom

Power International Holding has agreed to acquire Mobile Telecom-Service from Kazakhtelecom – Kazakhstan’s national telecoms company as part of a wider collection of contracts signed between Qatari and Kazakh companies

Final close for Infranity's impact debt funds

Infranity – the sustainable infrastructure arm of Generali Investments – has reached final close on 2 impact debt funds at €2 billion