BlueOrchard holds Swiss sustainable infra debt fund close
Swiss impact investment firm BlueOrchard has held an additional close on its sustainable infrastructure fund BlueOrchard Sustainable Assets Fund, at a $14.6 million hard cap
Maryland city issues RFP for broadband study
The City of Greenbelt in Maryland has issued an RFP for a broadband feasibility/engineering study
CIFI AM – LAC debt fund hits first close
CIFI Asset Management has closed the first phase of a new debt fund that will target social and environmental infrastructure assets across Latin America and the Caribbean
Italian government to take stake in TIM
The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and KKR have signed a MoU to co-invest in TIM's fixed line network assets
Airtel plots Kenyan network expansion
Airtel is planning to invest $150 million to build 649 new network sites in Kenya as part of its debt-funded expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa
Equinix plans fourth data centre in India
US-based data centre provider Equinix plans to launch its fourth International Business Exchange data centre in Mumbai, India
Italy, Tunisia sign subsea interconnector grant
Two utilities operators have signed an EIB grant agreement to fund an invisible interconnection between Italy and Tunisia in a move towards the first DC electricity connection between Europe and Africa
Merced, CA issues RFP for broadband P3
The City of Merced in California has issued an RFP seeking 1 or more private parties to expand its business and residential broadband access via a P3
Investec expands power and infra team, NY
Mark Harris has joined the power and infrastructure finance team at Investec, operating out of New York
Majority stake acquired in Central European telcos
Emirates Telecommunication Group is to acquire from PPF Group a 50% plus one share in PPF Telecom's assets in Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia
UPDATE: DBAG invests in infra services provider, Germany
Deutsche Beteiligungs has invested in critical infrastructure services provider TBD Technische Bau Dienstleistungen via a management buyout
InfraCredit backs Hotspot’s solar debt issue
InfraCredit has signed with Hotspot Network a credit enhancement for the latter’s £10 million debt facility for 120 solar-power telecom base stations across 22 states in Nigeria
StepStone launches listed infra fund
StepStone Private Wealth has launched StepStone Private Infrastructure Fund, an evergreen fund that has begun accepting subscriptions and aims to hold its initial closing in Q3 of 2023
ESR closes sustainability-linked loan for Hong Kong DC
Asia-focused real estate and investment company ESR Group has raised HK$1.6 billion through a sustainability-linked loan in Hong Kong for a brownfield data centre project
Costs climb for Irish data centre scheme
The Republic of Ireland’s State Data Centre project has seen costs rise to more than double – now valued at €80 million