AIIB, IBRD to set up $1bn guarantee facility

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank plans to offer guarantees worth $1 billion against sovereign-backed loans made by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

TIM, KKR enter exclusive negotiations for landline grid

Telecom Italia will enter into exclusive negotiations with KKR for a stake in TIM's fixed-line network assets

Edmonds exits HSBC's Americas project finance team

James Edmonds has recently left HSBC’s project finance team where he served as head of real assets finance for the Americas, based in New York

Veon commits $600m to Ukraine's recovery

Global telecommunications provider Veon has committed $600 million to Ukraine’s recovery over 3 years

CityFibre granted wayleaves for UK fibre network

The UK’s largest altnet CityFibre has secured wayleaves for more than 1 million homes across the country

PINT invests in Denmark's GlobalConnect

Pantheon Infrastructure has invested €23.1 million in Danish digital infrastructure and telecoms provider GlobalConnect

TKF bags cable contract for Ørsted’s Taiwan wind farm

TKF, a provider of cable solutions, has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to supply cables for an offshore wind park project in Taiwan

KPN acquires Youfone's Dutch business

KPN has acquired the Dutch activities of telecoms provider Youfone in a deal valued at €200 million

KPN to buy Primevest's fibre network

KPN has agreed to acquire Primevest Capital Partners' fibre network in the Netherlands for an undisclosed sum

IFC lends on Seacom’s subsea fiber business

The IFC said it is providing a $207 million debt package to Seacom as part of the latter's 5-year, digital infra expansion plan

UKIB – one out, a lot more in

UKIB is building a head of steam on the hiring front with more than 200 staff in place – plans for around 280 in steady state – and 38 of them working in banking. Read here a round-up of who is doing what and exclusive news on an exit

Scaleway creates standalone data centre arm

Pan-European cloud host Scaleway has announced its intention to split its data centre business away from the company’s central operations from 1 July 2023

Brookfield and Ontario Teachers’ acquire data centre plat...

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and existing investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have reached an agreement to acquire Compass Datacenters from RedBird Capital Partners and the Azrieli Group

Midmarket fund to close in H2

A UK-based investor in the mid-market space expects to hold final close on the third vintage of its infrastructure fund in H2, IJGlobal has learned

JV created for Nordic data centre pipeline

Four leading Norwegian telecoms and energy companies have launched a joint venture to drive the country’s data centre market growth