NEC bags east Micronesia undersea cable
Japanese information technology company NEC has bagged the contract to construct, supply, and install about 2,250km of submarine cable system linking 3 island countries in Oceania
Macquarie AM seals strategic hires
Macquarie Asset Management has made 2 key hires to its private credit business – one in New York and the other in London
French debt fund up to €135m
A French debt fund has raised €135 million as it prepares to sign its fourth deal at the end of the summer
Senior shift at Vantage Infra, London
Vantage Infrastructure is restructuring its key leadership in London with the departure at the end of this month of one of its top figures
Orjela crops up at Macquarie, London
Gurjit Orjela has cropped up in a private credit role at Macquarie in London having spent the last year on parent duties since exiting Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management
Debt fund to hold first close post-summer
A Europe-focused debt fund is expected to hold a first close post-summer, having begun premarketing at the end of 2022
Orange closes acquisition of majority stake in Belgian te...
Orange Belgium has closed the acquisition of a majority stake in Belgian cable company VOO for €1.8 billion
DGI9 signs green loan facility to boost asset
Digital 9 Infrastructure has signed a new $100 million green term loan debt facility with an uncommitted $50 million accordion provision for its asset Verne Global Iceland, which has been fully underwritten by Natixis
AfDB to invest equity in Africa50 infra fund
The AfDB has approved a $20 million equity investment into the $500 million Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund I
Peru to award 5 PPPs in June
Peruvian investment promotion agency ProInversión seeks to award 5 PPPs in June
ODF en route to smash 2023 goal
Open Dutch Fiber has now connected more than 850,000 homes in the Netherlands as part of its fibre-to-the-home roll out
Norwegian data centre refi “going well”
The sponsors behind a “James Bond-style” data centre in Norway are reporting that efforts to refi existing debt – with built-in additional capex – are “going well”.
Equinix increases investment in Dubai
US-based data centre provider Equinix said it would launch its third data centre in Dubai
I Squared digital platform acquires French data centre
I Squared Capital's digital infrastructure platform nLighten has acquired 100% equity in Euclyde Data Centers