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Palistar's third infra fund raises $626m, US

PROPRIETARY

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Palistar Capital's third infrastructure fund has raised $626 million towards its fund with a $2.3 billion target size

EBRD to finance Nigerian fibre

PROPRIETARY

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms Sub-Saharan Africa

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering a $100 million loan to Nigeria to finance its participation in an SPV for the nationwide roll-out of 90,000km of fibre-optic broadband infrastructure

Taipei steps up AI, data centre push

EXCLUSIVE

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

Taipei is ramping up efforts to position itself as a regional hub for artificial intelligence and data centre investments, attracting both local and international operators, IJGlobal can reveal

'No fire sales' at Fiera Capital amid legal disputes

PROPRIETARY

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Canadian investment firm Fiera Capital is not rushing any assets to market amid a legal dispute with its former head of infrastructure

DigitalBridge’s EdgePoint taps $500m debt

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16 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

DigitalBridge-backed EdgePoint Infrastructure has launched a $500 million 4-year syndicated loan, with proceeds earmarked for a dividend recapitalisation, IJGlobal can reveal

IJGlobal League Tables Q3 – PPPs make tentative comeback

EXCLUSIVE

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Infrastructure finance was down in the first 9 months of 2025 when compared to the same time period last year

UPDATE: Hong Kong launches tender for data centre

PROPRIETARY

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

The Hong Kong government has rolled out an open tender for a data centre site in the Northern Metropolis

Target revealed on Ardian secondaries fund

EXCLUSIVE

15 Oct 2025 Telecoms Europe

Ardian is looking to raise the largest infrastructure secondaries fund to date with a $7 billion target for its latest strategy, IJGlobal can reveal

A&M taps AFRY talent for Asia infra push

EXCLUSIVE

15 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

Global advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal has poached a senior executive from AFRY to bolster its infrastructure and capital markets practice in key markets in Asia Pacific, IJGlobal can reveal

Tillman tower sale process nearing end

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14 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

The sale process for Tillman Infrastructure’s tower portfolio is advancing toward a possible conclusion, IJGlobal can reveal

TPG Peppertree launches continuation vehicle fundraise

EXCLUSIVE

13 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

TPG Peppertree is working with its new private equity owner on a considerable continuation vehicle fundraise for some of the wireless infrastructure firm’s assets and businesses, IJGlobal can reveal

Developer targets expansion of biomass-backed data centers

EXCLUSIVE

13 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

East Energy Renewables is advancing a strategy to co-locate midsized data centers alongside its biomass power plants

Analysis & Case Studies

A curse on your SPACtastic debt

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms Europe

As All Hallows’ Eve looms and the infra lending community cowers from a horror that’s holding the industry in its thrall, there’s only one thing to do – face your fears. This week’s Friday Editorial is not suited to infra purists of a gentle disposition as it unmasks a fearsome beast...

Transition in a bubble environment

03 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Having been in New York earlier this week for our REFF North America conference where all things renewable energy were discussed, it’s curious that the classification of gas-fired power plants as “transition” raised not the glimmer of a knowing smile. And all this to power the AI bubble that's gonna burst before long...

A game fund managers play – Continuation Conundrum

19 Sep 2025 Telecoms Europe

When’s a continuation vehicle not a continuation vehicle? When the fund manager insists it wants to hold on to the asset… coz, honestly, it’s really good… and… you know… you get kinda attached to these things, don’t you?

Infra Dig – Denham Capital on powering data centres

16 Sep 2025 Telecoms North America

As IJGlobal gears up to host REFF North America – our landmark conference for the regional energy sector – the Infra Dig podcast turns its focus to the thorny issue of powering data centres across the US. Justin DeAngelis – global head of sustainable infrastructure at Denham Capital – tells all...

Other News

DataBank increases financing for data centre projects, US

20 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Chicago-based DataBank, a provider of edge colocation, interconnection and managed cloud services, has upsized its existing $725 million credit facility to $1.6 billion to finance its ongoing and future data centre construction projects

Firmus expands Project Southgate, Oz

20 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

Firmus Technologies has expanded Project Southgate through a strategic alliance with CDC Data Centres and Nvidia, advancing Australia’s renewable-powered AI infrastructure and scaling total planned capacity to 1.6GW

Vauban to acquire Towerlink France

20 Oct 2025 Telecoms Europe

Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Vauban Infra Fibre, France's largest independent digital infrastructure platform, has agreed to acquire Towerlink France from Cellnex France

Bain Capital-backed Thai data centre advances

20 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

Bain Capital-backed Bridge Data Centres signed a 10-year industrial water purchase agreement with Eastwater Stecon Utilities for its hyperscale data centre campus in Chonburi Province

Zayo appoints president, COO, US

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Zayo has appointed Chris Brown as president and chief operating officer

Patria reaches $2.9bn for fifth infra fund

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms Latin America

Latin America-focused investor Patria has closed its fifth infrastructure fund at $2.9 billion in total commitments, amassing the largest pool of private infrastructure capital to date for Latin America

TeraWulf prices offering, New York

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

TeraWulf has priced a $3.2 billion offering of senior secured notes due 2030 at 7.750% for the financing of its data center expansion in New York

NordLB backs EXA refi

17 Oct 2025 Telecoms Europe

NordLB has joined as co-underwriter and joint bookrunner on a €1.3 billion refinancing package for I Squared-backed EXA Infrastructure – one of the largest fibre infrastructure financings in Europe this year

GI Partners secures financing for GA data center purchase...

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Digital infrastructure investor GI Partners has acquired a data center property in Alpharetta, Georgia, for over $253 million

Port Authority, Boingo ink cellular, Wi-Fi deal, US

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has signed an agreement with Boingo Wireless to provide cellular and Wi-Fi networks across its portfolio of properties

Lancium closes data center debt financing, Texas

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms North America

Lancium has closed a $600 million debt financing package to advance its clean campus development strategy in Texas

ADB, Tcell sign Tajikistan mobile network financing

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms Asia Pacific

ADB and Tcell have signed a $30 million financing agreement for the development of the Tcell mobile network expansion project in Tajikistan

Nscale to deploy AI infra GPUs for Microsoft

16 Oct 2025 Telecoms Europe

Nscale has signed an expanded deal to deploy around 200,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs from AI campuses in Europe and the US to support Microsoft’s operations and services