EQT mulls AI infrastructure fund

Swedish investor EQT is considering raising an infra fund focusing specifically on AI infrastructure and has made initial registrations for the strategy, IJGlobal understands

Gibson Dunn rehires energy, infra partner, New York

Gibson Dunn has unveiled the return of Jamal Lama to its New York office, serving as a partner in the energy and infrastructure practice group

Global Technical Realty to build Swiss data centre

Data centre platform Global Technical Realty has begun the construction phase of its first data centre development in Switzerland

I Squared Capital launches KIO Networks co-invest

I Squared Capital has registered a co-invest vehicle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Asterion agrees to acquire Portugal data centre

Asterion Industrial Partners has agreed to acquire the Covilhã data centre campus from Altice Portugal for €120 million

GI Partners agrees to acquire Digita Group, Nordics

GI Partners has agreed to acquire Digita Group from DigitalBridge

UAE invests in Africa's AI future

The UAE has launched the $1 billion “AI for Development” initiative, aimed to support and finance AI projects in African countries

nLighten signs data centre supply agreement, France

nLighten has signed a renewable energy supply agreement covering all of its French data centre sites from 1 January 2026

BII, FirstRand agree African transition finance facility

The UK’s British International Investment and South Africa’s FirstRand have announced a $150 million transition finance facility to high-emitting businesses seeking to decarbonise their operations

CIQ to expand AI-ready, HPC infrastructure, Middle East

CIQ has opened an office in the Gulf region as part of its strategy to scale AI-ready and high-performance computing infrastructure across the Middle East