Blue Owl, QIA reach first close on digital infra platform

Qatar Investment Authority and Blue Owl have reached first close on its digital infrastructure platform aimed at accelerating global computing capacity for hyperscalers amid rapid cloud and AI transformation

IREN closes $2.3bn convertible notes offering

AI cloud and data center developer IREN Ltd closed its offering of convertible senior notes and repurchase of certain existing convertible notes, it said today

ZincFive closes Series F funding round, US

Oregon-based nickel-zinc batteries company ZincFive has closed an oversubscribed $30 million Series F funding round

OpenAI, NextDC to develop Oz AI campus

OpenAI and NextDC have signed an MoU to co-develop a hyperscale AI campus at NextTDC’s S7 site in Eastern Creek, Sydney

Arcus closes fourth fund at €3bn hard cap

Arcus Infrastructure Partners has held a one-and-done close at a €3 billion hard cap for its fourth infrastructure fund after 7 months of fundraising

Uzbekistan unveils $11bn energy, infra pipeline

The government of Uzbekistan has launched 42 new energy and infrastructure projects, with a combined investment value of around $11 billion

GEM Realty Capital to sell Aligned Data Centers stake, US

GEM Realty Capital has sold it equity stake in Aligned Data Centers to a consortium led by AIP, MGX and BlackRock’s GIP

Grain adds former FCC commissioner as senior adviser

Grain Management has appointed Geoffrey Starks, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, to its board of senior advisers

Chindata, HEC partner on China energy-compute cluster

Chindata and HEC has formed a strategic partnership to establish a regional vertically integrated energy-compute cluster in Ulanqab, China

Zegona completes fibre JV, Spain

Zegona has completed Vodafone Spain's fibre joint venture with MasOrange and GIC, named PremiumFiber