Soluna inks $30m for green data centre, US

Soluna Holdings, a green data centre developer, has closed a $30 million financing from Spring Lane Capital for its 50MW project Dorothy 2, which is co-located with a 150MW wind farm, in Texas

BII agrees $30m telecoms financing, Tanzania

British International Investment yesterday agreed to finance the construction of new telecom sites in rural Tanzania

Houlihan Lokey adds debt advisory MD, Italy

Investment bank Houlihan Lokey has hired Vieri Betti Guaraldi as a managing director in its European capital markets group, based in Milan

PAIX expands Ghanaian data centre

PAIX Data Centres is expanding the capacity of its operations in Ghana to 1.2MW to boost Africa’s digital economy

WorxInvest finalises Gimv stake acquisition, Belgium

Antwerp-based investment firm WorxInvest has finalised the acquisition of a 28.73% stake in Brussels-listed Gimv from Flemish Participation Company for around €375 million

AfDB funds Congo 3-story data centre

The African Development Bank will fund the construction of a 3-story data centre in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, as part of its Central Africa Fibre-Optic Backbone Project

CoreWeave raises $7.5bn for AI infra

Cloud computing company CoreWeave has secured a $7.5 billion debt financing facility led by funds managed by Blackstone, with strategic participation from Magnetar and Coatue

GDC sells Etix Everywhere to Infranity, France

Global Data Centre Group has agreed to sell its stake in Etix Everywhere, its European data centre platform, to Infranity for €108 million

Keppel makes leadership changes, Singapore

Infrastructure asset manager Keppel has confirmed leadership changes with Manjot Singh Mann becoming its chief executive of connectivity, replacing Thomas Pang

Banglalinks partners for 4G in Bangladesh

Banglalink, VEON’s digital operator in Bangladesh, has signed an MoU with Robi, a subsidiary of Axiata Group and Bangladesh’s 2nd largest mobile operator, to explore network sharing possibilities and expand the country’s 4G network

CIMIC bags Singapore waterworks contract

CIMIC Group has been awarded a contract for the reconstruction of Choa Chu Kang waterworks in Singapore worth approximately $107 million

InfraRed receives NBOs for German telco

InfraRed Capital Partners has received non-binding offers for its stake in the German telco Deutsche GigaNetz

Minnesota SBI plans $200m KKR investment

The Investment Advisory Council of the Minnesota State Board of Investment has recommended the fund invests to a KKR infra vehicle

Quaero in market with social infra fund

French manager Quaero Capital is fundraising for its inaugural social infrastructure fund and has raised $45.3 million to date, according to SEC filings

JLL to acquire NY-based data centre services provider

JLL has reached an agreement to acquire New York-based SKAE Power Solutions, a provider of data center technical and project management services