Africa-focused data centre operator PAIX will be initiating series B fundraising today for the construction of 3 new data centres

Atlas Investissement has confirmed that it is exploring a potential buyout of Millicom, a Latin American telecom provider, through all cash tender offers

Google has entered into 2 PPAs to source clean energy for its data centres in Japan, its first such attempt in the country

UK altnet Freedom Fibre has won a £43 million Project Gigabit contract to upgrade gigabit-ready broadband in rural Cheshire, UK

King Street Capital has acquired a majority stake in Colovore, a data centre operator that specialises in liquid-cooled, high-density colocation for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing

Green data centre developer Soluna Holdings has signed a power purchase agreement with EDF Renewables and Masdar for its 166MW Project Kati in Texas

The Spanish government has completed the acquisition of its stake in Telefonica

Egypt’s full-service telecom operator Telecom Egypt will refinance its short-term facilities after agreeing a 5-year, $200 million amortising loan with Banque Misr

abrdn has hired Maciej Tarasiuk as head of investments in its core infrastructure business, based in London

US data centre developer Prime Data Centers has unveiled plans for a 40MW facility in Alcobendas, Madrid

ICG Infra and Spanish telecoms investor Teras have launched Templus, a data centre platform focused on southern Europe

The Italian government has approved Swisscom’s €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone Italy, keeping the transaction on track with its timeline for closing

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

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

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