US firm plans major Korea data centre

Stock Farm Road, a Silicon Valley investment group, has inked an MoU for a 3GW AI-ready data centre in South Korea

Tafara returns to IFC as VP for Africa

The International Finance Corporation has appointed Ethiopis Tafara as vice president for Africa, effective 1 April

FibreConnect, Retelit JV for Italian fibre

Italian altnet FibreConnect and Retelit have formed a JV to build-out a fibre network in the industrial areas of Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Alfanar secures debt for data centre bundle, KSA

Alfanar Projects has secured an SAR 1.32 billion debt package for the development of 4 data centres in Riyadh and Dammam, Saudi Arabia

IJGlobal Regional Report – North America, FY 2024

The full-year 2024 logged impressive increases across the board for North American greenfield and brownfield activity in the infrastructure and energy asset classe

CDC plans greenfield data centre, Australia

Infratil-backed CDC Data Centres is developing a 150MW data centre campus in Melbourne, Australia

Poste Italiane acquires Telecom Italia stake

Poste Italiane has agreed to acquire a 9.81% stake in Telecom Italia

NOVA nears $400m with second fund, US

Mid-market investor NOVA Infrastructure has raised $382.6 million to date for its second infrastructure fund, according to SEC filings

Vena plans Japan green DC portfolio

GIP-backed Vena Energy has inked an MoU with Quantum Mesh to develop a green data centre portfolio in Japan

Vero expands credit facility for fibre network growth

Vero, a Colorado-based fibre infrastructure and broadband internet provider, has expanded its existing credit facility to $240 million of committed capital with an accordion providing up to $310 million of total capacity

CVC DIF returns to market with double fundraise

CVC DIF launched fundraising for 2 infrastructure funds in January, the manager said today with a combined target of €8 billion

AFC, CEXIM ink African infra financing MoU

The Africa Finance Corporation has signed an MoU with the Export-Import Bank of China looking to collaborate on African infrastructure and trade project financing across the continent

Marguerite takes stake in Italian fibre biz

Marguerite has agreed to acquire a 45% stake in Italian fibre network operator FibreConnect from existing shareholder Azimut Libera Impresa

Telecom Italia approves Sparkle sale

Telecom Italia’s board has approved the sale of its sub-sea cable unit, Sparkle