Nokia and Nscale have entered a partnership, focused on the build-out of AI infrastructure

Qatar Investment Authority and Blue Owl Capital have inked a strategic partnership agreement to create a digital infrastructure platform aimed at accelerating global computing capacity for hyperscalers amid rapid cloud and AI transformation

Desert Mountain Energy has appointed chief executive Robert Rohlfing to the advisory board of Roswell Information Park, where the company will work with Sustany, the developer of an AI-focused data centre campus

DataBank has raised $1.1 billion through a new master trust, marking its first securitisation backed by hyperscale facilities and the first data center ABS to be dual-rated by S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s

Telin has selected Nokia’s optical transport solution to provide highly available, reliable and scalable island-wide network between data centres in Singapore

New Era Energy & Digital has completed Phase 1 engineering for Texas Critical Data Centers, its 50/50 joint venture with Sharon AI, advancing plans for a large-scale AI data center and power development campus in the Permian Basin

Hyperscaler Nscale Global has closed an oversubscribed $1.1 billion Series B funding round

Keppel DC REIT and Keppel have signed agreements with unrelated third-party vendors to acquire a 100% interest in Tokyo Data Centre 3 in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo for $553.24 million

Akin has hired Ron Erlichman and Nick Atwood as partners in its market-leading energy and infrastructure practice in New York and Washington, DC offices, respectively

West Yorkshire Pension Fund has committed £50 million to L&G Digital Infrastructure Fund to support UK and European digital infrastructure investment

Meta, SoftBank, IPS, TM, XLSmart and NEC have formed a partnership to build the Candle submarine cable system connecting Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore