Saudi TAWAL closes European towers acquisition
Saudi Telecom subsidiary TAWAL has closed the acquisition of mobile tower infrastructure units in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia from telco United Group
Tribeca’s infra fund attracts investor, Oz
Tribeca Investment Partners today announced the expansion of the Tribeca Asian Infrastructure Fund following a commitment from an Asian sovereign wealth fund
Soh takes up new role as SMBC co-head
SMBC has regrouped its structured finance team in Asia with 2 co-heads, followed by the promotion of Jeanne Soh as co-head of structured finance Asia
Italy approves 20% stake in Telecom Italia
The Italian government has approved a decree that will see the state take a 20% stake in Telecom Italia's network business
Google to invest $1.7bn in Ohio, US
Google plans to invest an additional $1.7 billion in Ohio to support its 3 growing data centre campuses in the state
Korea plans 1GW data center complex
South Korea plans to develop 25 data centers with a capacity of 40MW each, as part of a project worth up to $7.54 billion
Credit Ag MD to start at Barings, London
An infrastructure and energy managing director from the London team of Credit Agricole is reaching the end of his gardening leave and next week starts in a new role at Barings
Toob expands UK fibre footprint
UK full fibre broadband provider Toob has committed £18 million to growing its network in Gosport, Southeast England
Bain to take Chindata private
Asia Pacific-focused data centre operator Chindata Group has agreed to US-based Bain Capital's proposal to take the company private for an implied total equity value of $3.16 billion
IP Pathways acquires Missouri-based data centre
Iowa-based IP Pathways, a technology solutions provider has acquired Netsolus, a data centre and managed service provider
Green light for British subsea venture
A sub marine electricity superhighway has received planning approval from all relevant planning bodies, the National Grid announced today
Scala Data Centres invests in Mexican hyperscale facility
Brazil’s Scala Data Centers is investing around $80 million to build its first hyperscale data centre in Mexico – SMEXTP01 – in the municipality of Tepotzotlán, some 40km north of Mexico City
Cordiant to buy Speed Fibre, Ireland
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is to buy Ireland's Speed Fibre from the Irish Infrastructure Fund for an enterprise value of €190.5 million
EQT fund sells stake in India's Coforge
EQT's BPEA Private Equity Fund VII has sold its remaining 26.6% stake in Coforge through a $924 million block sale
UPDATE: AirTrunk raises $2.9bn sustainability-linked loan
Asia Pacific-focused data centre operator AirTrunk has arranged an $2.9 billion-equivalent syndicated loan to refinance its corporate sustainability-linked loan