abrdn to bolster UK fibre offering

Wessex Internet Limited, an abrdn portfolio company, has reached close on a £35 million ($43m) debt package from Triodos Bank

Vodafone plans strategic partnership with Accenture

Vodafone has revealed plans for a strategic partnership with Accenture to aid in "accelerating its transformation to commercialise its market leading shared services operations" through a €150 million investment from the global professional services company

Zegona completes equity raise to fund Vodafone Spain acqu...

Zegona Communications completed its €300 million equity placing to institutional investors to partially fund its €5 billion acquisition of Vodafone Spain

EAIF commit $31m to African telco Paratus

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund – part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group – and its fund manager Ninety One have arranged a $31 million debt facility to support the telecoms group Paratus

QTS acquires Dutch data centre firm, Zentrys

QTS has acquired Zentrys, a Dutch data centre management and operations company, adding to its footprint of more than 9 million square feet of mega scale data centre space across North America and Europe

CapitaLand secures loan for India data centre

CapitaLand India Trust has secured a 5-year construction loan of $156 million for its data centre in Navi Mumbai

HSBC AM hires Lim for Southeast Asia, Singapore

HSBC Asset Management has appointed Pang Qi Lim as its chief executive officer of Southeast Asia and Singapore, subject to regulatory approval

Kim exits NatWest for APAC role

Kooyeon Kim today serves his last day as managing director of infrastructure and project finance at NatWest in London. Sources say he is leaving to take on a new role in Asia

Sale of EAG is progressing, UK

The sale of Energy Assets Group is currently in the second round, with 3 companies showing interest, IJGlobal understands

Connecticut Retirement mulls $200 million Stonepeak inves...

The Investment Advisory Committee of the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds is planning an investment of up to $200 million into Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund V

ST Telemedia to build another Malaysian data center

ST Telemedia Global Data Centers is planning to develop an up to 120MW data center campus in Johor, Malaysia

TIM defends deal despite shareholder opposition

TIM Group's chief executive on Thursday defended the company's proposed sale of its grid to KKR despite opposition from shareholders

Naver launches data center in Sejong, Korea

The Naver Corporation has launched its second data center, Gak Sejong, with a capacity of 270MW in South Korea

Gresham fund closes at £450m with LGPS backing

Gresham House has completed the final close of the £450 million British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund II, securing backing from 8 local government pension schemes

NIDF signs loan for Nigerian internet build-out

Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria-focused infrastructure debt fund is to provide long-term financing to Tizeti, a fast-growing wireless internet service provider based in Lagos