Polo Strategico Nazionale, Italy’s national strategic hub, has signed a €200 million debt package from a 6-strong lending club

Greg Taylor, co-head of infrastructure at at Sequoia Investment Management, is leaving his position to pursue personal ventures

British data centre developer Virtus has unveiled plans for a 75MW data centre in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

Borealis Data Center has acquired the Kajaani campus in Finland from Herman IT, with plans to expand its AI and high-power computing capabilities

Grain Management, a solutions provider for the broadband and communications industry, has completed its acquisition of Quintillion, a fibre connectivity provider for Alaska and the North American Arctic

London-based Yondr Group and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation have entered into a partnership to develop data centers in Japan

Power International Holding has agreed to acquire Mobile Telecom-Service from Kazakhtelecom – Kazakhstan’s national telecoms company as part of a wider collection of contracts signed between Qatari and Kazakh companies

Infranity – the sustainable infrastructure arm of Generali Investments – has reached final close on 2 impact debt funds at €2 billion

US-based Starwood Capital Group has made an $850 million investment to further the expansion of Echelon Data Centres, acquiring a 50% stake in the UK and Ireland-based operator

Wael Al Sharif has been made head of global corporate and investment banking at MUFG for the Middle East and North Africa region

The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System closed $130 million in real asset commitments in January

Africa Finance Corporation has promoted its board member and former Citibank managing director Emeka Emuwa to chair of its board

UK altnet CityFibre has completed its £40 million fibre network build in Northampton, England

Virendra Bansal has assumed as the new managing director and CEO for SBI Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of country’s largest bank – the State Bank of India

Airtel Africa has launched Airtel Africa Telesonic to address digital infrastructure across the continent