ADIA invests $500m in Southeast Asia towers operator

An Abu Dhabi Investment Authority subsidiary has acquired a minority stake in Malaysia-headquartered telecom towers operator EdgePoint Infrastructure for $500 million

AIIB is GIF’s newest partner

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is now a technical partner of the Global Infrastructure Facility, a G20 initiative

Marguerite signs Swedish data centre acquisition

Marguerite II Fund has acquired a 100% interest in Conapto, a Swedish data centre operator

Synergy sets up shop in Uzbekistan

Independent infrastructure and project finance advisory outfit Synergy Consulting has this week launched a new branch in Uzbekistan taking its total number of offices across the globe to 8

Data4 to set up shop in Poland

French data centre owner and operator Data4 is pushing ahead with its planned expansion in Europe and will open a data centre in Poland

Damkjaer takes role at AFC

Africa Finance Corporation has appointed to its board of directors Kirstine Damkjaer – the former chief executive of EKF, Denmark’s export credit agency

Secondaries fund bags Asian LP

An Asian-headquartered institutional investor has agreed to allocate capital to an infrastructure secondaries fund

IJGlobal ESG Awards – deadline extended

Due to popular demand – and possibly people getting their heads around a whole new set of criteria – we are extending the deadline for submissions to the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards

BTG Pactual takes InfraCo controlling stake

BTG Pactual is to purchase a controlling stake in InfraCo, holder of Brazil’s largest fibre optic network, from telecoms company Oi

Climate Finance Partnership raises $250m

The Climate Finance Partnership, a government-backed and BlackRock-managed blended finance vehicle focused on emerging markets infrastructure, has held a first close

Axiata in talks to acquire Link Net

Malaysian telecoms company Axiata is eyeing options to acquire a stake in Indonesia-based internet provider Link Net from interest holders Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners and Indonesian telecoms company First Media

SUNeVision to develop Hong Kong data centre

A SUNeVision Holdings subsidiary agreed to establish a 10 MW data centre in Hong Kong