BlackRock fourth holds $4.5bn first close

BlackRock Alternatives has raised $4.5 billion in investor commitments for BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV

VRS commits €100m to Antin V

The Virginia Retirement System has made a €100 million allocation to Antin Infrastructure Partners V

Cellnex to offload UK towers

Wireless Infrastructure Group is set to acquire 1,100 sites in the UK from independent wireless telecoms infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom

Antin Infra appoints Cabeza to partner

Fund manager Antin Infrastructure Partners has appointed infra expert Francisco Cabeza to partner

Minofu promoted for African IFC role

Madalo Minofu has been promoted to the role of country manager for Ethiopia, Malawi and Zambia at the IFC

Nowak settles into role at Credit Ag

Michael Nowak in mid-October started at Crédit Agricole as global head of infrastructure coverage, operating out of the UK and leading teams in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong

K2 Data Centres forms JV with Indonesian realtor

Digital infrastructure company K2 Data Centres and Indonesia’s largest property developer Sinarmas Land have formed a joint venture to own, develop and operate hyperscale data centres in the country

Amazon plans data centres in Thailand

Amazon Web Services is planning the launch of a cloud infrastructure region in Thailand by committing up to $5 billion to the country's data centre sector for the next 15 years

Luthra & Luthra appoints new partners

Indian law firm Luthra and Luthra has appointed 2 new partners – Tamal Mandal and Abhilekh Verma

Final close imminent on thematic fund

Final close on a thematic infrastructure fund is due soon after the manager doubled allocations in less than a year, meaning it will hit its hard cap

End of month FC for Igneo JV German fibre deal

The recently inked joint venture of Igneo Infrastructure Partners and Westenergie is on track to reach financial close on the €3 billion fibre rollout in Germany with plans to sign the deal by 31 October (2022), according to sources

€470m final close for SWEN fund

SWEN Capital Partners has held final close of its fourth vintage SWEN Infra Multi-Select 4 at €470 million

IJGlobal ESG Awards – the 2022 winners

Today’s news has been dominated by a host of stories celebrating the winners from last night’s IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 hosted at the Honourable Artillery Company, London. Here you can read the full line-up...

Digital 9 acquires Arqiva Group

Digital 9 Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of a 51.76% stake in Arqiva Group – a UK data network and communications service provider