Enan agrees financing for data centre, Israel

The Enan Group has reached financial close on a NIS 410 million debt financing deal with Mizrahi-Tefahot bank for a large-scale data centre near Kibbutz Tsera

CalPERS weighs up infra fund commitments

California Public Employees’ Retirement System has evaluated potential commitments to infrastructure funds managed by Brookfield, KKR and TPG, according to recently disclosed documents

SA to launch infra insurance vehicle

South Africa plans to launch an insurance vehicle to boost private sector involvement and de-risk investment in infrastructure projects

Coming over all a bit Enron…

Neuberger Berman forms private infra fund

US-based Neuberger Berman is in the process of forming its first private markets infrastructure fund, according to recent filings in Luxembourg

DTCP acquires stake in Atlantic Hub, Ireland

Digital Transformation Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Atlantic Hub as the Irish data centre developer plans a new campus in Derry, Northern Ireland

Italy, Retelit submit NBO for Sparkle, Italy

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and Retelit have made a non-binding offer for Telecom Italia’s sub-sea cable unit, Sparkle

Google mulls Thailand data centre

Alphabet’s Google is planning a $1 billion investment to build data centers and cloud regions in Thailand

Infranode, Lyse acquire Altifiber, Norway

Infranode and Lyse have acquired a respective 49% and 17% interest respectively in Altifiber from Dalane Energi and private minority shareholders

XpFibre’s US PP signed, France

Final signing has taken place on a US private placement – replacing a bridge facility – to complete the refinance of XpFibre’s roll-out across France

General Atlantic, Actis deal completes in UK

US private equity firm General Atlantic has completed its acquisition of UK-based Actis, creating a combined global platform with around $97 billion in assets under management

Clifford Capital inks SLL for Indian telco

Clifford Capital today announced the closing of a $248 million financing for GIP EM Ascend 2, a Singapore-based company owned by Global Infrastructure Partners

US Signal launches infrastructure-as-a-service product

Michigan-based data centre firm US Signal has launched an infrastructure-as-a-service product, OpenCloud