Fiera appoints Schuster to EMEA chief exec

Fiera Capital Corporation has appointed Klaus Schuster as executive director and chief executive officer EMEA from the end of May

Lumina CloudInfra kicks off data centre in India

Data infrastructure and analytics company Lumina CloudInfra has committed to investing around $300 million in its first hyperscale data centre campus in Maharashtra, India

EC approves Viasat's acquisition of Inmarsat

The European Commission has unconditionally approved US telecom providers Viasat’s acquisition of British satellite business Inmarsat

UK IoT firm reaches milestone

British internet of things and infrastructure firm Connexin has reached 25,000 customers and is northern England’s largest alternative fibre network

DigitalBridge, PIF partner for Saudi Arabia data centres

Global asset manager DigitalBridge has partnered with the Public Investment Fund to develop data centres in Saudi Arabia and across the Gulf Cooperation Council

UK government sets up space infra fund

The UK government has set up the Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund – the first dedicated fund for UK space infrastructure

Ares Infrastructure funds UK fibre rollout

Ares Infrastructure’s debt fund has agreed to provide a £160 million financing package to UK fibre provider Toob to fund its network expansion

Final close for flagship fund in Q3

Final close on a flagship European fund will take place early in Q3, as investors finalise investments in the vehicle

Scottish altnet announces UK roll out scheme

Scottish alternative network provider GoFibre has published a list of 32 locations across Scotland and England which will benefit from the provider’s 10Gbps fibre to the premises connectivity

4th Utility secures broadband financing

UK full fibre broadband provider 4th Utility has secured a £25 million financing package from Netherlands-based bank NIBC to accelerate its growth in the UK

Altice ups interest in BT

French telecoms company Altice has increased its interest in BT Group from 18% to 24.5%

Areim closes €446m data centre fund

Areim has held the final close of its Nordic data centre fund, Areim DC Fund, at €446 million

Princeton Digital to build Malaysia data centre

Singapore-headquartered Princeton Digital Group has announced plans to build a 150MW data centre in Malaysia – marking its footprint in the country

Openreach launches Scottish fibre expansion

UK Opeanreach has today announced that it is launching a fibre to the premises roll out in Bishopbriggs, Scotland