KKR closes Apac fund

KKR’s second infrastructure fund focused on Asia Pacific has closed with more than $4 billion in commitments

Progress on stalled Irish data centre

There are signs of progress on the stalled procurement of the Clare County data centre project in Ireland with developers expecting a ruling on the planning application this week

PwC lifer joins BDO Oz

Projects and infrastructure veteran John Haggert has joined BDO as partner following a 15 year stint at PwC

Uniti to change hands with A$1.6bn debt package

A consortium led by New Zealand based asset manager Morrison & Co has put together a circa A$1.6 billion debt package to fund its acquisition of Australian telecoms major Uniti Group

Astarte launches Greek fund

Hyperion Investment Management, a member of the Astarte Capital Partners Platform, is set to launch its mid-market focused fund, Hyperion Hellenic Investment Fund

Morrison & Co JV finalise Uniti acquisition

A consortium led by New Zealand headquartered asset manager Morrison & Co has today completed the acquisition of Uniti Group, finalising the transaction inked in April

Fund increases capital ahead of new solar deal

A Europe-based sustainable infrastructure fund has raised a total of €60 million ahead of a new solar investment expected later this month

German telco's JV search advances

Vodafone Group’s German fibre business FibreCo is seeking a partner to support its fibre roll-out with second round bids due next month, IJGlobal has learned

Philippines telecoms package nears close

A roughly $110 million telecoms project to decongest the network in the Philippines has reached financial closure

Infrastructure Asia, Invest India ink MoU

Infrastructure Asia, established by Enterprise Singapore and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has agreed with Invest India to cooperate on future infrastructure projects in India

Accenture set to acquire European cloud business

Accenture Cloud First has agreed to acquire Sentia’s businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria for an undisclosed sum

Meridiam to invest in broadband for 3 Indiana cities

Meridiam has reached an agreement with Indiana cities of Columbus and Shelbyville, in addition to Bloomington, to build a ubiquitous fibre network as part of its Hoosier Network Fiber Project

SBA acquires Brazilian tower portfolio

Boca Raton-based digital infra firm SBA Communications has inked a deal to acquire around 2,600 Brazilian towers from Grupo TorreSur

Transaction adviser recruits for Philippines telco PPP

Bases Conversion and Development Authority’s transaction adviser is recruiting 2 advisers to assist with the development of infrastructure in New Clark City using a PPP model

South SF issues RFP for broadband P3

The City of South San Francisco has issued an RFP seeking consultants for its broadband infrastructure project which includes developing a P3 programme with internet service providers