Principal Real Estate has raised €533 million for its first specialist US-focused data centre fund

China-based Alibaba Group plans to develop its first data centre in the Philippines by the end of this year

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, the London-listed digital infrastructure investment company, has raised £185 million through a placing

Blackstone has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of NYSE-listed QTS Realty Trust in a deal valued at $10 billion, including assumption of debt

A US pension fund has committed up to $100 million to a Partners Group infrastructure fund

Campbell Lutyens has hired Darren O’Brien as a principal in its Chicago office

New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approved the Brookfield-backed data centre company’s land purchase for a greenfield data centre in Auckland

Melody Investment Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on communications infrastructure assets, has appointed Nitin Khakee to general counsel

Infrastructure veteran Julie-Anne Mizzi has this week joined Plenary Group as the head of its funds management activities for Australia and New Zealand

I Squared Capital has partnered with a global fruit and vegetables producer on tech-related infrastructure investments

The president of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, has in a speech at the G20 today highlighted the "crucial need" to accelerate investment in sustainable infrastructure through closer cooperation between public and private investors

Australian commercial law firm Thomson Geer has appointed Franco Aversa as partner and Geoff Wood as consultant in its infrastructure practice

An Asia-based insurance company has committed funds to a Brookfield equity infrastructure fund

DC Advisory has appointed new executives to its US operations

Portuguese telco dstelecom has secured €200m in financing from lenders