IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 – The Judging Panel

It is with great pleasure that we announce the judging panel for IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022… as submissions continue to flood in before the hard deadline next week

Empyrion to develop South Korea data centre

Singapore-based Empyrion DC has agreed to develop a data centre in South Korea’s capital city

Carlyle to invest in US cell tower business

Carlyle has partnered with Tillman Global and committed up to $1 billion to accelerate its investments in Tillman Infrastructure, a privately held cell tower platform in the US

Kommunalkredit second debt fund gets seed capital

Kommunalkredit’s second infrastructure debt fund, Fidelio Infrastructure Debt Fund Europe 2 completed a seed close this month

Ireland greenlights €1.2bn data centre

Clare County Council has approved the delayed 200MW Ennis data centre project, allowing the developers to progress to the financing stage

SCIB bags Indonesia cell towers

Malaysia-based Sarawak Consolidated Industries has joined Indonesia state-owned Semesta Noor Berkarya and consulting firm Envy Manajemen Konsultansi to develop telecom towers for Indonesia’s outermost regions

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