Keppel Data Centres partners for hydrogen power
Keppel Data Centres and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific have formed a partnership to explore a hydrogen powered tri-generation plant concept for data centres in Singapore
Oi sells data centre unit to Piemonte Holding
Brazil’s Oi Group, one of the largest telecommunications operator in Latin America, has accepted a binding offer to sell its data centres to local private equity firm Piemonte Holding
Macquarie bids for Enel's Open Fiber Stake
Macquarie Group's infrastructure fund has approached Italy's Enel with an offer for its half-share in the Italian utility's broadband joint venture Open Fiber
German fibre company mandates sell-side adviser
A German telecoms company has mandated Rothschild & Co to sell a 50% stake in its business
SFP to launch fund of funds
Swiss Finance & Property is to launch an open-ended fund of fund this autumn, focused on core funds with operational assets and long-term reputable counterparties
Bouygues and Cellnex finance French fibre
Nexloop France – a joint venture of Cellnex and Bouygues Telecom – has secured €620 million of new debt to develop a fibre network in France
UK’s aspirational infra procurement pipeline
The UK government today revealed its £37 billion infrastructure procurement portfolio for the year 2020-21 in a forlorn attempt to reassure construction companies that have been battered by Covid-19
MIRA in market with third Asia fund
It has emerged that Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets is in the market raising capital for a third fund targeting Asia
Consortium selects submarine cable EPC
The Asia Direct Cable consortium has chosen NEC Corporation to construct a high-performance submarine cable designed to carry more than 140 terabytes per second of traffic, linking 7 markets across Asia
Asterion taps into Spanish fibre business
An infrastructure fund managed by Asterion Industrial Partners is acquiring the telecoms business Grupo Cableworld – a Spanish telco
Ardian tipped to close INWIT
An Ardian-led consortium is tipped to be near to closing a deal to acquire a minority stake in Telecom Italia’s mobile tower group INWIT
EQT opens Paris office
Stockholm-headquartered fund manager EQT has opened a new office in Paris, headed by Nicolas Brugère who has been made head of EQT France
Portobello completes BT Spain fibre buyout
Spanish equity investment group Portobello Capital has completed the acquisition of BT Spain’s domestic fibre operations
ACS issues senior bond
Grupo ACS, the Spanish construction and telecoms company, has successfully issued a 5-year bond amounting to €750 million