Basalt acquires FullFibre
Basalt Infrastructure Partners III has acquired a majority interest in British digital infrastructure company FullFibre
Amazon to build data centres in Victoria
Cloud computing provider Amazon Web Services has chosen Victoria to set up 3 availability zones, each with one or more data centres
ADB approves first-of-a-kind loans
Asian Development Bank has approved pooled loans of $190 million to help the power distribution system of a city in southwest India.
Texas Teachers commit $250m to Digital Colony II
Texas Teachers Retirement System has made a $250 million commitment to the second incarnation of Digital Colony’s infra strategy
Telstra will not use carbon offset “cop out”
Telstra’s future energy retail business is expected to be completely carbon neutral, with the company’s head of energy, Ben Burge claiming, it will not use the carbon offsets “cop out”
Eurofiber deepens French footprint with FullSave buy
Eurofiber, the telecom infrastructure company backed by Antin and PGGM, is to acquire French peer FullSave.
Nokia steps into Philippines 5G
Philippines-based telecom NOW Group on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Finland-based Nokia to roll out 5G in the Philippines
MIP V secures new LP
MIP V has secured a $100 million commitment from a US state endowment
Amber’s fund makes first digital infra investment
Amber Infrastructure Group’s Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund has today made its first digital infrastructure investment with the acquisition of a controlling interest in Greenergy Data Centers OÜ
BP veteran joins GIP as partner
Tufan Erginbilgic, the former chief executive of BP's downstream segment, has joined GIP as a partner
WBG eyes China towers
A World Bank Group member is assessing whether to lend to China’s largest privately owned and independent tower company on what would be its first investment in China’s tower subsector
Oz broadband network raises A$1.2bn debt
The Australian national broadband provider NBN has raised A$1.2 billion in a 5-year benchmark transaction at a coupon rate of 1%
First Sentier concludes first round for EDIF III
First Sentier Investors (FSI) has secured €3.4 billion in commitments for European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III (EDIF III)
SMBC promotion and move around
James White has been promoted to director at SMBC in London where he is now sector head for telecoms, the latest move in a shift around since Layth Irani’s promotion