EQT portfolio company GlobalConnect has today raised a €1 billion additional facility from a pool of existing lenders to fund planned fibre expansions

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is expected get final regulatory approval on a binding agreement with the shareholders of digital infra business Emitel to complete the acquisition in November

Infrastructure transactions expert Toby Parkinson is set to join Kirkland & Ellis as partner to co-lead of the firm’s expansion in the infrastructure and energy sectors

London-based Juan Guillermo Cediel-Cortés has been promoted to investment manager within global investment company abrdn’s core infrastructure team

Having compiled all the IJInvestor data on infrastructure closed-end fundraising for the third quarter of 2022, the headline figure already almost outstrips full-year 2021… with a record-breaking tally clearly on the cards

Mid-market investor Cube Infrastructure Managers is set to acquire Frankfurt-based data centre business firstcolo from EMERAM Capital Partners and Diva-e Excellence

Octopus Investments’ newly unveiled fund aimed at “next generation infrastructure assets” is aiming for first close in Q1 2023 backed by institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds

Vodafone Group has partnered with Altice following its search for a 50:50 JV partner and expects to receive up to €1.2 billion from the telecoms business

CBRE Investment Management has appointed Gioia Torresi and Pav Lamba as directors in the European private direct infrastructure team

Foresight Group has completed a‘significant’ investment in full fibre technology business Fibre & Wireless Networks, supporting the roll-out of its FTTP network

The City of South San Francisco has selected consultants for its broadband project which includes developing a P3 programme with internet service providers

This quarter primary financing deals overall continue to hold steady although there has been a significant drop in refinancings

EQT Infrastructure – via its III and IV funds – has sold a minority stake in Digital infrastructure and data communication provider GlobalConnect to Mubadala Investment Company

The City of Arlington has selected Lit Communities to conduct a feasibility study for a broadband fibre-to-the-premises network