Conapto to scale AI-ready data centres, Sweden
Conapto Holding AB has issued SEK 500 million in senior secured bonds to refinance existing bank debt and fund further investment in its fourth data centre in the Stockholm region
Rooftops to power Malaysia data centres
Time Energy has signed an MoU with AIMS group to launch Malaysia’s first community solar project for data centres
Spark New Zealand to offload Hutchison Oz stake
Spark New Zealand has agreed to divest its 10% stake in Hutchison Telecommunications Australia to an indirect subsidiary of CK Hutchison for $28 million
LAFPP makes debut $60m infra fund investment
Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has committed $60 million to iCON Infrastructure Partners VII, its first infrastructure fund investment
Wessex Internet bags £50m for rural fibre, UK
The UK’s National Wealth Fund has allocated £50 million to regional fibre operator Wessex Internet to support its roll-out of full fibre broadband to rural communities in Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire
Hyperscale Data secures $68m for Michigan data center
Hyperscale Data has secured $68 million in purchase stock agreements and will no longer pursue additional equity offerings as it expands its Michigan data center
BDx Indonesia, PLN ink data centre PPA
BDx Indonesia, a subsidiary of BDx Data Centers, has signed a PPA with PLN for the supply of 30MVA of electricity to support Indonesia’s growing data centre operations
AIIB scales green financing
The AIIB last year deployed $6 billion – 67% of total approved financing – to support climate-related projects, marking an increase from 2023 which stood at 60%
SK Group, AWS plan South Korean data centre
South Korean conglomerate SK Group and Amazon’s cloud services arm, Amazon Web Services, have signed a partnership agreement to build a 103MW AI data centre in the city of Ulsan
AIIB eyes new currencies for bonds
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is eyeing currency expansion in its annual bond issuances to fund its infrastructure investments, IJGlobal understands
Brightspeed secures fiber capital, US
North Carolina-headquartered Brightspeed has priced an offering of $575 million in capital to accelerate its ongoing fiber network expansion across 20 states
Nexus Core consortium to build Morocco data centre
An investment group led by Nexus Core Systems and backed by Lloyds Capital, Naver Cloud, Maroc Telecom, revealed plans to build advanced AI infrastructure in Morocco
HSBC names M&A head for Asia, Middle East
HSBC Holdings has appointed Christopher Chua as head of its M&A unit in Asia and the Middle East effective immediately