Speed Fibre’s BT Ireland buy receives nod

Speed Fibre’s proposed acquisition of BT Ireland’s wholesale business has been given antitrust approval in Ireland

Arup names Southeast Asia leader

Arup has appointed Lau Ching Luan as Southeast Asia leader for its APAC region, effective immediately

Telecom Italia signs Sparkle deal

Telecom Italia has signed an agreement with Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Asterion Industrial Partners’ Retelit for the disposal of its sub-sea cable unit, Sparkle

Northampton Capital invests in Blueprint Data Centers, US

Northampton Capital Partners said it has made a strategic investment into Blueprint data centers

ABC achieves final close on impact fund II

ABC Impact has announced the final close of its second fund, ABC Impact Fund II, at over $600 million, doubling the size of its inaugural fund

IJGlobal League Tables Q1 – primary financing resurges

In a quarter that saw a decrease of infrastructure finance, some 20% down when held against the same time period last year, there was – however – a significant increase in primary financing

Integra acquires bankrupt Telefonica Peru

Argentina-based Integra Tec International has completed the acquisition of Telefonica’s Peru subsidiary for 3.7 million soles

KKR makes Middle East appointments

KKR said it has appointed retired US Army General David Petraeus as chairman of KKR Middle East and has established a dedicated investment team in the region led by infra expert Julian Barratt-Due, a managing director at KKR

FSDai commits to ARM fund, Nigeria

FSD Africa Investments has invested £10 million into ARM-Harith’s Climate and Transition Infrastructure Fund to access local institutional capital for climate infrastructure

Bridge DC to invest $1.2bn in Thai data centre

Bridge Data Centres, backed by Bain Capital, has announced a $1.2 billion investment to develop a 200MW hyperscale data centre in Thailand’s Chonburi province

Interogo preps second infra fund, Switzerland

Swiss manager Interogo Holding is preparing its second infrastructure investment fund, IJGlobal can reveal

Blackstone acquires Rogers stake for $4.9bn, Canada

Canadian mobile operator Rogers Communications has agreed to sell its 49% equity stake to Blackstone in a deal valued at CDN$7 billion

ICG eyes June final close for second fund

ICG expects to hold a final close on its second infrastructure fund in June having raised around €1.5 billion to date, IJGlobal can reveal