Novacap closes $1bn digital infra fund, Canada
Canadian private equity firm Novacap has raised a total of $1 billion at the final close of its first digital infrastructure fund
Blue Owl data centre JV secures $2.3bn for TX project
Blue Owl, Crusoe Energy System, and Primary Digital Infrastructure have secured a $2.3 billion loan from JP Morgan for a 206MW build-to-suit data centre in Abilene, Texas
Goldman boards private wealth infra train
Goldman Sachs has launched an open-ended infrastructure fund for wealthy individual clients to bolster its fundraising efforts
Gandhi joins Deloitte, London
Udit Gandhi has left Ernst & Young after 14 years and will join Deloitte's due diligence team in London as a partner
APL ropes in partner for Japan DC
Asia Pacific Land Group and Global Compute Infrastructure, a data infrastructure investment firm led by industry veterans, have launched a JV to develop a new data centre hub in Kyushu, Japan
Macquarie Capital invests in Brazilian fibre platform
Macquarie Capital has made an investment of R$ 300 million in Brasil TecPar, a leading internet service provider in the country
Tritax plans Heathrow data centre, UK
Tritax Big Box has acquired a £70 million land parcel within the Slough Availability Zone at Heathrow for the development of a 147MW data centre
PIH closes Kazakh telecom acquisition
Power International Holding has completed the acquisition of 100% participatory interest in Kazakhstan’s Mobile Telecom-Service
USTDA, AfDB extend African infra partnership
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency and African Development Bank have renewed their 2018 MoU, extending their partnership for 5-years to support infrastructure development across Africa
Data4 closes Europe’s largest digital infra raise
Brookfield-owned Data4 has closed a €3.3 billion debt refinancing, the largest digital infrastructure debt raise in Europe
Aurea Finvest plans 800MW São Paulo data centre
Aurea Finvest, a Brazilian real estate investment and development company, is planning to construct an 800MW capacity data centre in Sumaré, São Paulo
EXA Infra picks up D9 subsea asset at steep discount
London-listed Digital 9 Infrastructure has agreed the sale of Aqua Comms, a subsea fibre company operating in the Atlantic and Irish Sea, to EXA Infrastructure for net proceeds of $48 million
KKR takes stake in GDH for ME data centres
KKR has acquired a stake in Gulf Data Hub as part of a strategic partnership to roll-out a data centre platform across the Middle East
HKBN syndicates loan ahead of takeover
TPG Capital and MBK Partners-backed Hong Kong-listed telecom operator, HKBN, have launched an up to $867.5 million 5-year senior sustainability-linked term loan in general syndication ahead of its potential takeover, IJGlobal can reveal