Global infrastructure finance activity marked a slight uptick in the first half of 2024, surpassing the $1 trillion mark for transactions closed and setting it on a path to exceed the last full-year performance of $1.78 trillion

Ohio-based Omni Fiber, a regional fibre internet service provider, has closed on $150 million in debt financing from Stonepeak Credit

Brazil’s Elea Digital Data Centers will invest $1 billion into data centres in the country via its strategic expansion plan

Altor has completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Kommunalkredit Austria, following approval from Austrian and European financial regulators

Danny Alexander – best known to the UK infra community for his time in government – will in November take on the role of chief executive of HSBC Infrastructure Finance

Eurazeo has today closed its inaugural transition infrastructure fund at €706 million

BW Digital has signed an MoU to develop and construct a submarine cable from Singapore to Batam, Indonesia

Cryptocurrency data centre and power generation company Greenidge Generation will expand the power of its 12-acre Mississippi bitcoin mining site to 25MW

Cologne-based IT services provider q.beyond is to sell one of its data centres in Hamburg

New York State Common Retirement Fund has finalised around $950 million in infrastructure fund investments

Nersa licensed South African energy trader Etana Energy has appointed Jay Govender as chief commercial and legal officer

Argo Infrastructure Partners has increased its stake in Missouri-based TierPoint, the largest digital infrastructure investment in the fund manager’s portfolio

Upstack, a data centre directory firm, has acquired Denver-based Performance Networks, a telecoms consulting company

Law firm Travers Smith has hired Ryan Ayrton as an infrastructure debt partner in its finance team, based in London