CBRE acquires data centre platform stake

CBRE Caledon has acquired a ‘significant’ minority stake in a newly-created data centre platform

Bouygues JV signs French FTTH contract

Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners – acting on behalf of the investment funds it manages – have entered into a JV to deliver FTTH across France

Novva starts developing hyperscale data center

CIM Group-owned Novva has started development on a 1.5 million square foot hyperscale data centre in Utah

Fund to acquire China data centre

A fund today agreed to acquire a 100% equity interest in the owner of a data centre development in southern China

Partners Group fund holds $2bn initial close

Partners Group Direct Infrastructure 2020, the asset manager’s most recent fund, has raised $2 billion at an initial closing

IJGlobal League Tables – H1 2020

IJGlobal today publishes league table findings for infrastructure finance and project finance of infra and energy transactions for Q2 2020, giving a global view of the sectors for deals closed this first half

Arizona issues broadband RFI

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has issued an RFI for its Smart Highway Corridors P3 projects that will roll out broadband along highways across the state

Canadian infra investor – exodus

Word reaches IJGlobal of an exodus of un-nerving proportions from a world-famous infrastructure investor… leaving the market to draw some rather unfortunate conclusions – it’s not a terribly jolly ship

DIF fund acquires IELO stake

DIF Core Infrastructure Fund II will acquire a stake in French digital infrastructure company IELO

AXA raises €1bn for second infra debt fund

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has reached final close on its second comingled European infrastructure debt fund at €1.05 billion

IJInvestor Funds & Investors Report – H1 2020

IJInvestor today publishes the first half report tracking fundraising, infra fund activity and M&A developments for the first half of 2020, comparing these results with previous halves in our extensive database

DFI eyes telecoms subsector

A development finance institution has issued a request for expressions of interest to firms to assist with a study of the satellite subsector

IJGlobal Awards Winner – Global MLA

Société Générale was singled out as the global leader for international infrastructure lending activity across the 2019 calendar year by IJGlobal’s independent judging panels that met early in 2020 to judge submissions