Energy Google eyes giant solar/battery deal for its Nevada data center Google’s plans for its new Nevada data center are making headlines as a potentially record-breaking…
Transactions GMR Infrastructure now plans to sell a bigger stake of airports business New Delhi–based GMR Infrastructure has announced its intent to increase the transaction size of its…
Other French banks partner to improve anaerobic digestion projects The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Banque des Territoires (CDC), have partnered to promote…
From the Current Issue Infrastructure fundraising report: Capital flows grow but so do concerns about the market by Tyson Freeman Infrastructure fundraising has maintained a solid pace according to most measures. But yearly fundraising numbers, let alone quarter-to-quarter numbers, can be chunky, and often do not tell the whole story. The consensus right now is that strong demand for infrastructure exposure from small and large institutional investors will continue to drive solid fundraising. Though there is more going on under the hood, and not all of it positive, there are signs the market is facing challenges of its own success.
From the Current Issue Infrastructure REITs towering over the 5G economy: Massive investments in communications infrastructure will be needed as economies move into the next digital era by Benjamin Morton, Thomas Bohjalian, Humberto Medina and Ji Zhang Over the next decade, wireless applications powered by fifth-generation (5G) network technologies are expected to disrupt nearly every sector of the economy, requiring massive investments in communications infrastructure. We believe cell tower and data-center owner-operators will be key beneficiaries of 5G-related spending, providing critical assets to carry economies into the next digital era.
Other Engie-Nareva consortium selected for 120MW solar tender in Tunisia French utility Engie and Moroccan energy company Nareva have won the bid for a 120-megawatt…
Transactions Centrica gas-fired power station deal expected to fetch £105m Centrica has agreed to sell its 382-megawatt combined-cycle gas turbine power station in King's Lynn,…
Transactions Keppel Infrastructure finalizes buy-in to MET Group Keppel Infrastructure, the infrastructure arm of Keppel Corp., has completed the purchase of a 20…
From the Current Issue Distributed solar in Brazil: With triple-digit annual growth, is Brazil a top-tier investment market for distributed solar? by Rodrigo Barfield “Apressado come cru.” (The one in a hurry will have a raw meal.) “Brazil is the country of the future ... and always will be” is an elegant, but tired, quip that sums up persistent foreign timidity toward investment opportunities in Brazil. Since Brazil’s most recent economic crisis in 2014, the headlines regarding the country’s economy have been less than stellar. But 2014 also marked the first year of a historical, committed corruption investigation that has already yielded multiple high-level arrests and prosecutions.
From the Current Issue Adapting to climate change with digital technology and infrastructure by Drew Campbell When we think of climate adaptation and infrastructure, we typically think of mitigating the effects of higher seas, wildfires and other acts of nature on individual assets. But this focus is too narrow, according to Ardian and Fabernovel in the organizations’ newly released joint report, The Augmented Infrastructure: Digital for Climate?