Vesper Next Generation Infrastructure Fund I, and co-investment initiatives, reach final close surpassing €1b of total AUM by Released | Apr 16, 2026 Vesper Next Generation Infrastructure Fund I GP S.à r.l., (Vesper GP) has announced the successful completion of the final close of the fund, far exceeding its initial target of €800 million ($942 million) of total commitments and surpassing €1 billion ($1.18 billion) of total assets under management (AUM).
Spire and I Squared announce agreement for sale of natural gas storage assets by Released | Apr 16, 2026 Spire Inc. and I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment manager, have announced they have entered into an agreement in which I Squared will acquire Spire’s natural gas storage assets in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Enfinity Global secures 1.8 TWH in Italy under energy release 2.0 to deliver new power capacity for industry by Released | Apr 16, 2026 Enfinity Global, a firm in renewable energy, has signed bilateral agreements totaling 1.8 terawatt hours under Italy’s Energy Release 2.0 mechanism, supporting the deployment of new power capacity for industrial customers.
KGAL ESPF 6 Fund and PtX Development expand Lubmin, Germany, hydrogen platform with majority stake in Lhyfe’s project by Released | Apr 16, 2026 KGAL ESPF 6 Fund and PtX Development are further strengthening their joint green hydrogen platform in Lubmin, Germany.
Equitix strengthens Spanish hybridization platform with acquisition of Canales Sur by Released | Apr 16, 2026 Equitix and its partners have expanded its growing Spanish renewable energy platform with its latest majority acquisition of Canales Sur near Palencia, Spain.
Melbourne Airport rail a step closer with two construction firms shortlisted to build Stage 1 by Released | Apr 15, 2026 A direct link to Melbourne Airport providing more frequent and reliable train services for Melbourne’s west, is one step closer.
Colonial First State allocates A$370m to global infrastructure strategy with Morrison by Released | Apr 15, 2026 Colonial First State (CFS) has announced a strategic partnership with global infrastructure investor Morrison, which sees CFS allocate A$370 million ($264.4 million) through its private markets portfolio to the Morrison Value Add Infrastructure II strategy (MVA II) through both a fund commitment and discretionary co-investments.
KDC Partnership acquires stake in AI factory builder Eagle Mountain Data by Released | Apr 15, 2026 KDC Partnership and California-based AI-factory builder Eagle Mountain Data (EMDI) has announced that KDC has acquired a 10 percent stake in the company.
EIG holds initial closing of fund focused on geothermal power projects by Released | Apr 15, 2026 EIG, an institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, has announced the initial closing of EIG Geothermal Catalyst Partners, a dedicated investment vehicle focused on making investments to support the development of next-generation geothermal projects in the United States.
Digital Edge to acquire Malaysian data center site for $87m by Released | Apr 15, 2026 Digital Edge has agreed to acquire an industrial site in Johor, Malaysia, for MYR 346.5 million ($87.3 million), marking the Stonepeak-backed data center operator’s first known land purchase in the country as it expands in Southeast Asia’s digital infrastructure market, reported Mingtiandi.
Elevate secures $50m Rabobank financing to accelerate battery storage project powering next-generation data centers by Released | Apr 14, 2026 Elevate Renewables, a developer and operator of energy infrastructure, has announced the successful close of a $50 million energy transition supplier finance facility arranged by Rabobank, one of the world's largest cooperative banks and a global leader specializing in financing food, agribusiness and energy.
Texas-based Coltala Aerospace appoints veteran aerospace leader Phil Bathurst as president by Released | Apr 14, 2026 Coltala Aerospace, a Texas-based aerospace platform backed by Coltala Holdings, announced the appointment of Phil Bathurst as president of Coltala Aerospace, bringing more than three decades of leadership experience building and scaling aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations across the global aerospace aftermarket.
LACERS issues RFPs for infrastructure strategies by Elise Mackanych | Apr 14, 2026 The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) has issued a request for proposals, seeking qualified investment management firms to manage up to $550 million in an actively managed global listed infrastructure strategy, as well as $800 million in a passively managed global listed infrastructure strategy, according to investment correspondence.
Newmark hires Philip O’Bannon to lead infrastructure capital markets business by Released | Apr 14, 2026 Newmark Group, a commercial real estate adviser and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations and other owners and occupiers, has announced the company has hired Philip O’Bannon, a seasoned infrastructure capital markets professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning investment banking and engineering, as senior managing director to lead its infrastructure capital markets business.
Perspectives: You can’t legislate away the future by Geoffrey Dohrmann | Apr 14, 2026 Calls for halting data center development are growing louder. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and others have framed the recent surge in digital-infrastructure construction as reckless, extractive and environmentally destabilizing. Their concerns deserve consideration, but they also fit a familiar historical pattern. Whenever a transformative technology begins reshaping the economy, resistance rises in parallel. The Luddites are rising again.
