Abu Dhabi’s Phoenix Group partners with DC Max to unlock $8b European AI data center opportunity by Released | May 13, 2026 Phoenix Group PLC, an IHC portfolio company and global digital infrastructure operator, has announced a strategic partnership with DC Max to develop its first European AI data center, an 18-megawatt facility in Lyon, France.
Fuse Energy acquires 20MW solar farm from Caerphilly County Borough Council to power 6,000 homes and accelerate grid flexibility by Released | May 13, 2026 Savills Earth Capital Advisory (SECA) has advised Caerphilly County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) on the sale of Cwm Ifor Solar Farm, a fully consented 20 megawatt solar project located near Caerphilly, South Wales, to Fuse Energy, one of the UK’s fastest-growing energy suppliers, for an undisclosed sum.
Rendesco secures £100m investment from Pioneer Point Partners, to accelerate clean heat network rollout by Released | May 13, 2026 Rendesco Limited, a clean heat network developer and operator in the United Kingdom, has announced a £100 million ($136 million) commitment from Pioneer Point Partners, a sustainable infrastructure investment firm.
From megawatts to gigawatts: Blue Owl’s Lauren Sullivan on managing the data center lifecycle by Denise Moose | May 13, 2026 When interest rates began to rise in 2023 after more than 10 years of record-low interest rates, real estate entered a pricing reset. Valuations were hard to pin down due to a lack of trades, leading to exit queues in open-end funds and many closed-end funds seeking extensions.
Stonepeak to acquire BMO Transportation and Vendor Finance by Released | May 12, 2026 Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, and BMO Financial Group, the eighth largest bank in North America by assets, has announced that they have reached an agreement whereby Stonepeak will acquire BMO’s Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses.
HESP Solar surpasses $100m in financings with 46-site portfolio close by Released | May 12, 2026 HESP Solar, a New York City–based solar and storage developer and independent power producer (IPP), has announced the successful closing of financing across a 46-site, 13-megawatt distributed generation solar portfolio.
Perspectives: Tomorrow never knows — uncertainty is nothing new, only our awareness of it is by Geoffrey Dohrmann | May 12, 2026 Risk has been defined as the simple fact that more things can happen than will happen. That definition has always appealed to me because it strips away the drama and leaves us with something unavoidable: uncertainty. Not danger. Not chaos. Just the reality that the future contains multiple possible outcomes, only some of which will come to pass and few of which we can predict with any degree of certainty.
Stockland files to develop 250MW data center campus in Australia by Andrea Zander | May 12, 2026 Stockland has filed to develop a new 250-megawatt data center campus in Melbourne, Australia, reported Data Center Dynamics, sourcing a filed application.
Brookfield to invest $500m in strategic partnership with OpenAI by Released | May 12, 2026 Brookfield has agreed to invest $500 million in The OpenAI Deployment Company, a newly formed AI deployment platform established in partnership with OpenAI and a group of leading global investors.
VoltaGrid announces $1b strategic equity investment from Blackstone and Halliburton by Released | May 11, 2026 VoltaGrid, a behind-the-meter power generation business, has announced that it has signed agreements for a $1 billion strategic equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Halliburton Co.
Nscale secures $790m in financing to support AI infrastructure buildout in Norway by Released | May 11, 2026 Nscale has announced an additional $790 million in financing — committed by ABN AMRO, DNB, Eksfin, Nordea and SEB — to reinforce the continued development of the AI data center in Narvik, Norway.
NVIDIA and IREN Ltd. announce strategic partnership on up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure by Released | May 11, 2026 NVIDIA and IREN Limited have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate deployment of next-generation AI infrastructure.
Basalt agrees to acquire R.E.L.A.M., a North American lessor of rail infrastructure equipment by Released | May 11, 2026 Funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners have agreed to acquire R.E.L.A.M., Inc., a North American lessor of maintenance-of-way (MOW) and hi-rail equipment.
Texas TRS invests $100m in Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VII by Elise Mackanych | May 11, 2026 The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has committed $100 million to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VII, a vehicle of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, according to investment correspondence.
Microporous secures final funding for new manufacturing facility: construction to begin by Released | May 8, 2026 Financing led by Elda River Capital Management and Eagle Point Credit Management has advanced previously announced plant development.
