Unlisted buyers take public infrastructure companies private, as well as buying controlling and noncontrolling interests. by ALEX FREW MCMILLAN | Dec 1, 2022 When Deutsche Telekom went looking for buyers for its telecom towers business, it naturally started with a list of telecom companies. But in the end, it was Canadian alternative-investment heavyweight Brookfield Asset Management and U.S. private-equity house DigitalBridge that came in with a last-minute bid in July to buy 51 percent of the towers business.
Winds of change by BETH MATTSON-TEIG | Dec 1, 2022 conventional energy in favor of cleaner alternatives.
i3 board members discuss inflation, capital flows and energy security and transition by DREW CAMPBELL | Dec 1, 2022 If 2021 is the year inflation and interest rates rose to the top of investors’ list of topics to discuss at the Editorial Advisory Board meeting for Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, 2022 is the year those two trends began to have a real effect on investments, portfolios and decision-making for infrastructure investors.
Africa Data Centres to expand data center facility in Nairobi by Kali Persall | Nov 30, 2022 Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, has secured a plot of land adjacent to its existing data center in Nairobi, Kenya, with plans to expand the facility with up to an extra 15 megawatts of IT load.
Caliche Development Partners II partners with OIC, GCM Grosvenor targeting underground storage and sequestration assets by Kali Persall | Nov 30, 2022 Caliche Development Partners II has partnered with Orion Infrastructure Capital (OIC) and GCM Grosvenor to target underground storage and sequestration assets in North America.
NOVA Infrastructure acquires Xchange Telecom by Kali Persall | Nov 30, 2022 NOVA Infrastructure, a middle-market infrastructure investment firm, has acquired Xchange Telecom, a telecommunications company primarily serving residents and businesses in New York City. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Mayer Brown promotes infrastructure lawyers to partner by Kali Persall | Nov 30, 2022 Global law firm Mayer Brown has promoted infrastructure lawyers Samantha Leavitt, Katy McNeil and Nick Vallorano to partner, effective Jan. 1, 2023.
U.S. airline to invest in battery manufacturer by Released | Nov 30, 2022 United Airlines has plans for a strategic equity investment in Natron Energy, a battery manufacturer whose sodium-ion batteries have the potential to help United electrify its airport ground equipment like pushback tractors and operations at the gate.
Equinix enters Malaysia with $40m data center investment by Andrea Zander | Nov 30, 2022 Equinix has entered Malaysia with plans to build a new International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data center in Johor, called JH1.
Activate Renewables purchases renewable real estate portfolio from Alchemy by Andrea Zander | Nov 30, 2022 Activate Renewables, an acquirer of real estate and royalty interests in wind, solar and energy storage, has closed on the purchase of a renewable energy real estate portfolio owned by Alchemy Renewable Energy.
Battery cell technology firm holds $75m first close of $150m investment by Released | Nov 30, 2022 KORE Power has closed the initial $75 million tranche of a private placement anticipated to total $150 million.
AMEA Power completes $1.1b deal to deploy 1GW of wind and solar energy in Egypt by Released | Nov 30, 2022 AMEA Power, one of the fastest-growing renewable energy companies in the Middle East, has achieved the financial close to deliver 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy projects in Egypt.
Aviva invests €92.7m in U.K. social housing by Andrea Zander | Nov 29, 2022 Aviva Investors has completed a €92.7 million ($96.2 million) placement in Cross Keys Homes (CKH), a social housing association based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
SK D&D and Glennmont Partners to set up JV tapping into South Korean solar market by Kali Persall | Nov 29, 2022 SK D&D has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Glennmont Partners from Nuveen to establish a joint venture company to co-invest in solar PV projects in South Korea.
First Sentier Investors bolsters responsible investment team with new appointments by Released | Nov 29, 2022 First Sentier Investors (FSI) has appointed Kate Turner as global head of responsible investment (RI) and bolstered its RI team with four new appointments.
