SPONSORED: CBRE Investment Management — Playing at the nexus of infrastructure and real estate by Sheila Hopkins | May 1, 2025 In a wide-ranging sponsored interview, Jeff DeBlock, managing director for CBRE Investment Management’s private infrastructure business, talks about opportunities generated by the growth in the electrification and digitization world, as well as where data centers, cloud storage and AI come into play.
Swiss Life teams up with Planet Farms to develop controlled environment agriculture platform by Kali Persall | Apr 30, 2025 Swiss Life Asset Managers, on behalf of its institutional Swiss Life Global Infrastructure Opportunities Growth II fund, has entered into an industrial joint venture with Planet Farms Holding, a controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) infrastructure developer and operator.
Toby Selman joins ESR Group as COO, Asia Pacific data center platform by Kali Persall | Apr 30, 2025 Toby Selman has become the COO of ESR Group’s Asia Pacific–focused data center platform, where he will develop data centers in Australia, Japan, South Korea and India.
DartPoints secures $250m investment from NOVA Infrastructure to expand data center footprint by Released | Apr 30, 2025 NOVA Infrastructure, a middle-market infrastructure investment firm, has completed a majority investment in DartPoints, a provider of secure, high-performance data center solutions for enterprises.
Pioneer Infrastructure Partners II holds oversubscribed €1.1b final closing by Kali Persall | Apr 30, 2025 Pioneer Point Partners has achieved the final closing of its second sustainable institutional fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners II, raising more than €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) of commitments in approximately 12 months.
Ohio SERS approves $75m for Brookfield Global Transition Fund II by Kali Persall | Apr 30, 2025 The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) has approved a commitment of up to $75 million to the Brookfield Global Transition Fund II (BGTF II), a noncore infrastructure strategy within the real assets portfolio.
Apollo to acquire European colocation data center business from STACK Infrastructure by Kali Persall | Apr 29, 2025 Infrastructure funds managed by Apollo have agreed to acquire the European colocation business developed and managed by STACK Infrastructure, a portfolio company of Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Advisors, in a carve-out transaction.
Repsol teams up with Stonepeak on U.S. solar and storage portfolio by Kali Persall | Apr 29, 2025 Repsol, a multi-energy company, is joining forces with Stonepeak as its first partner in a portfolio of renewable assets in the United States.
Investcorp divests RESA Power to Kohlberg by Kali Persall | Apr 29, 2025 Investcorp, a global alternative investment firm, has sold its investment in RESA Power, a provider of power systems and solutions, to Kohlberg, a U.S. middle-market private equity firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.
I Squared Capital acquires Mobico Group’s school bus division, NEXS by Kali Persall | Apr 29, 2025 I Squared Capital has reached an agreement with Mobico Group to acquire its school bus division, National Express School (NEXS).
First Sentier Investors names Jamie Downing as head of distribution in EMEA by Kali Persall | Apr 29, 2025 First Sentier Investors, a global investment manager, has appointed Jamie Downing as the new head of distribution in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), bolstering the business’s global distribution team.
ExxonMobil pens carbon dioxide transport and storage agreement with Calpine by Kali Persall | Apr 28, 2025 Exxon Mobil has signed a carbon dioxide transportation and storage agreement with Calpine Corp., the nation’s largest producer of electricity from natural gas.
EverWind to move forward with 2GW transmission line for hydrogen production in Canada by Kali Persall | Apr 28, 2025 EverWind Fuels, a Canadian developer of green hydrogen and ammonia projects, has received Environmental Assessment Approval from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change for the overhead transmission line that will cross the Strait of Canso.
Ardian takes 100% ownership of combined-cycle gas turbine in Western Pennsylvania by Kali Persall | Apr 28, 2025 Ardian has acquired the remaining equity stake in Hill Top Energy Center, a state-of-the-art combined-cycle gas turbine in Western Pennsylvania.
AXA IM Alts acquires 50% stake in 500MW battery energy storage project from CIP by Kali Persall | Apr 28, 2025 AXA IM Alts has acquired, on behalf of clients, a 50 percent stake in Coalburn 1, a 500-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS), from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
