Equinix to expand data-center offering in Chile, Peru by Kali Persall | Mar 18, 2022 Equinix, Inc. is planning to acquire four data centers from Chilean telecommunications provider Empresa Nacional De Telecomunicaciones (Entel) for an enterprise value of $705 million.
QTS Realty Trust signs 20-year renewable agreement with Georgia Power by Released | Mar 18, 2022 QTS Realty Trust has signed a definitive 20-year agreement with Georgia Power subscribing to nearly 350 megawatts of new renewable energy that is being added to the power grid.
Lightpath expands fiber network in Boston metro area by Kali Persall | Mar 18, 2022 Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider, has announced a 75-mile expansion of its all-fiber network west of its Boston metro footprint.
Energy storage deemed essential for the energy transition by Kali Persall | Mar 18, 2022 Although renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar may be clean and cheap, they are also intermittent and unpredictable. Other sources, such as energy storage, may be integral to bringing the energy transition to fruition.
$291m Australian gas project moves forward by Kali Persall | Mar 17, 2022 Exxon Mobil subsidiary Esso Australia and BHP Group are moving forward with a project that boosts gas output from their Gippsland Basin Kipper field in southeast Australia, according to Reuters.
Scout Clean Energy closes $250m revolving credit facility by Kali Persall | Mar 17, 2022 Colorado renewable-energy developer Scout Clean Energy, a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, has closed a $250 million revolving corporate credit facility.
Macquarie-led consortium to deliver Norway’s largest road infra contract by Kali Persall | Mar 17, 2022 Sotra Link — a consortium consisting of Macquarie Capital, South Korean civil engineering company SK ecoplant and Italian industrial group Webuild — has reached financial close on the €2 billion ($2.2 billion) Sotra Connection public-private partnership (P3) project.
First Sentier Investors bolsters responsible investment and corporate sustainability capabilities by Kali Persall | Mar 17, 2022 First Sentier Investors (FSI) has strengthened its responsible investment (RI) and corporate sustainability capabilities with three new appointments.
TRIG offers subscription for new ordinary shares by Kali Persall | Mar 17, 2022 The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has announced a conditional offer for subscription of new ordinary shares of nil par value each in the company.
Medical Properties Trust completes $1.3b hospital partnership with MAM by Released | Mar 17, 2022 Medical Properties Trust has completed the previously announced transaction with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, a private fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) to form a partnership pursuant to which a MAM controlled subsidiary has acquired a 50 percent interest in a portfolio of eight Massachusetts-based general acute care hospitals
Fed raises interest rates for the first time since 2018 by Andrea Zander | Mar 17, 2022 The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised rates Wednesday for the first time since 2018. The U.S. central bank lifted its benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25 percent, to a target range of between 0.25 percent and 0.50 percent.
Hong Kong to issue $450m infrastructure asset-backed security by Kali Persall | Mar 16, 2022 The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China is planning to issue a $450 million infrastructure asset-backed security during the financial year 2022–2023, as part of a slew of initiatives to boost investment in infrastructure.
NFE announces LNG SPA with Venture Global LNG by Andrea Zander | Mar 16, 2022 New Fortress Energy (NFE), together with its affiliates, has announced the execution of two 20-year sale and purchase agreements (SPA) with Venture Global LNG.
Ontario Teachers’ logs 11.1% return during 2021 by Kali Persall | Mar 16, 2022 The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) has achieved a net return of 11.1 percent for the year ending Dec. 31, 2021, exceeding its benchmark by 2.3 percent.
Russia-Ukraine conflict could pose risks to regulated infrastructure companies by Kali Persall | Mar 16, 2022 S&P Global Ratings has published a report examining the possible credit consequences of the rapidly evolving Russia-Ukraine conflict for rated European infrastructure companies.
