Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), a private infrastructure investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), have entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France.
The partnership will establish the first nationwide independent distributed colocation provider in France through the acquisition of a majority interest in UltraEdge. Currently a part of SFR, a subsidiary of Altice France, UltraEdge represents a portfolio of 257 data centers interconnected via SFR’s countrywide fiber network, which will be carved out through a demerger of SFR’s data center operations.
UltraEdge enables essential data storage and connectivity services benefiting from an installed capacity of more than 45 megawatts and 33,000 square meters (355,209 square feet) of owned office space, as well as from being interconnected via SFR’s nationwide fiber network. With its countrywide presence, UltraEdge is position