The infrastructure world is changing rapidly due to advances in technology. This is also changing the type of investor in the space.
Infrastructure investment is, perhaps, one of the easiest assets to understand. There are different financing models, and ways to acquire the assets, but as stand-alone investments, one-word descriptions such as roads, bridges, airport and grids, paint a pretty vivid picture. That picture, however, is clouded by the infrastructure gap existing on a global scale. According to Global Infrastructure Hub, a G-20 funded organization, infrastructure spending will need to increase by $14.9 trillion (with a “T”) by 2040 to keep pace with our growing needs.
Adding even further complications to the picture is the growth of technological needs in every d