The current state of energy infrastructure in the United States is in poor shape, creating opportunities for institutional investors.

Institutional investors are recalibrating their risk preferences as they contend with interest rates, inflation, geopolitics and other macroeconomic factors.

Americold Realty Trust has formed a new joint venture with EQT’s Active Core Infrastructure fund focused on the ownership, operation and potential development of high-quality cold storage warehouse facilities in North America.

Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust has completed its initial public offering, selling 87.5 million shares of common stock at $20 per share to raise $1.75 billion.

A merger of two regulated electric utilities in the Southeast will create the world’s largest regulated electric utility business, by market capitalization.

Haynes Boone recently released its annual report for the fund finance industry, offering trends and insights on pricing, structures, and facilities, along with predictions for the remainder of 2026.

For institutional investors who invest for the long term, renewing U.S. infrastructure presents a capital allocation question of growing relevance.

What fundamentally distinguishes private markets from public equities and government bonds is not superior performance, but different behavior.

According to Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s infrastructure database, 18 infrastructure funds reached a final closing with an aggregate total of $32.0 billion in the first quarter of 2026.

European midmarket infrastructure sits at the intersection of scale, scarcity and structural tailwinds, potentially offering a differentiated source of diversification and return potential for institutional portfolios.

As power grids strain under the rapid expansion of wind and solar, and geopolitical events bring renewed focus on energy security, investors are turning to a wider range of technologies to drive the next critical phase of the global energy transition.

For years, the mid-market has been viewed as infrastructure’s secret sweet spot.

We recently spoke with David Son, head of infrastructure client solutions at CBRE Investment Management, about investing in the middle market; why open-ended infrastructure funds might be a better fit for a long-lived asset; and what impact the current geopolitical risks are having on the asset class.

In a sponsored case study published in the June issue of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, David Scaysbrook, co-founder and managing partner of Quinbrook, and Kathryn Lin, senior director, explain how Quinbrook created Rowan Digital Infra­structure, a company built five years ago and recently ranked the fifth largest hyperscale developer by capacity in the U.S.