Why data is the ‘oil’ of modern M&A
Merger and acquisitions (M&A) are big in tech and have been so in the digital infrastructure space. So much so that the market often says there is way more...
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DigitalBridge, Equinix, Stonepeak in run for Time Dotcom’s $600m data centre biz
Some of the world’s largest digital infrastructure investors have lined up as potential suitors for Malaysia’s Time Dotcom Bhd. (KLSE: TIMECOM) data centre business which is estimated to come with a price tag of US$500 million to US$600 million. DigitalBridge Group Inc. (NYSE: DBRG), I Squared Capital-owned BDx, Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), Stonepeak-backed Digital Edge and Temasek Holding...
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Switch Inc. sued over financial cover-up in $11bn data centre M&A
Nevada-based exascale data centre operator Switch, Inc. (NYSE: SWCH) has been accused by stockholders of not disclosing key financial information about a proposed US$11 billion business sale announced last March. Under the definitive purchase agr...
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Equinix targets LATAM’s $8.5bn edge segment with data centre acquisitions
The world largest data centre real estate investment trust (REIT) Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) said it is expanding into Chile and Peru through the acquisition of four data centres from Empresa Nacional De Telecomunicaciones S.A. ("Entel"), a Chilean telecommunications provider. In total, the American operator is investing US$705 million with the transaction expected to close in Q2 of 2022, su...
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Philippines’ largest data centre breaks ground
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Blackstone’s QTS grabs 350MW of renewables to power Atlanta data centres
AWS to spend $2.4bn building UK data centres
The world’s largest public cloud operator said it will invest £1.8 billion (US$2.4 billion) in the next two years bu...
EQT scoops up Baring Private Equity Asia in $7.5bn merger deal
Stockholm-based asset manager EQT (EQTAB.ST) has reached an agreement to acquire Asian PE rival Baring Private Equity A...
CapitaLand names CEO tasked with $1.5bn India data centre expansion
Asia real estate group CapitaLand has appointed Gauri Shankar Nagabhushanam as its new chief executive officer, India B...
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G7 agree on $600bn infrastructure bill to rival China’s BRI
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Uttar Pradesh gives thumbs up to $2.2bn in data centre incentives
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Africa Data Centres investing in extra South Africa capacity
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M&A, growth, opportunity: What’s next for Vantage Data Centers explained by president Boniface
Back in 2011, Antoine Boniface and his business partner Charles-Antoine Beyney launched a data centre startup. The business grew considerably over th...
11 Mins|January 19, 2022
‘The bar for M&A is much higher compared to organic development,’ says DataBank CEO
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Will the largest market players kill the boutique data centre in Africa?
March 03, 2022 | 1:00 AM GMT
The 2020s will remain in the digital infrastructure history books as the decade of the southern globe with Africa assuming a key global role. Jasper Lankhorst, Chief Executive Officer for Actis-Convergence Partners, pan-African data centre platform, joins The Tech Capital at PTC'22 in Honolulu, Hawai, to discuss the current state of the market on the continent home to 1.4 billion, of which half are yet to be brought online. He talks of a â...
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'Reputation matters a lot', says data centre chief executive Andrew Schaap
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Gallery - The first The Tech Capital International Finance Forum and Awards
7 Mins|June 14, 2022
The Tech Capital International Finance Forum and Awards took place in London on June 8, 2022, where industry leaders gathered to debate the current state of the digital infrastructure market as well as its future, fuelled by high returns and a strong focus on sustainability. We have compiled a ...
‘A pipeline of young talent’: London’s home to world's first data centre college aimed at 14-19-year-olds – with pictures
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