KKR, Telefónica Hispanoamérica, and Entel have entered into an agreement which will see KKR acquire a majority interest in PangeaCo and the existing fibre optic networks of Telefónica del Perú and Entel Perú to build Perú’s first nationwide open access wholesale fibre optics company. KKR is making the investment through its KKR Global Infrastructure Investors III fu...

Chilean technology and telecommunications firm GTD has committed to an annual investment of US$20 million in Peru to continue deploying fibre optics in the country. This figure is part of a five-year US$100 million plan to strengthen the local network of 5,000 kilometres of fibre optics and data centres. The company also intends to roll out an extra investment of between...

I Squared Capital’s LATAM data centre and digital infrastructure platform KIO Networks has entered into an agreement to acquire a data centre campus in Colombia. With the new KIO BOG1, located in Bogota, Colombia becomes KIO’s sixth country of operations, fifth in the Americas and first in South America. The facility has 5,000 sqm of construction and two data halls w...