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The iliad Group and InfraVia – a leading independent private equity firm in Europe - have entered into exclusive discussions to form a partnership aimed at developing OpCore into a major European hyperscale data center platform. As part of the transaction, InfraVia, through its infrastructure funds, will acquire a 50% equity stake in OpCore, which is valued at an enterprise value of €860m, marking a significant milestone in the Company’s growth and strategic development. Read press release
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La huitième édition de Paris Infraweek, organisée par Paris Europlace et le ministère de l'Économie et des Finances et dont CFNEWS Infra est partenaire, a vu la place s'interroger sur les nouvelles conditions de marché, le ralentissement du M&A, l'arrivée de nouveaux segments dans la classe d'actifs ou encore l'adaptation au changement climatique....suite
KKR, acquires 25% stake in Enilive, a biofuel unit, from Eni for $3.4bn. Enilive aims to provide progressively decarbonized services and products in support of a sustainability-driven mobility transformation.
One more week before the 2024 Paris Infraweek set to kick-off on Monday, November 4. Final agenda and speaker line-up of the inaugural day dedicated to the role of infrastructure in the global decarbonization, are available online.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited acquires and merges DCU Invest NV and Proximus Group’s data center business, securing a 47.5% stake in the combined entity for €92.3 million.
Meridiam has finalized the acquisition of LISEA, the company managing high-speed rail infrastructure. Upon completion, Vinci Concessions will hold 42.045% of LISEA's capital, Meridiam 41.945%, with the remaining shares held by CDC.
GCP International, which has investments in digital infrastructure, logistics and self-storage in the Americas, Asia and Europe, is being sold by GLP Capital Partners Ltd., to Ares Management Corp., a real estate asset management company, for $3.7 billion.
AIP Management has agreed to acquire a 33% stake in Valorem, an independent European renewable energy developer and power producer, from investment firm 3i Infrastructure for €309 million.
Blue Owl Capital Inc. announces a definitive agreement to acquire IPI Partners, LLC, a digital infrastructure fund manager, for approximately $1 billion. Expected to close by early 2025, the acquisition is projected to be earnings-neutral in 2025 and modestly accretive by 2026. Blue Owl will collaborate with ICONIQ Capital to drive future growth.
BlackRock has agreed a deal worth $12.5 billion to buy Global Infrastructure Partners. The new platform, the largest in the world will manage around $170 billion of assets in more than 100 countries.
This second vintage takes the form of a Fund of debt funds, with capital drawdowns, a maturity of 8-years, and a target size of EUR 300 million. Classified as Article 8 under SFRD, the fund is poised to capitalise on the complex and diverse European private market (stressed and non-core loans). This second vintage targets a Net IRR of 12-15% by investing in 6 to 8 private debt funds.