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Two former Equinix executives are to build a European edge data centre platform with US$500 million from the owner of two major carriers. -
Asian data centre operator Big Data Exchange (BDx) is tying up with Console Connect so that BDx customers can use its software defined interconnection platform.
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I Squared Capital has added three new partners to its line-up, taking the total number of partners at the firm to 11.
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Martijn Blanken has crossed the world from Sydney to take charge of what’s now Exa Infrastructure. Under new ownership, it used to be Interoute, Hibernia Networks and other companies. He talks to Alan Burkitt-Gray
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The investor that owns HGC Global Communications and the former infrastructure division of GTT Communications is to spend up to US$500 million in renewable energy in Europe.
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Martijn Blanken, formerly of Telstra, has become the new CEO of what was the infrastructure division of GTT Communications.
Forthcoming events
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The private equity investor that owns HGC Global Communications and is bidding for GTT’s infrastructure is to buy Mexico’s largest data centre operator.
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The New York Stock Exchange is delisting GTT Communications’ shares as, at the same time, doubts are cast on the company’s plan to sell its infrastructure division for more than US$2 billion.
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Shares in GTT Communications plunged 29% yesterday as rumours spread that the company is considering a pre-packaged bankruptcy filing to reduce its debt.
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Andrew Kwok is delighted that ISQ, the investor that bought HGC three years ago, has made a second, even bigger, investment in telecoms infrastructure. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Telcos might give stable returns on long-term infrastructure, but stock markets don’t seem to like the industry, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray. That’s why private equity investors and pension funds are stepping in
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The investment company that is buying the infrastructure division of GTT for US$2.15 billion will be expanding the business, which includes the infrastructure and data centre operations of the former Interoute, as will as Hibernia Networks and the former KPN International.
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The US private equity company that already owns Hong Kong’s HGC Global Communications has bought the infrastructure division of GTT for US$2.15 billion.
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has ended a 20-year partnership with Hong Kong’s Hutchison by selling its stake in the unit that runs Three HK and Three Macau.
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Zayo has given the biggest hint yet that it will accept a bid for the company after one of its biggest shareholders condemned the company for its “management turnover, poor operating performance, and confusing strategic changes”.
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In the hotel garden outside Capacity Asia, Andrew Kwok tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about HGC’s developing business. But there are some things he won’t talk about
