Interview with Thibault Sauvage, Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing, CDPQ
CDPQ’s Senior Director of Infrastructure Financing, Thibault Sauvage, discusses key 2024 highlights for the infrastructure investor, including the structure and process behind Vantage’s E750m HoldCo debt package and speaks to what can be expected from 2025, pl…
Interview with Lionel Recorbet, CEO, XpFibre
Lionel Recorbet, CEO of XpFibre, discusses the company’s E5.8bn refinancing, the company’s relationship with its shareholders, and trends and strengths in the French fibre market. XpFibre’s E5.8bn refinancing process, and how the French fibre model allowed for…
Interview with Oliver Bradley, Macquarie Capital’s Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investing
Oliver Bradley, Macquarie Capital’s Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investing, discusses their investment strategies in European datacentres and fibre, navigating different market structures, forming government partnerships,…
Interview with Richard Jeffares, Founder/CEO, Vitrifi
Richard Jeffares, Founder and CEO of Vitrifi, discusses the UK’s fibre market, opportunities and predictions on consolidations, and the company’s mission to ‘cloudify’ the telecoms sector. Consolidation and mergers in the UK fibre market and 2025 predictions…
Interview with Klaus Hoelbling, Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners
Klaus Hoelbling, EMEA Leader TMT, Partner and Managing Director at consultancy AlixPartners, discusses the German and wider European fibre market for 2025, including obstacles and the importance of state involvement in supporting new rollout. Dynamics of the…
Interview with Dwayne Gibson-White, Partner, Digital Infrastructure, EY Parthenon
Dwayne Gibson-White, Partner, Digital Infrastructure at EY-Parthenon discusses power allocation, hybrid financing solutions and diversification of M&A activity within the digital infrastructure space and credit case comparisons between fibre and datacentre inv…
Navigating Global Growth in Data Centres: Riding the AI Wave
Navigating Global Growth in Data Centres: Riding the AI Wave, developed in collaboration with DLA Piper, is now available. This comprehensive report uncovers the key trends shaping the future of the data centre industry: M&A on the rise: Financial sponsor acqu…
Interview with Dagan Kasavana, Co-Founder and CEO, Phoenix Tower International
Dagan Kasavana, Co-founder and CEO at Phoenix Tower International (PTI), discusses the role of M&A in PTI’s growth strategy, and the future of wireless infrastructure. PTI’s long-term vision for growth, geographically and in service offerings 0.49 The role of…
Interview with Thorsten Schönenberger, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, LBBW
Thorsten Schönenberger discusses opportunities in digital infrastructure and the current financing appetite. Key discussion points include: Opportunities with digital infrastructure – 03.40 Backlog of deals and financing future connectivity demands – 06:20 C…
Podcast – Ep. 8 – Raymond James
Allan Bertie, Head of European Investment Banking at Raymond James, discusses M&A trends in digital infrastructure and tech, including emerging deal opportunities, valuations and pipeline predictions. Sign up to be notified about our next podcast. About A…