Canadian pension funds lead Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today, with CPPIB and CDPQ said to be joining forces with Blackstone in its pursuit of Aussie data centre operator AirTrunk. Also in the news, China’s GDS Holdings seeks as much as $1… Read More>>
Gaw Capital and GDS Team Up for 40MW Greater Tokyo Data Centre Campus
Just one week after announcing a $587 million capital raise to fund its expansion beyond mainland China, Shanghai-based data centre developer and operator GDS has struck a partnership with Gaw Capital to build a 40-megawatt (MW) data centre campus in… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-04-01
The first quarter has come to a close and a number of Hong Kong-based real estate and investment companies have named new leadership to guide them through the final nine months of 2024 with Mingtiandi rounding up senior personnel moves… Read More>>
China’s GDS to Raise $587M From Private Equity for International Data Centres
Data centre developer and operator GDS Holdings on Tuesday announced the signing of agreements to raise $587 million from private equity investors to fund the expansion of the Shanghai-based firm’s DigitalLand international business.
Investors in the Series A convertible preferred… Read More>>
China’s GDS Confirms Talks to Raise Cash for International Data Centre Expansion
Three years after announcing plans to expand beyond its home market of mainland China, data centre developer and operator GDS Holdings has confirmed that it has held discussions with private equity investors regarding a potential capital raise for its international… Read More>>
Hillhouse, Boyu, CDH in Talks to Back GDS in SE Asia and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Chinese fund managers Hillhouse, Boyu and CDH are in discussions regarding investments in GDS efforts to expand its data centre network in Southeast Asia, with that story leading Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today. Also in the news, Chinese authorities ask banks… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2023-12-25
In this special Christmas edition of People in the News, the boss of a leading data centre operator heads for new horizons, one of China’s biggest real estate investors names a new chairman following a corruption scandal and Shanghai announces… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2023-12-11
A new head of real estate at one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers leads Mingtiandi’s round of industry personnel moves from around the region this week as the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan reorganises its management. Also making the list… Read More>>
GDS in Data Centre JV With Indonesia Sovereign Fund and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Shanghai-based GDS sets up a data centre venture with Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, and troubled co-working giant WeWork announces plans to exit underperforming locations. Also making the cut are India’s new data centre… Read More>>
Singapore Picks MS, Equinix, GDS and Airtrunk-Bytedance JV for Data Centre Permits
Singapore is working with both east and west as it said on Friday that Equinix, Microsoft, GDS Holdings and a tie-up between AirTrunk and ByteDance have won rights to develop new data centre projects as the city-state ends a four… Read More>>