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‘There is a massive deficit in data centre capacity and terrestrial backhaul for fibre’, says African Infrastructure Investment Managers investment director Ed Stumpf.

The soon-to-be GP has named industry veteran Robert Wall as its head of sustainable private infra, ahead of starting fundraising in 2022.

The blast caused a number of fatalities and injuries in one of the complexes operated by Currenta, acquired by MIRA funds in 2019.

The vehicle, co-led by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney and Brookfield renewables chief Connor Teskey, has a $12.5bn hard-cap.

Aflac has also made a $100m commitment to Denham’s next energy transition equity fund, as it moves away from oil and gas investments.

Some $57bn was raised by 39 funds in the first half of the year, with dedicated renewables strategies figuring prominently.

The London-based asset manager has appointed Brett Himbury as a senior adviser, following his decade-long tenure as chief executive of Australian fund manager IFM Investors which ended with his retirement last year.

Currently sitting at $70bn, the majority of this growth is to come from the asset class, particularly in Asia, global head Anne Valentine Andrews tells us.

The independent board found a change of management for the AMP Capital-run vehicle was not in the best interests of investors.

The energy transition-focused fund manager has deployed roughly 60% of Infragreen IV and plans to launch Fund V, for which it will link carried interest to ESG objectives, next spring.