Infrastructure

Demand for AI data center capacity in Europe has more than tripled

The demand for data center capacities for artificial intelligence in Europe has increased sharply in recent years, more than tripling compared to the previous year. This development shows the growing interest and investment in AI technologies on the continent.

SFDR 2.0: Europe is slowly getting the hang of it!

Europe is finally daring to ask what a sustainable product actually is. The SFDR reform is nothing less than an attempt to bring order to a decade of regulatory chaos.

Solvency II and BESS investments: No infrastructure quota, but an infrastructure template – if you understand it, you can use it

While the German AnlV diverts capital flows, Solvency II tries to accompany them in a risk-appropriate manner. Reduced capital requirements are intended to open up capital in particular for infrastructure – keyword: qualified infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence Will Be the Key Growth Driver for Data Center Demand in EMEA

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the global AI market will grow to $144.6 billion by 2028, representing a compound annual growth rate of 30.3% between 2024 and 2028.

Data Centers: Powering the Digital Future

Cloud computing and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) are driving the demand for data centers to a new level. What was considered a niche segment a decade ago is now one of the most dynamic asset classes in the real estate sector.

Why the real assets portfolio should get a roof

Institutional investors are faced with the task of bringing stability and resilience to their investments in real estate and other alternatives. The aim is not only to manage the investments more efficiently, but also to hedge against market fluctuations.

Goldbeck Parking Services takes over parking management for Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports

Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG awarded the Europe-wide tender to Goldbeck Parking Services at the beginning of October. In the future, the company will be responsible for more than 11,500 parking spaces and the development of mobility solutions at both locations.

Debeka invests up to 400 million euros in infrastructure with KGAL

The Debeka Insurance Group has commissioned KGAL Investment Management, which specialises in real asset investments, to build and manage a mixed real asset portfolio. The focus is on direct investments in infrastructure, especially renewable energies and infrastructure real estate.

Investments in large-scale battery storage systems (BESS): New rules for prioritizing grid connections?

Battery Energy Storage System systems are attracting keen investment interest from institutional investors. This article is specifically dedicated to the current "flood" of grid connection requests for battery storage systems from transmission and distribution system operators in Germany.

Contract extended: Goldbeck remains facility management partner of the procurement office in Bonn

Goldbeck Facility Services, part of the construction and services company Goldbeck, which operates throughout Europe, and the Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior are extending and intensifying their cooperation.

Acquisition of Infinity Aviation

In this NEWSFLASH episode of Keeping it Real Assets, Julie Furber shares insights into Infinity Aviation’s business model, the exciting growth potential of Tier 2 and Tier 3 airports, and how we plan to create value with this platform opportunity.

A Dynamic Moment for Infrastructure Investing

Whether you're navigating tariffs, policy shifts, or valuation concerns, the message is clear: infrastructure is not just a safe haven, it's a strategic growth engine.

Infrastructure funds: niche business models as an admixture?

In the infrastructure sector, niche business models promise returns on innovation. Naturally, this is offset by increased risks. Tobias Moroni spoke with Dr. Andreas Peppel, Managing Director at Institutional Investment Consulting Partners, about whether and how such models can be useful.

Profit participation certificates: Attractive alternative

In view of rising interest rates and volatile markets, institutional investors are increasingly looking for alternative forms of investment. Profit participation certificates offer numerous advantages – especially for real estate and infrastructure projects.

Infrastructure Asset Class Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) – Some (technical) insights into practice

Large-scale battery storage systems (BESS plants) that can be monetized in the electricity and balancing power market are increasingly attracting the interest of institutional investors as an infrastructure asset class – most recently due to return expectations in the double digit range (proclaimed by fund providers).

NordVest: Infrastructure Fund for Transformation: Financing Solutions for Energy, Heat and Mobility Transition

UK Water: A Contrarian View

UK Water is going through a public and investor relations nightmare. Water nowadays has the toughest PR amongst infrastructure sectors as the public tends to get much more emotional about water compared to other utilities.

Energy transition in open-ended real estate funds – classification of the innovations in the Economic Development Act (StoFöG)

Open-ended real estate funds have been encountering legal grey areas in the integration of renewable energies for years. With the new Location Promotion Act (StoFöG), the legislator wants to eliminate these uncertainties.

Trend survey on real assets: Majority plans acquisitions in the next six months

The results show that despite ongoing uncertainties, many market participants expect a revival in transaction activity and are at the same time planning concrete adjustments to their portfolios.

Solvency II vs. Solvency UK: Two paths, one goal – and how products can best match

Heat transition in Zwickau: NEXT Generation’s infrastructure fund invests in wood energy plant

This is a plant that produces electricity, heat and, as a by-product, biochar from biomass, in this case wood chips, and biochar.

Real infrastructure’s revival

A change in interest rates is bringing a renewed appetite for core and core-plus strategies, says Arjun Infrastructure Partners’ founder Surinder Toor, and the mid-market is also on LP radars

Arjun enters data centre sector with stake in Data4 assets

Supported by Arjun’s latest fund and co-investors, this transaction marks Arjun’s inaugural investment in the data centre sector.

DRIVEN completes life science project development “FUHUB” in Berlin and leases 2,670 square meters to BImA

BImA rents space for the Federal Environment Agency. Handover takes place according to schedule. Germany's first sustainable life science property as a timber hybrid construction.