EQT to acquire 80% stake in Eutelsat's Ground Station Infrastructure Business

EQT Infrastructure Acquires 60% Stake in Newly Created Company Holding Wind Tre's Network

May 12, 2023

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure (EQT Infrastructure VI) agreed to acquire a 60% stake in a newly created company that will own and operate Wind Tre's mobile and fixed network in Italy, valuing the business at an enterprise value of EUR 3.4 billion. CK Hutchison (Wind Tre's current owner) will retain a 40% stake; EQT plans to invest in the network, expand services (including fixed wireless access, IoT and private networks) and pursue sustainability and growth opportunities.

EQT Value-Add Infrastructure Acquires Majority Stake in SK Shieldus

March 3, 2023

Infrastructure

EQT Value-Add Infrastructure (EQT Infrastructure VI) has agreed to acquire a 68% stake in SK Shieldus from SK Square and Macquarie Asset Management's infrastructure business, with SK Square retaining a 32% minority holding. The investment marks EQT's first infrastructure investment in South Korea and aims to accelerate SK Shieldus's digitalization, expand its physical and cyber security offerings, and support fleet decarbonization and operational improvements.

EQT Infrastructure V Co-Invests in Deutsche Glasfaser

October 16, 2020

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure V has agreed to co-invest alongside EQT Infrastructure IV in Deutsche Glasfaser, acquiring a roughly 12% stake post-close. The investment will support Deutsche Glasfaser's large-scale fiber-to-the-home roll-out in rural Germany and is expected to close in Q4 2020.

EQT Infrastructure to merge IP-Only and GlobalConnect

November 21, 2019

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure announced plans to combine its portfolio companies IP-Only and GlobalConnect to create a leading Northern European fiber-based datacom and cloud-enabling infrastructure provider. The merger creates scale across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Northern Germany — combining roughly 58,000 km of fiber, ~18,000 sqm of data center capacity, more than 1,500 employees and combined 2018 revenues of ~EUR 520 million to accelerate network rollout, innovation and cross-border services for B2B, B2C and public customers.

EQT Infrastructure Acquires inexio

September 28, 2019

Telecommunications

EQT Infrastructure (EQT Infrastructure IV) agreed to acquire inexio Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KGaA from Warburg Pincus, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, the founders and several minority investors. The investment will support inexio's large-scale FTTH rollout and expansion of its fiber-optic network across rural and suburban Germany, with a stated commitment to connect 2 million households by 2030.

I Squared Capital Acquires GTT's Infrastructure Division for $2.15 Billion

October 16, 2020

Telecommunications

I Squared Capital agreed to acquire GTT Communications' infrastructure division for $2.15 billion. The sale transfers a global fiber network, transatlantic subsea cables and data center/colocation assets to I Squared (later relaunched as EXA Infrastructure), allowing GTT to refocus on its capex‑light cloud networking business.