MEAG, the asset management arm of Munich Re, has launched a new European data centre investment fund, signalling accelerating institutional interest in digital infrastructure as a core asset class. The launch follows closely after the announcement of a €2bn data centre development joint venture between ACS and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners—highlighting strong momentum in the market.
The new vehicle, MEAG Volante DC Investor SCSp, is seeded with assets from Vantage Data Centers and supported by Siemens Financial Services and Munich Re as founding investors. The fund is open to additional professional and institutional investors seeking access to Europe’s fast-growing data centre sector.
Strategic Focus on European Data Centres
MEAG emphasises that the growth of cloud computing, AI, edge computing and 5G continues to drive high demand for scalable and energy-efficient data centres across Europe. Digital infrastructure is increasingly seen as a resilient, long-term investment with strong cashflow potential.
The strategic partnership with Siemens is described as a key foundation for the fund’s growth strategy, technical expertise and investment scale.
MEAG Strengthens Position in Digital Infrastructure
Since 2022, MEAG has invested around €1bn in digital infrastructure, particularly in data centres—building a deep expertise platform that now supports the new fund’s development and asset selection.
Digital infrastructure is rapidly becoming a core institutional asset class, with rising competition and pricing pressure expected as more capital flows into the sector.
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The 9th Global Infrastructure & Energy Dialogue 2023 will bring together international decision makers in the infrastructure and energy investments sector: Senior industry experts, including investors, lenders, developers, and policy makers will be discussing the latest global trends in infrastructure. Participants will discuss developments in debt capital markets and other ways to finance infrastructure projects.
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Has the future finally arrived? It seems to be the case, as reported by the mapping service Zap-Map, the UK’s top app for electric car drivers. The map supports drivers with locating their nearest EV charging points, helping them navigate their journeys and pay for charging.
According to the service, pure-electric cars officially outsold petrol vehicles for first time in UK history: In December 2022, 42,000 pure-electric vehicles had been sold, overtaking the figure for petrol vehicle sales.
Melanie Shufflebotham, co-founder and CEO at Zap-Map said “2022 was a record year for both EV sales and public charging rollout. With more than 8,800 net new chargers installed, a 30% increase, the UK’s network is keeping good pace with the take up of cleaner, greener cars.”
Even more positive is the number of ultra-rapid chargers that have been introduced across the UK in 2022. Creating the necessary charging backbone in the UK will be crucial to sustain the growing number of EVs on the UK’s roads. More specifically, the number of ultra-rapid chargers grew from 1,290 at the end of 2021 to 2,295 at the end of 2022 – an increase that aligns well with the transition to EVs in the future.
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Throwback quotes: Just a few years ago, Dialogue Capital (DC) conducted an interview with Meridiam’s CEO and Founding Partner Thierry Deau.
Thierry Deau, CEO, Founding Partner, Meridiam: “I would say the most exciting part of the world right now, both for energy and infrastructure, is Africa.” (2016).
Mr. Deau’s words are still valid today despite the market having changed significantly since then.
The recent initiative ‘NOA Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd., a renewable energy platform that provides energy solutions for its customers’ by African Investment Managers (AIIM), is one example demonstrating that Africa is still one of the key-markets for infrastructure investors today.
This $90m transaction, which was announced on 17th November this year, is said to be financed through capital from AIIM’s South African IDEAS Fund and its AIIF4 Investment Fund.
The planned energy platform establishes AIIM as one of the leading private institutional investors in Africa’s renewable energy landscape, with projects representing over 1.9GW of solar and wind generation capacity in South Africa only. Their intention is to develop bolt-on investment prospects in other key African markets where they already have previous experience.
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Furthermore, the European Union and African Union (AU) decision makers met up in Brussels in early December to discuss and plan details of the bloc’s $150bn Global Gateway Plan for Africa fund projects in infrastructure, energy, and food security.
For the Interview that was conducted with Thierry Deau, CEO and Founding Partner of Meridiam please click here.
It was announced recently this month that the Global investment firm Carlyle has committed up to $1 billion to partner with Tillman Global Holdings, a holding company that builds businesses in digital and infrastructure. Current portfolio companies operate by using tower sectors, in-building small cells and fibre assets.
By committing up to US$ 1 billion from the funds managed by its Global Infrastructure platform to partner with Tillman Global Holdings, Carlyle will help Tillman Infrastructure develop further: Tillman Global will use the funds to accelerate growth, by speeding up its investments in their infrastructure portfolio to meet the increasingly high demand for mobile internet infrastructure, and to keep investing in premium mobile infrastructure to maintain its mobile network operator and clients.
The Carlyle Group is no stranger to digital infrastructure investments – they have already committed to two other deals in the past: Carlyle acquired Involta Data Centers, a U.S. data centre firm focused on hybrid IT and cloud infrastructure, and Wyyerd Fibre Group, a regional fibre-to-home platform in the Southwestern United States for which it also completed an add-on fibre acquisition. However, this deal with Tillman Infra really shows how established digital infrastructure is becoming as an asset class, as opposed to just as an added value or bonus.
So much so that Joshua Pang, the Head of Digital infrastructure and Managing Director at the Carlyle Group, stated in Carlyle Group’s press release that: “The tower sector is one of the most stable and resilient sectors globally and has grown through the two recessions – we think it’s a premium, defensible growth industry”.
He also provided some background on how this deal strengthens their ESG strategy: “Tillman is building towers that help narrow the digital divide, by focusing on developing infrastructure in more rural and sparser or suburban markets where communities have been underinvested and underserved”.
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