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Data InvIT raises nearly $1 bn in rare bond deal to fund ATC India purchase

Canada's Brookfield Asset Management had said at the start of the year that it would buy ATC's India operations, ATC Telecom Infrastructure, for $2.5 billion via the trust

Brookfield India REIT Q1 results: PAT jumps to Rs 37.3 cr, NOI at Rs 440 cr

Brookfield India Real Estate Trust has reported a 93 per cent jump in its net operating income to Rs 439.9 crore and declared a distribution of Rs 216 crore for the June 2024 quarter. Its net operating income (NOI) stood at Rs 227.5 crore in the year-ago period. According to a regulatory filing on Wednesday, Brookfield India Real Estate Trust declared a distribution of Rs 216 crore or Rs 4.50 per unit for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The company's net profit stood at Rs 37.35 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal against a loss of Rs 27 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 590.91 crore from Rs 320.73 crore during the period under review. Brookfield India Real Estate Trust achieved gross leasing of 2,42,000 square feet at Rs 135 per square feet. During the June quarter, the company informed that it has completed the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in a 3.3 million square feet commercial portfolio in Delhi-NCR from Bharti Enterprises for Rs 1228 ...

Brookfield in talks to buy majority stake in credit manager Castlelake

Castlelake, an alternative investment firm, has about $22 billion in assets under management and invests in sectors such as specialty finance and aviation, according to the company website

Brookfield-backed India Infra InvIT to raise Rs 6,452 crore via debentures

The infrastructure investment trust is in the process of issuing NCDs, and the proceeds will be used entirely to refinance debt maturing at the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) level

Brookfield planning $1.2 billion of debt to buy India assets: Reports

Investment firm Brookfield is betting on growth in India, whose economy is outpacing that of other large countries and where smartphone usage is increasing rapidly

RIL, int'l partners launch data centre in Chennai, their first in India

Joint venture called Digital Connexion has bought land in Mumbai to set up another data centre

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Ambani says Reliance-Brookfield to open data centre in Chennai next week

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Sunday said his firm Reliance Industries in partnership with Canada's Brookfield will open a data centre in Chennai next week, marking entry into the fast-growing market. Reliance had in July last year invested about Rs 378 crore to enter an existing joint venture, where Brookfield Infrastructure and US-based realty estate investment trust Digital Realty were already partners. The three own 33 per cent each in the venture. Speaking at the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet here, Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd, said his group is investing in renewable energy and green hydrogen as well as in setting up a data centre in the state. "Reliance has partnered with Canada's Brookfield asset management and US-based Digital Reality to set up a state-of-the-art data centre, which will be opened next week," he said. The Indian data centres market, which is expected to grow 40 per cent a year and draw USD 5 billion in investments by .

American Tower to sell India operations to Brookfield for $2.5 billion

Canada-based Brookfield will acquire the Indian business of American Tower Corporation (ATC) for an enterprise value of USD 2 billion, a release said on Friday. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close in the second half of 2024. "Data Infrastructure Trust (DIT), an Infrastructure Investment Trust sponsored by an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, today announced the signing of an agreement with ATC to acquire 100 per cent of equity interests in American Tower's operations in India (ATC India), for an enterprise value of Rs 16,500 crore (USD 2 billion) which is subject to pre-closing terms as per the securities purchase agreement," it said. ATC India has a portfolio of approximately 78,000 sites across the country. This will be Brookfield's third acquisition in the Indian telecommunications space. In 2022, Brookfield acquired a portfolio of 5,000 indoor business solution sites and small cell sites, which advances the rollout of 5G and enables

RIL, Brookfield Infra, Digital Realty set up data centre joint venture

Reliance Industries, infrastructure firm Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty have concluded a transaction to set up a three-way joint venture for data centre services, an official statement said on Tuesday. The three companies entered into an agreement in July 2023 to invest in their existing special purpose vehicle Digital Connexion for developing data centres in India. "With this announcement, the joint venture will assume a new identity as Digital Connexion: A Brookfield, Jio and Digital Realty Company succeeding and building on the strong foundation laid by BAM Digital Realty," Digital Connexion said in a statement. The transaction will result in the three companies becoming equal shareholders, with each owning a one-third (33.33 per cent) stake in the joint venture. "The joint venture is actively progressing the development of strategically located data centres in Chennai and Mumbai. Its flagship greenfield data centre, MAA10, with 20 megawatts (MW) of IT load capacit

Brookfield's $12.8 billion Origin Energy bid rejected by investors

"The utility will "focus on delivering on our strategic priorities, accelerating investment in cleaner energy and storage and pursuing our ambition to lead the energy transition," Origin Chairman said

Brookfield to invest $850 mn in development of renewable energy projects

Axis Energy Ventures will contribute its extensive portfolio of wind and solar projects at varying stages of development across the country to the venture, said a statement

Private equity firms TPG, Tepco, Brookfield in talks for JSW Neo stake

JSW Energy had earlier announced that it would be shifting its hydro energy projects into subsidiaries under JSW Neo Energy

Brookfield, RIL sign MoU to explore renewable opportunities in Australia

Under the MoU, Brookfield will collaborate with RIL to assess potential capital investment and skill development opportunities in Australia's renewable energy sector

Reliance partners with Brookfield for Australia's renewable energy push

Brookfield Asset Management said in March it will invest A$20 billion and A$30 billion over the next ten years in Australia along with it partners in renewable energy projects

Reliance Industries, Brookfield enter into data centre partnership

The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to complete in around 3 months

Brookfield reinsurance arm offers to buy American Equity in $4.3 bn deal

Deal comes months after AEL rejected nearly $4 bn takeover offer from Prosperity Life and its principal shareholder Elliott Investment Management, saying bid "significantly undervalued" company

Cube Highway, CPPIB, Brookfield in race to buy Reliance Infra road assets

Road asset sale to reduce Rel Infra debt by Rs 2,000 cr

BAM Digital Realty to set up data centre in Mumbai at Rs 2000 cr investment

Company says its first such facility in India is nearing completion in Chennai

Brookfield India Real Estate Trust plans to raise up to Rs 3,500 cr

Brookfield India Real Estate Trust plans to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore through issues of units to institutional investors or preferential allotment of units, mainly to fund its proposed acquisition of two commercial properties. Last month, Brookfield India Real Estate Trust (BIRET) and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC had announced an equal partnership to acquire two commercial properties in India for Rs 11,225 crore. The company had proposed to fund the acquisitions through an institutional placement of up to Rs 3,500 crore and said it might also consider other forms of fund raising, including preferential allotment of units. According to sources, Brookfield India Real Estate Trust has started the process to raise funds. When contacted, BIRET spokesperson said that the board of the manager of the REIT has approved an enabling resolution to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore through institutional placement, which is subject to unitholder approval. Of this, Rs 3,400 crore is proposed t