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Longroad Energy Secures $600 Million in Debt Financing to Power Expansion of its Renewable Energy Portfolio

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Monday, November 27, 2023

BOSTON, Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC ("Longroad"), a U.S. based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, announced today that it has closed $600 million in debt financing to further accelerate the growth of its wind, solar, and battery portfolio.

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  • BOSTON, Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC ("Longroad"), a U.S. based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, announced today that it has closed $600 million in debt financing to further accelerate the growth of its wind, solar, and battery portfolio.
  • The credit facility is composed of a $275 million term loan, a $175 million revolving credit facility, and a $150 million letter of credit facility.
  • The new financing follows the August 2022 $500 million equity investment by Infratil, New Zealand Superfund, and MEAG, and which also marked Longroad's strategic shift toward primarily project ownership rather than project sales.
  • We are excited to welcome and thankful for the institutions who have come into this new financing."

Longroad Energy Announces $500 Million Equity Investment from MEAG, NZ Super Fund, and Infratil

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Monday, August 1, 2022

BOSTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC ("Longroad") announced today a $500 million equity investment by MEAG, acting as asset management arm for entities of Munich Re, alongside two of the company's existing investors, the NZ Super Fund and Infratil, a listed entity managed by Morrison & Co.  The investment will support Longroad's strategic shift from a primarily "develop to sell" business model to one that is more oriented towards ownership, and will accelerate the expansion of its current 1.5 GW portfolio of owned assets, to 8.5 GW of wind, solar, and storage projects over the next five years.

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  • "This important infusion provides Longroad with the capital to rapidly transition to a strategy biased to asset ownership.
  • Dr. Alexander Poll, MEAG's Senior Investment Manager responsible for U.S. infrastructure investments: "This investment is a significant step to further increase the U.S. renewable portfolio for Munich Re.
  • Founded in 2016, Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC is focused on wind, solar, and storage project development, operating assets, and services.
  • Upon this transaction closing, Longroad will be owned by the NZ Super Fund, Infratil Limited, MEAG, and Longroad Energy Partners, LLC.

New Zealand Telecoms Industry Report 2022: Capex Investments, Mobile Subscribers and Revenue, Broadband Subscribers, Thematics 2015-2027 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The "New Zealand Telecoms Industry Report - 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "New Zealand Telecoms Industry Report - 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Mobile subscribers numbers and revenue are growing strongly and the back of population growth and the market shift to postpaid.
  • Over the last five years, the market shifted to postpaid as subscribers move to Pay Monthly offerings (SIM-only plans) with increased data allowances.
  • New Zealand has the highest pricing per GB and Kiwis downloaded the least amount of data over their mobile phones.

Vodafone NZ Extends Digital Commerce Software Collaboration with IBM and MATRIXX Software to Modernise Customer Payments

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Vodafone NZ is extending its collaboration with IBM and MATRIXX Software to provide enterprise-wide digital commerce for all post-pay, pre-pay, wholesale and IoT customers.

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  • Vodafone NZ is extending its collaboration with IBM and MATRIXX Software to provide enterprise-wide digital commerce for all post-pay, pre-pay, wholesale and IoT customers.
  • Andrew Haddad, Vodafone NZ Chief Information Officer, says both MATRIXX Software and IBM are proven and reliable collaborators with global credentials, and will play a key role in helping further improve customer experience.
  • MATRIXX and IBM have been supporting Vodafone NZ with charging solutions for our post-pay and wholesale customers for eight years and Im excited to extend our collaboration to benefit our pre-pay customers.
  • In its earlier engagement with MATRIXX and IBM, Vodafone NZ experienced a decrease in customer churn, an increase in business NPS and were first to market in New Zealand with enterprise data sharing.

Vodafone selects Anodot for faster detection and resolution of network interruptions to further improve customer experience

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone New Zealand has selected Anodot, the autonomous business monitoring company, to transform network performance visibility to improve customer experience. Through advanced anomaly detection, Anodot will help Vodafone identify, diagnose, and resolve potential service interruptions that result in a loss of connectivity, ideally before customer service is impacted.

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  • AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone New Zealand has selected Anodot , the autonomous business monitoring company, to transform network performance visibility to improve customer experience.
  • Through advanced anomaly detection, Anodot will help Vodafone identify, diagnose, and resolve potential service interruptions that result in a loss of connectivity, ideally before customer service is impacted.
  • These high-fidelity alerts enable Vodafone New Zealand's network operations teams to immediately know when customer experience has begun to degrade and to quickly determine why it's happening, so incidents can be resolved with minimal impact to network and service uptime.
  • Anodot's easy-to-use anomaly detection technology combines performance and fault monitoring to give CSPs an end-to-end view for real-time detection of service-impacting incidents.

Vodafone selects Anodot for faster detection and resolution of network interruptions to further improve customer experience

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone New Zealand has selected Anodot, the autonomous business monitoring company, to transform network performance visibility to improve customer experience. Through advanced anomaly detection, Anodot will help Vodafone identify, diagnose, and resolve potential service interruptions that result in a loss of connectivity, ideally before customer service is impacted.

Key Points: 
  • AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone New Zealand has selected Anodot , the autonomous business monitoring company, to transform network performance visibility to improve customer experience.
  • Through advanced anomaly detection, Anodot will help Vodafone identify, diagnose, and resolve potential service interruptions that result in a loss of connectivity, ideally before customer service is impacted.
  • These high-fidelity alerts enable Vodafone New Zealand's network operations teams to immediately know when customer experience has begun to degrade and to quickly determine why it's happening, so incidents can be resolved with minimal impact to network and service uptime.
  • Anodot's easy-to-use anomaly detection technology combines performance and fault monitoring to give CSPs an end-to-end view for real-time detection of service-impacting incidents.

Kao Data expands Harlow Campus with construction of second, high-performance 10MW data centre

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

LONDON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has today announced the expansion of its Harlow data centre campus, with construction now underway on its second 10MW facility, underpinning infrastructure in the UK Innovation Corridor.

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  • LONDON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has today announced the expansion of its Harlow data centre campus, with construction now underway on its second 10MW facility, underpinning infrastructure in the UK Innovation Corridor.
  • "The expansion of our Harlow campus is another strategic milestone in Kao Data's evolution as we continue to scale the business's high performance data centre offering across the UK and Europe", said Lee Myall, CEO, Kao Data.
  • "With our second 10MW facility in Harlow following the launch of our 16MW data centre in Slough closely, Kao Data is bringing advanced colocation capacity at industrial scale to the west and east of London."
  • Backed by leading international investors, Kao Data is one of the UK's most pioneering data centre developers and operators.

Kao Data expands Harlow Campus with construction of second, high-performance 10MW data centre

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

"The expansion of our Harlow campus is another strategic milestone in Kao Data's evolution as we continue to scale the business's high performance data centre offering across the UK and Europe", said Lee Myall, CEO, Kao Data.

Key Points: 
  • "The expansion of our Harlow campus is another strategic milestone in Kao Data's evolution as we continue to scale the business's high performance data centre offering across the UK and Europe", said Lee Myall, CEO, Kao Data.
  • "With our second 10MW facility in Harlow following the launch of our 16MW data centre in Slough closely, Kao Data is bringing advanced colocation capacity at industrial scale to the west and east of London."
  • Founded in 2014, Kao Data develop and operate high performance data centres for advanced computing.
  • Backed by leading international investors, Kao Data is one of the UK's most pioneering data centre developers and operators.

Advanced Human Imaging Announces Shift in Leadership

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

PERTH, Australia, Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Advanced Human Imaging Limited (ASX:"AHI") (NASDAQ:"AHI")announced today that Nick Prosser has been appointed interim Non-executive Chairman of Advanced Human Imaging.

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  • PERTH, Australia, Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Advanced Human Imaging Limited (ASX:"AHI") (NASDAQ:"AHI")announced today that Nick Prosser has been appointed interim Non-executive Chairman of Advanced Human Imaging.
  • We look forward to growing and capturing a larger global market share due to the innovation, solutions and robust leadership of Advanced Human Imaging."
  • "As a co-founder of Advanced Human Imaging, I'm pleased with the company's growth since its inception in 2014," said Dr. Iscoe.
  • I want to assure all shareholders that I will remain focused on Advanced Human Imaging, the company I love and co-founded.

Kao Data expands UK data centre footprint with 16MW facility in Slough

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Monday, February 7, 2022

LONDON, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has today announced the availability of a 16 Megawatt (MW), carrier-neutral data centre in Slough, West London. The launch marks a new beginning for Kao Data following the recent investment of approximately £130 million from global infrastructure business Infratil Limited, and will expand its market-leading, ultra-sustainable data centre platform into this globally significant data centre hub.

Key Points: 
  • The launch marks a new beginning for Kao Data following the recent investment of approximately 130 million from global infrastructure business Infratil Limited , and will expand its market-leading, ultra-sustainable data centre platform into this globally significant data centre hub.
  • Further, the data centre will provide the industrial-scale capabilities that the Kao Data brand is well-known for.
  • "With this move we are excited to be strengthening our data centre footprint across the UK and establish ourselves within the world's second largest data centre hub.
  • Backed by leading international investors, Kao Data is one of the UK's most pioneering data centre developers and operators.