The Infrastructure Investor Podcast

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The Infrastructure Investor Podcast delves into the latest trends in private infrastructure investment, bringing you insightful interviews with many of the industry’s most influential leaders, as well as original analysis from our award-winning team of journalists. Visit infrastructureinvestor.com for more on the sector.

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Infra’s $1.2trn fundraising comeback – but who really wins?

In this episode, Bruno Alves, Infrastructure Investor’s editor-in-chief, sits down with Americas editor Zak Bentley. They start with the latest Infrastructure Investor 100 ranking of the world’s largest managers, and analyse what it tells us about the evolving shape of the global infrastructure market. With a total of $1.2 trillion raised over the last five years, the numbers point to a strong recovery – but also highlight just how concentrated the industry has become, with a handful of large-cap managers commanding the lion’s share of capital. They also unpack our latest quarterly data on fund performance, highlighting the dispersion between top- and bottom-quartile funds that challenges infrastructure’s reputation as a consistently defensive asset class. Finally, they touch on how strategies are evolving to reflect the digital capex supercycle we find ourselves in.

24 min
May 21

DigitalBridge: Industrialisation of AI will need 500GW of compute over next decade

In this special episode based on a keynote interview on 25 March at our Global Summit in Berlin – editor-in-chief Bruno Alves sits down with Marc Ganzi, chief executive of DigitalBridge. The discussion touched on concerns about AI data‑centre obsolescence, with Ganzi comparing GPU refresh cycles to radio upgrades on cell towers. He also talked through the huge arbitrage opportunity for operators that control their own power, stressed the importance of tight contract discipline, and highlighted the hidden risks many new entrants tend to overlook. Finally, Ganzi looked ahead to the next wave of demand, lifting the curtain on robotics and the rise of AI factories, outlining they will require another 500GW of compute over the next 10-15 years.

23 min
May 6

Blackstone: Industry needs to go beyond ‘do no harm’ in data centre development

In this special episode – based on a keynote interview done on 24 March at our Global Summit in Berlin – editor-in-chief Bruno Alves sits down with Sean Klimczak, Blackstone’s global head of infrastructure. As the world’s largest investor in data centres, a significant part of the discussion centred on how Blackstone is investing in the sector. Highlights included Klimczak’s call on the industry to move beyond a “do no harm” standard and add net benefits to the communities where data centres are built. He also spoke about how the data centre market will internationalise in 2026-27, with a particular focus on Asia-Pacific as a development hotspot. Other talking points included Blackstone's role as a major investor in US utilities at a time of surging power demand; the risks of what Klimczack termed the “private equity-ification” of infrastructure, as the asset class’s boundaries expand; and why Europe is “for sale” and seen by Blackstone as a tremendous opportunity.

21 min
Apr 16

'Investors are sleepwalking' on Iran war risks

In this episode, editor-in-chief Bruno Alves sits down with Sadek Wahba, founder, chairman and managing partner of I Squared Capital. Sadek returns to the podcast to tackle a broad range of subjects, including I Squared’s cautious approach to investing in the AI infrastructure boom, why he believes the markets are underestimating the risks and impacts of the Iran war, the role of energy security, resilience in infrastructure investing, the growing role of private wealth in infrastructure, and much more.

29 min
Mar 30

AI, geopolitics, strategy drift - and other takeaways from the Global Summit

Infrastructure Investor’s Global Summit, our flagship gathering in Berlin, attracted around 3,500 members this March for a week of networking and agenda-setting discussions, where the digital revolution, energy transition and a wealth of other topics were analysed, parsed and dissected by some of the most significant players in the industry. In this episode, PEI Group's head of special projects, real assets, James Linacre picks out key insights with senior members of Infrastructure Investor’s editorial team, including editor-in-chief Bruno Alves, deputy editor Kalliope Gourntis, Infrastructure Investor Deals editor Nathalie Tidman and PEI Group APAC editor Daniel Kemp.

17 min
Mar 23

Igneo: 'I don’t want to be on the phone to clients explaining why our valuations dropped'

In this episode, editor-in-chief Bruno Alves sits down with Niall Mills, global head of Igneo Infrastructure Partners. Igneo has been investing in the mid-market since 1994 and is one of the first managers to feature on the podcast with a full fund realisation behind them. We spend a good part of our discussion dissecting the lessons learned from exiting the 2009-vintage European Diversified Infrastructure Fund I, including why there’s value in a good auction process and the reasons behind Igneo’s decision to do quarterly valuations for their LPs. The discussion also touches on the mid-market, including how managers in the space can capitalise on the booming digital infrastructure sector, and Igneo’s steadfast adherence to core/core-plus at a time when many managers are climbing up the risk curve.

27 min
Feb 10

Green energy investors brush off geopolitical turmoil

This episode is sponsored by Nuveen Infrastructure and Quinbrook The energy transition is one of the most prominent mega-trends driving investment in infrastructure today. Even as the current US administration is pushing back on the country’s net-zero commitments and scaling back federal incentives, other regions continue to support the decarbonisation agenda, attracting some of the largest players in private infrastructure. In 2025, China alone added more than 430GW of new wind and solar capacity, not far off the 585GW global additions posted in 2024, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). And more than half of all new vehicle sales in China last year were electric, showcasing the country’s burgeoning green credentials. In this episode of The Infrastructure Investor Podcast, Joost Bergsma, global head of clean energy at Nuveen Infrastructure, and David Scaysbrook, co-founder and managing partner at Quinbrook, discuss the many factors driving appetite for the energy transition despite the pockets of geopolitical hostility. While policy reversal might make the headlines, both still see plenty of exciting opportunities to fund the net-zero transition.

25 min
Feb 5

Mid-market muscle: How smaller deals are powering the next US infrastructure boom

This episode is sponsored by Ridgewood Infrastructure and I Square Capital At the start of 2026, infrastructure investors in the United States benefit from numerous tailwinds. Electricity demand is rising at the fastest rate in decades, industrial reshoring is gathering momentum, and the artificial intelligence revolution is continuing to accelerate. While many of the fundamentals are positive, infrastructure managers must navigate a complex environment in the US. Abrupt policy changes, alongside macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, mean the path to success is far from straightforward. In this episode of The Infrastructure Investor Podcast, Ross Posner, managing partner at Ridgewood Infrastructure, and Gautam Bhandari, managing partner at I Squared Capital, discuss how mid-market managers can be best placed to deliver higher returns and secure favourable exits. Although their strategies differ, they both see plentiful opportunities as the US infrastructure market continues to grow and mature in the years ahead.

25 min

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The Infrastructure Investor Podcast delves into the latest trends in private infrastructure investment, bringing you insightful interviews with many of the industry’s most influential leaders, as well as original analysis from our award-winning team of journalists. Visit infrastructureinvestor.com for more on the sector.