Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partnres announces investment in UltraEdge

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France S.A. to establish the first nationwide independent distributed colocation provider in France through the acquisition of a majority interest in UltraEdge, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions. “We believe the opportunity to create an independent and distributed edge colocation provider, benefiting from access to SFR’s nationwide fiber infrastructure in France, makes UltraEdge a very attractive investment for MSIP,” said Yacine Saidji, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe for MSIP. MSIP will partner with Altice France to continue upgrading the infrastructure and increasing the density of the portfolio.