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No longer a ‘boring’ telco: Singtel’s multibillion-dollar data centre bet with KKR to power its transformation

No longer a ‘boring’ telco: Singtel’s multibillion-dollar data centre bet with KKR to power its transformation

By Kim Browne

Culture

By teaming up with KKR to take a controlling stake in STT GDC, the telco is moving from the regional league to the global main stage

When the market whispers about a S$13.8 billion deal, people usually listen. But when Singtel and private equity giant KKR are the ones doing the talking – and the target is ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) – the market doesn’t just listen; it rallies.

Singtel shares climbed 1.1 per cent on Monday (Feb 2) on reports over the weekend that a KKR-Singtel consortium was nearing a deal. Sovereign wealth funds GIC from Singapore and Mubadala from Abu Dhabi were also said to be in talks to join as minority co-investors.

As anticipation built, shares of the Singapore-listed telecom company soared another 4.7 per cent on Tuesday to close at S$4.86. It opened at S$4.95 on Wednesday, after the deal was announced earlier in the morning.

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Originally published by businesstimes.com.sg. Syndicated material does not necessarily reflect the views of Grazia British.

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