INSIGHTS
Helping investors, policymakers and industry leaders understand the trends shaping infrastructure investment.
Executive Summary Germany emerged as Europe’s most attractive infrastructure market in GIIA’s Q2 2026 Pulse Survey and its infrastructure push has only gathered pace since then. Looking at recent political developments in Germany, you would be forgiven for thinking that there is growing uncertainty in a market that’s often seen as Europe’s bellwether. But looking…
A new GIIA policy briefing paper explores long-term infrastructure investors’ crucial role in the sustainable and resilient expansion of Europe’s data centre sector. This is set against an ambitious EU target to triple capacity on the continent within five to seven years. The paper highlights how GIIA members are applying the same long-term approach to data…
By: Alessandro Pecorari, Policy & Public Affairs Manager Aimed at transforming Europe into the world’s first ‘electro-powered continent’, the European Commission has now published its long-awaited review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), alongside a new Electrification Plan. The package will now open formal negotiations between Council and Parliament into one of the most…
Amidst growing pressures on public purses, the world is facing a $106tn infrastructure funding gap – a gap that only private capital will truly help governments bridge. A new Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) report, produced by member law firm Freshfields, closely examines the international regulatory and transaction landscapes in the world’s largest infrastructure investment…
The Global Infrastructure Index 2026, produced by GIIA and Ipsos shows an average of seven in ten (72%) surveyed around the world believe that investment in infrastructure would create jobs and boost the economy. Six in ten (59%) also think investment can make an important contribution to combatting climate change as its effect is increasingly…
By: Alessandro Pecorari, Policy & Public Affairs Manager The European Commission’s Clean Energy Investment Strategy sets out an ambitious framework for mobilising private capital into Europe’s energy transition. For infrastructure investors, the question is not whether the ambition is right – but whether the proposed instruments are structured to genuinely move capital. Electricity grids have become the…
By: Alessandro Pecorari, Policy & Public Affairs Manager The EU’s High Speed Rail Action Plan and its upcoming Financing Strategy centres on closing the infrastructure funding gap. Yet – as is set out in GIIA’s most recent policy paper on the challenges of investing in European high-speed rail – the more immediate opportunity lies in…
The unveiling of the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) marks a significant shift in European industrial policy. By: Alessandro Pecorari, Policy & Public Affairs Manager | 6–8-minute read The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), unveiled on 4th March in Brussels by Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné, reflects a growing concern among policymakers about Europe’s long-term competitiveness, and a determination to strengthen domestic industrial capacity in sectors critical…
The Global Infrastructure Asset Report 2025 reveals further growth in the influence of GIIA investor members in privately financed infrastructure around the world. The total value of infrastructure assets under management (AUM) has grown to US$2.2 trillion, up almost 10% on the previous year and more than double the figure at the end of 2020. …
By: Alessandro Pecorari
By: Alessandro Pecorari
