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…
In this latest edition of Talking Global Infrastructure, our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Alessandro Pecorari and Senior Policy & Public Affairs Manager Alex Hagemann talk through the key findings of GIIA’s new paper on data centres. Discover the key trends shaping the European market as our team goes jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction to break down the regulatory…
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…
The Global Infrastructure Index 2026 by the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) and Ipsos has found rail is increasingly becoming a national investment priority for the public worldwide. Rail rose as an investment priority in the survey – ranking behind only water supply and new housing. The Index, conducted by Ipsos across 29 countries, surveyed…
Governments across the world are locked in the same race: attracting the private capital needed to modernise infrastructure and meet goals on economic growth, energy security, climate resilience and technological advancement. In this episode of Talking Global Infrastructure, GIIA Director of Corporate Affairs Simon Montague sits down with Freshfields Partners Jessamy Gallagher, Co-head of Energy…
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 by the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) and Ipsos shows that two thirds of Germans think their country is currently not doing enough to meet national infrastructure needs. The Index has run since 2016 as a barometer of global attitudes towards infrastructure delivery, sources of funding and financing, and priority…
A new survey of over 21,000 people worldwide shows French satisfaction with their national infrastructure sits above the global average and amongst the highest in Europe. The Global Infrastructure Index 2026 is produced by the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) and carried out in partnership with Ipsos. At a time when many G7 countries are…
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…