Company: BIP-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-014380
Chunk: 202

Company: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 202
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 Over 140 operational data centers, with approximately 1 gigawatt of critical load capacity and an additional approximate 640 megawatts of contracted capacity

Brookfield Infrastructure 89

Data Transmission & Distribution

Our data transmission and distribution businesses have approximately 306,000 operational telecom towers, approximately 28,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable and two semiconductor manufacturing facilities under construction.

In France, our telecom operation is comprised of approximately 9,000 multi-purpose towers and active rooftop sites. The business can be divided into two segments: (i) telecom site hosting and (ii) television and radio broadcasting. Our customers pay upfront and/or recurring fees to lease space on our towers to host their equipment or pay us fees for transmitting television and radio content to end users.

In Germany and Austria, we have approximately 44,000 multi-purpose towers and active rooftops. The business focuses on developing passive infrastructure for mobile network operators, broadcasters, and other institutions through their portfolio of towers, masts, rooftop sites, distributed antenna systems and small cells. Revenue is backed by a 30-year take-or-pay agreement with an investment grade counterparty.

Our U. K. wireless infrastructure operation comprises two business units: Towers and Indoor. The Towers business operates approximately 3,000 active towers throughout the U. K., licensing space to mobile network operators and providing ancillary services including back-up power. The Indoor business deploys active neutral host network solutions using distributed antenna systems in high footfall venues such as shopping malls, stadiums and office blocks and currently serves over 70 venues.

Our India telecom operation comprises approximately 250,000 high quality telecom towers across India. The tower portfolio provides service to all mobile network operators (“ MNO”) in India, including the largest MNO, Reliance Jio. Our commercial arrangement with Reliance Jio, who serves as the anchor tenant is underpinned by a 30-year master service agreement across 174,000 towers. In September 2024, we acquired an additional 76,000 towers sites which are under long term contract with one of the largest MNOs, Reliance Jio.

Our Australian data distribution business comprises the following business lines, (i) wholesale and infrastructure which is engaged in the design, installation, operation, maintenance, and wholesale sale of FTTP networks operating mainly in greenfield developments, (ii) enterprise supplying premium voice and communication solutions, and (iii) retail business operating as a reseller of telecommunications services to end customers.

Our semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the United States