Digital Infrastructure Has Come of Age for Investors

By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor

In the past, infrastructure capital was not part of funding wireless infrastructure, but capital is now pouring into digital infrastructure and transactions are happening at an accelerated pace. That was what Steven Sonnenstein, Senior Managing Director at DigitalBridge Investment Management, told the audience last week at the TowerXchange Meetup Americas 2022 in West Palm Beach, FL. The popularity of digital infrastructure has evolved from the maturation of the tower business model and technological convergence. 5G has necessitated that both towers and small cells use fiber for connectivity. Additionally, the need for low latency depends on strategically located edge computing. Continue Reading