Infratil CEO: Datacentres may get 'a little more time’ to scale

Infratil chief executive Jason Boyes says it's going to be a period of careful capital allocation. (Image: Infratil)

Fri, 14 Nov 2025

Infratil boss Jason Boyes says all its investments need to meet its targets to scale – but maybe datacentres could get a little more time. Infratil announced its half-year result on Thursday, which included two more asset sales of mobile tower business Fortysouth and the former NZ Bus site in central Auckland for more than $250 million.Infratil wants to free up $1 billion from divestments, and the planned sale of its stake in medical imaging company Qscan would likely get it to the magic number.However, analysts have questioned wheth...

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