ITALIAN NATIONAL STRATEGIC HUB PPP (EIB-20220524)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Italy
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
FI
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Feb 12, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
UniCredit Group, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Intesa Sanpaolo Group
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Communications
  • Finance
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 78.63 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 73
Converted using 2024-02-12 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 78.63 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 73 million
Converted using 2024-02-12 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 157.27 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 146 million
Converted using 2024-02-12 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EIB website

Updated in EWS Feb 21, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jan 30, 2024

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the EIB, the project relates to the deployment, under a public private partnership, of a digital cloud infrastructure for the Italian public administration.

The cloud infrastructure will consist of the fitting out of 4 interconnected Tier III and Tier IV Data Centres (DC) in Italy, 2 located in the north and 2 data centres located in the centre of the country. The project will be implemented in dedicated spaces (or buildings) within already existing datacentres.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by the EIB, the promoter and final beneficiary is a multi-shareholder SPV. No further information on the promoter and final beneficiary were provided at the time of disclosure.

The loan will be provided through 3 Financial Intermediaries: Unicredit Group, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA.

As stated by Bloomberg:

UniCredit S.p.A. attracts deposits and offers commercial banking services. The Bank offers consumer credit, mortgages, life insurance, business loan, investment banking, asset management, and other services. UniCredit operates worldwide.
 
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. attracts deposits and offers banking and financial services. The Bank offers consumer credit, asset management, internet banking, merchant banking, securities brokerage, factoring, and lease financing services, as well as manages mutual funds. Intesa Sanpaolo operates branches throughout Italy, and offices elsewhere in Europe, Asia, and the United States.
 
Cassa Depositi E Prestiti Societa' Per Azioni provides financing services. The Company offers loans, equity, and guarantees to state and regional governments, local authorities, public bodies, and public-law entities through postal savings products under state guarantee and the issuance of bonds. Cassa Depositi E Prestiti operates worldwide.

Contact Information
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No project contacts provided at the time of disclosure.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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