{"id":16540,"date":"2019-08-29T15:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ontario-teachers-partners-with-alphabet-sidewalk-labs-to-launch-infrastructure-holding-company-134991"},"modified":"2019-08-29T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T19:30:36","slug":"ontario-teachers-partners-with-alphabet-sidewalk-labs-to-launch-infrastructure-holding-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/08\/29\/ontario-teachers-partners-with-alphabet-sidewalk-labs-to-launch-infrastructure-holding-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Teachers\u2019 partners with Alphabet, Sidewalk Labs to launch infrastructure holding company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"316\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RealEstate_Infrastructure.png\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt title=\"Ontario Teachers\u2019 partners with Alphabet, Sidewalk Labs to launch infrastructure holding company\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>The Canadian Press<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;August 29, 2019 <\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan is partnering with Google parent company Alphabet Inc. and affiliate Sidewalk Labs to launch a new company that invests in North American infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The spin-out of Sidewalk Labs called&nbsp;Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, plans to hold, operate and invest in advanced infrastructure for the digital age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will bring our infrastructure and investment&nbsp;expertise to the table, while leveraging our partners\u2019 world-leading capabilities in technology, to enable sustainable, intelligent and efficient physical infrastructure,\u201d said&nbsp;Olivia Steedman, senior managing director of the Teachers\u2019 Innovation Platform, in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ontario-teachers-launches-venture-capital-investment-platform-129211\">Ontario Teachers\u2019 launches venture capital investment platform<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new company will focus on five areas including advanced mobility, energy, water and waste, digital infrastructure and social infrastructure. The infrastructure could include technology-enabled systems for stormwater management, neighbourhood-scale heating and cooling, advanced traffic controls and other initiatives like the ones that Sidewalk Labs hopes to deploy at the Quayside on Toronto\u2019s waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSidewalk Infrastructure will give cities an opportunity to deploy next-generation infrastructure,\u201d said Dan Doctoroff, chief executive officer of Sidewalk Labs, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/global-investors-turn-to-infrastructure-real-estate-as-interest-rates-normalize-report-114755\">Global investors turn to infrastructure, real estate as interest rates normalize: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ontario-teachers-partners-with-alphabet-sidewalk-labs-to-launch-infrastructure-holding-company-134991\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Press&nbsp;|&nbsp;August 29, 2019 The Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan is partnering with Google parent company Alphabet Inc. and affiliate Sidewalk Labs to launch a new company that invests in North American infrastructure. 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