Digital Colony is an increasingly acquisitive and influential force in neutral host telecoms and cloud infrastructure. Formed from the merger of Digital Bridge, a tower operator, and real estate investor Colony Capital, it now has a global fund to buy and roll up related businesses round the world. It is bringing together players in many aspects of shared infrastructure in anticipation of a 5G-related boom, including operators of macro towers, small cell sites, edge clouds and indoor systems. The latest to join its Digital Colony Partners group is Highline do Brasil II Infraestrutura de Telecomunicações (Highline), a towerco which has been acquired from local firm Pátria Investments for an undisclosed amount. The company’s portfolio of macro towers and other wireless infrastructure is…