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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-20-006192
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200831
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200831

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001406234
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33632
		FILM NUMBER:		201151900

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		73 FRONT STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM12
		BUSINESS PHONE:		441 296-4480

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		73 FRONT STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM12
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<html><head><title></title></head><body style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><div align="center"><div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: Black 2.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.1pt solid; width: 100%;">&#160;</div></div><p style="font-size: 14pt;" align="center"><strong>UNITED STATES</strong><br /><strong>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>Washington, D.C. 20549</strong></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;" align="center"><strong>Form 6-K</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>For the month of August 2020</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Commission File Number: <strong>001-33632</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.</strong></font><br />(Translation of registrant's name into English)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>73 Front Street, Fifth Floor<br />Hamilton, HM 12<br />Bermuda</strong><br />(Address of principal executive office)</p></div><p>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.<br />Form 20-F [&#160;X ] &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 40-F [&#160;&#160; ]</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</u></p><p><strong>Note:&#160;</strong>Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</u></p><p><strong>Note:&#160;</strong>Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.&#160;</p><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p> <p>On August 31, 2020, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. <br /><br /><a href="exh_991.htm">(c) Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated August 31, 2020</a></p></p><p /><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SIGNATURES</strong></p><p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</p><table style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%"><strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</strong></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">(Registrant)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">Date: August 31, 2020</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Jane Sheere&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Jane Sheere</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Secretary</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr></table></body></html>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en-US"><head><title>EdgarFiling</title><meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" ><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.18094" ></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Brookfield Infrastructure Announces Closing of Indian Telecom Towers Transaction</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p>
 <p align="justify">BROOKFIELD, News, Aug.  31, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (&#8220;Brookfield Infrastructure&#8221;) (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a 100% stake in a telecom tower company in India from Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (&#8220;RIL&#8221;). Brookfield and&#160;its institutional partners will be making an equity investment of approximately $3.4 billion, of which Brookfield Infrastructure will be investing $600 million.<br ></p>  <p align="justify">Brookfield Infrastructure has acquired a high-quality portfolio of approximately 135,000 recently constructed communication towers that form the infrastructure backbone of Reliance Jio&#8217;s (&#8220;Jio&#8221;) telecom business. This portfolio provides a well-placed platform to capitalize on the rollout of 5G across the country, as the towers are largely connected by fiber backhaul. Jio is an anchor tenant of the business under a 30-year Master Services Agreement, providing a secure, long-term source of revenue and incremental business plan tower build-out to drive growth that is expected to bring the portfolio to 175,000 towers in the near term.</p>  <p align="justify">&#8220;We are pleased to have closed this transaction, which was one of our top priorities for 2020,&#8221; said Sam Pollock, Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Infrastructure. &#8220;The acquisition of this large-scale, high-quality telecom tower business significantly expands and diversifies our Data Infrastructure segment and competitively positions us in India&#8217;s growing data industry.&#8221;</p>  <p align="justify">&#8220;We are confident in the long-term prospects for data sector growth in India,&#8221; said Anuj Ranjan, Managing Partner and Head of India and the Middle East for Brookfield. &#8220;We are looking forward to continuing to work alongside Reliance, which has established itself as a leading telecom and technology company in India. The recent investments by leading global technology companies and private equity investors in Jio is further testimony to the platform Reliance has built and their strength as our anchor tenant.&#8221;</p>  <p align="justify"><strong>Brookfield Infrastructure Partners</strong> is a leading global infrastructure company that owns and operates high-quality, long-life assets in the utilities, transport, energy and data infrastructure sectors across North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe. We are focused on assets that generate stable cash flows and require minimal maintenance capital expenditures. Investors can access its portfolio either through Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BIPC), a Canadian corporation. Further information is available at <u>www.brookfield.com/infrastructure</u>.</p>  <p align="justify">Brookfield Infrastructure is the flagship listed infrastructure company of Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with approximately $550 billion of assets under management. For more information, go to <u>www.brookfield.com</u>.</p>  <p align="justify">For more information, please contact:</p> <table style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse !important;;border-collapse: collapse; "><tr><td style="max-width:35%; width:35%; min-width:35%;;vertical-align: middle;   text-align: left;   padding-left: 10.0px; vertical-align: top ; "><strong>Media:</strong><br >Claire Holland<br > Tel: (416) 369-8236<br >Email: <u>claire.holland@brookfield.com</u></td><td style="max-width:65%; width:65%; min-width:65%;;text-align: justify ;  vertical-align: middle; vertical-align: top ; "><strong>Investors:</strong><br >Kate White<br >Tel: (416) 956-5183<br >Email: <u>kate.white@brookfield.com</u></td></tr></table> <p align="justify"><strong><em>Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking Statements</em></strong></p>  <p align="justify"><em>Note: </em><em>This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The words &#8220;will&#8221;, &#8220;expected&#8221;, &#8220;intends&#8221;, &#8220;anticipated&#8221; or derivations thereof and other expressions which are predictions of or indicate future events, trends or prospects, and which do not relate to historical matters, identify the above mentioned and other forward-looking statements.&#160;Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the future performance of the business including its potential for growth.&#160;Although Brookfield Infrastructure believes that these forward-looking statements and information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not place undue reliance on them, or any other forward-looking statements or information in this news release. The future performance and prospects of Brookfield Infrastructure are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results of Brookfield Infrastructure to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the statements in this news release include general economic conditions in the jurisdictions in which we operate and elsewhere which may impact the markets for our products and services, including the products and services provided by the business that is the subject of this news release the fact that success of Brookfield Infrastructure is dependent on market demand for an infrastructure company, which is unknown and the ability to effectively complete new acquisitions in the competitive infrastructure space and to integrate acquisitions into existing operations</em>, and other risks and factors&#160;<em>described in the documents filed by Brookfield Infrastructure with the securities regulators in&#160;Canada&#160;and&#160;the United States&#160;including under &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in Brookfield Infrastructure&#8217;s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and other risks and factors that are described therein. Except as required by law, Brookfield Infrastructure undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</em></p> </p><p ></p></body></html>
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