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Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed...

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, alleges the township council and planning board violated multiple constitutional rights, including zoning authority, fundamental fairness, and First and Fourteenth Amendment protections. Hexa argues the application was rejected because of the township’s opposition to d...

August 01, 2026

Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

Read DC Blox Secures $240 Million in Holdco Financing
DC Blox Secures $240 Million in Holdco Financing
January 16, 2026

DC Blox Secures $240 Million in Holdco Financing

DC BLOX

US data center operator DC Blox has secured $240 million in holdco financing from BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners. Holdco financing is a financial instrument that allows an investing parent company like GIP to raise debt on behalf of a subsidiary like DC Blox. “We are excit...

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Read Avaio to Develop $6bn Data Center Campus in Little Rock, Arkansas
Avaio to Develop $6bn Data Center Campus in Little Rock, Arkansas
January 14, 2026

Avaio to Develop $6bn Data Center Campus in Little Rock, Arkansas

AVAIO Digital Partners

Avaio Digital Partners this week announced plans for a new data center hub near Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Known as Avaio Digital Leo, Avaio is currently contracted with Entergy Arkansas for 150MW of power, but the company anticipates power demand of up to 1GW as the 760-acre cam...

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Read New Jersey Senate Advances Bill to Establish New Rate Class for Data Centers
New Jersey Senate Advances Bill to Establish New Rate Class for Data Centers
January 13, 2026

New Jersey Senate Advances Bill to Establish New Rate Class for Data Centers

New Jersey

The New Jersey Senate has advanced a bill that would create new tariff classes for “large load” data centers in an effort to protect ratepayers in the state from cost increases.The bill, cosponsored by ten Democrat lawmakers, would require public electrical utilities in the state to submit pro...

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Read Macquire Group Invests €117m in Polarise for Data Center Fit Out
Macquire Group Invests €117m in Polarise for Data Center Fit Out
January 12, 2026

Macquire Group Invests €117m in Polarise for Data Center Fit Out

Polarise

Investment bank Macquire Group and data center infrastructure startup Polarise have formed a "strategic financing partnership" to support the fit-out of the latter's data centers. The partnership is worth up to €117 million ($136.65m).Michel Boutouil, CEO of Polarise, said: “This financing is ...

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Read OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn
OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn
January 09, 2026

OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn

OVH Group

OVHcloud has published its earnings for the first quarter of 2026, with public cloud doing much of the heavy lifting. Revenue for the first quarter totaled €275.3 million ($320bn), up six percent Year-on-Year (YoY). This is further broken down into private cloud (€167.2m/$194.41m- up four perc...

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Read SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas
SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas
January 09, 2026

SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas

Texas

SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy has partnered with OpenAI to build and operate the previously announced 1.2 GW Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas. SB Energy will provide the project's powered infrastructure, while SoftBank and OpenAI invest $1 billion in the company to support its growt...

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Read xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi
xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi
January 09, 2026

xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has confirmed it is set to build a third data center in Mississippi, and will invest more than $20 billion in the state. The data center in Southhaven, DeSoto County, which will be known as MACROHARDRR – an apparent dig at Microsoft – will supply compute power for th...

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Read Exus Renewables Closes $400m Credit Facility
Exus Renewables Closes $400m Credit Facility
January 09, 2026

Exus Renewables Closes $400m Credit Facility

North America

Exus Renewables North America has closed a $400 million senior secured corporate credit facility to fund the expansion of its utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage portfolio. The company noted that the expansion would support it in meeting huge demand emanating from the data center ma...

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Read Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas
Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas
January 08, 2026

Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is planning to invest $400 million in a data center project in Castroville, Texas. Dubbed SAT 82, the data center will be located at 2580 Farm to Market Road, 471 N in Castroville, a town to the west of San Antonio.  The data center will span 195,670 sq ft (18,178 sqm) across one sto...

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Read Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20bn to Fund Data Center Build-out
Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20bn to Fund Data Center Build-out
January 08, 2026

Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20bn to Fund Data Center Build-out

United States

Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $20 billion to help fund its data center build-out. Financial backers include Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and Baron Capital Group.“This financing will accelerate our world-leadin...

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Read Chad Invests €175m in National Data Center and Networks
Chad Invests €175m in National Data Center and Networks
January 07, 2026

Chad Invests €175m in National Data Center and Networks

Bucharest

The government of Chad is investing €175.1 million ($204.7m) in developing a National Data Center and in expanding its fiber optic networks. The investment represents Phase I of the State Connectivity Infrastructure Modernization Project (PMICE), seeking to improve digital infrastructure in th...

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Read Johnson Controls to Invest S$60m to Expand Innovation Center in Singapore
Johnson Controls to Invest S$60m to Expand Innovation Center in Singapore
January 06, 2026

Johnson Controls to Invest S$60m to Expand Innovation Center in Singapore

Singapore

Johnson Controls has announced plans to invest up to S$60 million (US$44m) to expand its Innovation Center in Singapore. According to the company, the expansion will target the growing demand for more energy-efficient data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.Johnson Controls h...

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Read DayOne Secures $2 billion in Series C Funding
DayOne Secures $2 billion in Series C Funding
January 06, 2026

DayOne Secures $2 billion in Series C Funding

DayOne

APAC data center firm DayOne this week announced it has entered into definitive agreements for more than $2 billion in Series C equity financing. DayOne said the financing will accelerate the next phase of its global expansion. In Europe, the proceeds will go towards the development of DayOne’...

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Read CapitaLand Sells Stake in Data Centers in India
CapitaLand Sells Stake in Data Centers in India
January 04, 2026

CapitaLand Sells Stake in Data Centers in India

India / Bhārata

New Year’s Eve saw CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI) announce it has successfully raised approximately S$150 million (US$115m) equity in the first close of its CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund (CIDCF), which is focused on data center development opportunities within India’s “key data center...

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Read OADC Acquires NTT Data Centers in South Africa
OADC Acquires NTT Data Centers in South Africa
January 04, 2026

OADC Acquires NTT Data Centers in South Africa

NTT Data

Pan-African data center firm Open Access Data Centres (OADC) is acquiring a portfolio of NTT data centers in South Africa. According to CCSA, the deal is set to see OADC affiliates, OADC Propco and OADC Opco, acquire seven data centers currently owned and operated by NTT Data SA.The facilities...

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Read Data4 Chosen for €5bn Data Center Project in Northern France
Data4 Chosen for €5bn Data Center Project in Northern France
January 03, 2026

Data4 Chosen for €5bn Data Center Project in Northern France

DATA4 Group

Data4 is leading a €5 billion ($5.86 billion) project to develop a data center campus at a former steelworks in northern France. The company has been selected to deliver the campus at the Soufflantes industrial park in Escaudain, near Denain, which is just outside the city of Valenciennes.A co...

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Read Blue Owl Backs Out of Funding Oracle's $10bn Michigan Facility
Blue Owl Backs Out of Funding Oracle's $10bn Michigan Facility
January 03, 2026

Blue Owl Backs Out of Funding Oracle's $10bn Michigan Facility

Oracle

Blue Owl Capital is not planning to provide financial backing to Oracle's planned data center in Saline Township, Michigan. The data center project, valued at $10 billion, is being developed by Oracle, Related Digital, and OpenAI as part of the latter's Stargate project.The campus is expected ...

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Read SoftBank to Buy Data Center Investor DigitalBridge for $4bn
SoftBank to Buy Data Center Investor DigitalBridge for $4bn
December 29, 2025

SoftBank to Buy Data Center Investor DigitalBridge for $4bn

DigitalBridge

SoftBank Group plans to acquire digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge for $4 billion.DigitalBridge had around $108 billion of assets under management at the end of September, including AIMS, AtlasEdge, DataBank, Switch, Takanock, Vantage Data Centers, and Yondr Group. As of August, the...

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Read Blykalla Raises $50m as it Advances Plans to Power Data Centers
Blykalla Raises $50m as it Advances Plans to Power Data Centers
December 27, 2025

Blykalla Raises $50m as it Advances Plans to Power Data Centers

Sweden

Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) start-up Blykalla has closed a $50 million (€42m) financing round to accelerate development of its lead-cooled SMR, with a focus on meeting growing demand from the data center sector.Blykalla said that it will use the capital to scale testing and validation ...

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Read New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers
New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers
December 26, 2025

New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

Texas

New Era Energy & Digital has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sharon AI’s 50 percent stake in Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), a joint venture between the two companies, which is developing an AI data center in Ector County, Texas.New Era Energy & Digital will pay SharonAI an a...

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