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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

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Read Robi Axiata to Develop 100MW Solar Project in Bangladesh
Robi Axiata to Develop 100MW Solar Project in Bangladesh
May 12, 2025

Robi Axiata to Develop 100MW Solar Project in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi telco Robi Axiata has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two renewable energy companies to develop a 100MW solar project to power its operations in the country. The three parties will form a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) to finance, build, and operate the solar park.De...

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Read Prometheus Hyperscale to Power Wyoming Data Center with Natural Gas
Prometheus Hyperscale to Power Wyoming Data Center with Natural Gas
May 10, 2025

Prometheus Hyperscale to Power Wyoming Data Center with Natural Gas

US data center developer, Prometheus Hyperscale, has signed a partnership agreement to power its Wyoming data center with a natural gas power solution tied to carbon removal credits. The agreement will see the deployment of a natural gas power solution at its 1.2GW hyperscale data center campu...

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Read Microsoft to Purchase 3m Carbon Removal Credits from EFM
Microsoft to Purchase 3m Carbon Removal Credits from EFM
May 10, 2025

Microsoft to Purchase 3m Carbon Removal Credits from EFM

Microsoft has signed a deal with sustainable forest management firm EFM to purchase three million carbon removal credits. The deal includes an offtake agreement for 700,000 credits through 2035, generated from a 68,000-acre project in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula that EFM is transition...

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Read Gcore and AzInTelecom Partner on Sovereign Cloud in Azerbaijan
Gcore and AzInTelecom Partner on Sovereign Cloud in Azerbaijan
May 10, 2025

Gcore and AzInTelecom Partner on Sovereign Cloud in Azerbaijan

Edge AI and cloud provider Gcore is teaming up with AzInTelecom LLC for a sovereign cloud offering in Azerbaijan. AzInTelecom will work with Gcore to develop a cloud platform that meets Azerbaijan's data regulations. The offering, dubbed the "AzInCloud" platform, will be a public cloud service...

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Read Microsoft Signs Community Solar Deal with Nexamp in US market
Microsoft Signs Community Solar Deal with Nexamp in US market
May 10, 2025

Microsoft Signs Community Solar Deal with Nexamp in US market

Microsoft has signed a long-term agreement with Nexamp to develop a portfolio of community solar projects across the US. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will purchase renewable energy certificates (REC) from the solar portfolio to help meet its 2030 carbon negative commitment.The partnersh...

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Read AWS Launches Wavelength Zone Edge Location in Kansas
AWS Launches Wavelength Zone Edge Location in Kansas
May 09, 2025

AWS Launches Wavelength Zone Edge Location in Kansas

Amazon this week announced the general availability of AWS Wavelength in partnership with Verizon in the Lenexa area of Kansas City. AWS’ US East (N. Virginia) Region is the parent of the new Wavelength location. Wavelength embeds AWS compute and storage services at the Edge of communications ...

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Read Microsoft Expands Carbon Removal Agreement with Stockholm Exergi
Microsoft Expands Carbon Removal Agreement with Stockholm Exergi
May 09, 2025

Microsoft Expands Carbon Removal Agreement with Stockholm Exergi

Microsoft has extended a carbon removal agreement for bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) firm Stockholm Exergi. The revised agreement will increase the quantity of carbon removal credits from 3.33 million tons to 5.08 million tons. The credits will be generated by Stockholm’s B...

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Read Google Partners with Elementl for 'Advanced' Nuclear Projects in US
Google Partners with Elementl for 'Advanced' Nuclear Projects in US
May 07, 2025

Google Partners with Elementl for 'Advanced' Nuclear Projects in US

Google has signed a strategic agreement with advanced nuclear power developer, Elementl Power, to develop three nuclear energy projects in the US. Each project is expected to generate at least 600MW of capacity, with Google provided the option for commercial offtake when the projects reach ope...

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Read Meta Signs Two Solar Contracts in Texas
Meta Signs Two Solar Contracts in Texas
May 07, 2025

Meta Signs Two Solar Contracts in Texas

Meta has signed two Environmental Attribute Purchase Agreements (EAPA) with Sunraycer Renewables for the entire capacity of two solar projects in Texas. Meta will purchase 100 percent of the “environmental attributes” from the 127MWdc (97.5MWac) Midpoint Solar project in Hill County and the 18...

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Read Keppel Signs 10-year PPA with Greencoat
Keppel Signs 10-year PPA with Greencoat
May 03, 2025

Keppel Signs 10-year PPA with Greencoat

Keppel DC REIT has signed a ten year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Greencoat Renewables to power two data centers in Dublin, Ireland. This PPA will see Keppel purchase the entire capacity generated from Greencoat's 13.3MW Ballingcollig onshore wind farm in County Kerry. The wind farm is ...

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Read AirJoule Raises $15m to Turn Data Center Waste Heat into Pure Water
AirJoule Raises $15m to Turn Data Center Waste Heat into Pure Water
May 02, 2025

AirJoule Raises $15m to Turn Data Center Waste Heat into Pure Water

AirJoule Technologies, which is developing technology to extract pure water from waste heat produced in industrial settings such as data centers, has raised $15 million. Proceeds from the fundraising will be used to commercialize AirJoule’s system, which the company claims can separate water f...

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Read Microsoft Signs Wind PPA with in West Virginia
Microsoft Signs Wind PPA with in West Virginia
May 01, 2025

Microsoft Signs Wind PPA with in West Virginia

Microsoft has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clearway Energy Group in West Virginia which will see Microsoft granted access to energy generated by the 335MW Mount Storm wind farm located in Grant County, West Virginia. Valerie Wooley, SVP of Origination at Clearway, sai...

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Read Chillmine and Energywise to Develop Solar Powered Data Centers
Chillmine and Energywise to Develop Solar Powered Data Centers
April 29, 2025

Chillmine and Energywise to Develop Solar Powered Data Centers

Seattle-based cloud computing company Chillmine has signed a memorandum of understanding with Zimbabwean independent power producer (IPP) Energywise to develop solar-powered data centers across the country.They plan to use power from Energywise’s planned 100MW Runde River Solar Park in Zvishav...

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Read Microsoft to Purchase Carbon Removal Credits from Carba
Microsoft to Purchase Carbon Removal Credits from Carba
April 26, 2025

Microsoft to Purchase Carbon Removal Credits from Carba

Microsoft has signed a five-year carbon removal credit agreement with biochar firm Carba, which will see Microsoft purchase 44,000 tons of carbon removal credits over the specified period.“We’re thrilled to contribute to Microsoft’s portfolio by providing high-quality carbon removal credits th...

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Read Soluna Plans 145MW Wind-Powered Data Center
Soluna Plans 145MW Wind-Powered Data Center
April 24, 2025

Soluna Plans 145MW Wind-Powered Data Center

Crypto and AI data center firm Soluna Holdings announced last week that it has signed a term sheet for power for Project Ellen, a new 100MW data center colocated with a 145MW wind farm in South Texas. The wind farm is owned by an unnamed power partner, described as a “leader in renewable energ...

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Read AI Green Bytes Data Center in Paris to use Plant- Based Immersion Cooling Fluid
AI Green Bytes Data Center in Paris to use Plant- Based Immersion Cooling Fluid
April 23, 2025

AI Green Bytes Data Center in Paris to use Plant- Based Immersion Cooling Fluid

AI cloud company AI Green Bytes is building an immersion-cooled data center in Paris, France, which will utilize plant-based cooling fluid developed by Oleon. AI Green Bytes claims it can cut energy use by up to 90 percent by submerging its servers in Oleon’s coolant, known as Qloe,when compar...

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Read nLighten and Shell Spain Sign PPA for Madrid Data Center
nLighten and Shell Spain Sign PPA for Madrid Data Center
April 19, 2025

nLighten and Shell Spain Sign PPA for Madrid Data Center

European Edge data center firm nLighten has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Shell Spain to power its MAD1 Edge data center in Madrid. The companies claim that the PPA goes beyond traditional supply contracts by providing nLighten with transparency on what renewable asset...

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Read Fujitsu to Launch Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiative
Fujitsu to Launch Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiative
April 19, 2025

Fujitsu to Launch Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiative

Japanese IT services firm Fujitsu has partnered with US IT solutions provider Supermicro Inc. and Nidec, a Japanese electric motor manufacturer, on the initiative. As part of the collaboration, the partners will combine Fujitsu's liquid-cooling monitoring and control software, Supermicro’s hig...

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Read Microsoft Signs 15-year Carbon Removal Agreement in Louisiana
Microsoft Signs 15-year Carbon Removal Agreement in Louisiana
April 17, 2025

Microsoft Signs 15-year Carbon Removal Agreement in Louisiana

Microsoft has signed the largest permanent carbon removal to date after agreeing to a 15-year deal with bioenergy firm AtmosClear BR for 6.75 million tons of carbon removals. They will be generated from Atmos’ planned bioenergy carbon capture & storage (BECCS) project at the Port of Greate...

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Read Google Signs Corporate PPA in Taiwan
Google Signs Corporate PPA in Taiwan
April 16, 2025

Google Signs Corporate PPA in Taiwan

Google has signed its first corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a geothermal project in the APAC region. According to Google, the long-term PPA is aimed at catalyzing the geothermal market in the region and involves a direct equity investment in Baseload."This long-term partnership wi...

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