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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 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 t...

August 01, 2026

Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

NorthC and green hydrogen

NorthC's data center in Groningen is to be the first in Europe to use green hydrogen fuel cells (H2), created through electrolysis. According to the company, the 1.5MW facility will have 500kW of fuel cells. This will reportedly save tens of thousands of liters of diesel a year, the equivalen...

February 15, 2022

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Beeinfotech PH's "The Hive" and what it signals for the Philippines

Beeinfotech PH has announced that it has opened its new data center in Manila, the Philippines. Named 'The Hive,' the facility, first announced in July 2021, will be the largest carrier-neutral data center facility in operation in the country, spanning three floors with a capability of up to ...

February 15, 2022

Beeinfotech PH

Rostelecom expands its facility in Russia

Rostelecom's Udomlya data center has entered its second phase. The launch features an 8MW facility with a capacity for 800 racks, and a new fiber-optic line. The facility first launched back in 2019 is located at the Kalininskaya Nuclear Power Plant in Tver and is a joint project with Rosener...

February 15, 2022

Rostelecom

New data center heading to Islamabad

The government of Pakistan has announced that it has opened a new data center in Islamabad, namely the National Information Technology Board (NITB) (NITB Staging Environment). Federal Minister for Information and Technology, Syed Amin ul Haq, inaugurated the PKR. 330 million ($1.88m) facility,...

February 15, 2022

South Asia

Acronis launches its first cloud data center in Nigeria

Acronis has announced that it has launched its first cloud data center in Lagos, Nigeria. This move is part of a larger expansion plan that will see the company grow with the deployment of 111 new centers. It is also part of its Acronis Global/Local Initiative. This initiative reportedly inclu...

February 15, 2022

Nigeria

STC Launches New Data Center in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

STC has announced the launch of its new data center in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi telco’s new data center measures approximately 12,000 square meters. It was also inaugurated by the Governor of Qassim Region, Prince Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud. STC posted on Twitter that it was happy that...

February 15, 2022

Saudi Arabia

What is Waukee saying about Apple's data center?

Following the recent green light given by local planning officials on Apple’s Iowa development, a number of business people and leaders in the area have voiced their thoughts on what the development will mean for the area. Mayor Courtney Clarke outlined that in the first phase of development t...

February 14, 2022

Apple

Data centers planned for Muskogee and near Oktaha

Two data centers are reportedly on their way to Muskogee County; it has been announced. YZY Capital Holdings, LLC, is the New York-based private equity firm behind the project and has announced that it will inject $100 million into the construction and operation of the centers on the 136.5-acr...

February 14, 2022

Oklahoma

Data centers and the nuclear option

With the UN chief recently declaring that it's "code red for humanity," it has never been more clear that immediate action is required on the part of governments and industry leaders to make big sustainability changes. Of course, the data center and digital infrastructure industries have caugh...

February 14, 2022

Europe

Microsoft Signs Agreement With HTX To Develop Sovereign Cloud in Singapore

Microsoft has signed a strategic agreement with Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX). The deal will see Microsoft develop a sovereign cloud to speed up the digital transformation and innovation of Singapore’s HTX. It will also help sort Singapore’s Home Team Departments’ e...

February 14, 2022

Microsoft Azure

What India's new government policy means for the data center industry

The Indian government is introducing new policies that will encourage data center growth in the country, it has been announced. This policy announcement comes as leaders strive to make the country a hub for the world’s growing data traffic. In the government’s 2022 budget, provisions have been...

February 14, 2022

India / Bhārata

GLP Wants To Raise $500 million to fund Chinese expansion

According to Bloomberg, GLP Pte is mulling over raising up to $500 million to expand its data center footprint in China. The Singapore-based investment manager wants to raise funds from investors in exchange for a minority stake in the firm. GLP Pte’s data center business is valued at up to $5...

February 13, 2022

China

Five 9s Digital Has Completed The Sale of Four Data Centers For $41 million

Five 9s Digital has announced the sale of four of its US data centers for $41 million. The data center firm announced that it sold four leased out data centers to a digital infrastructure investor that wants to expand its portfolio. The facilities are located in Memphis, Upper Arlington, Kanna...

February 13, 2022

NEXTDC announces AWS availability at S2 data center

NextDC has announced the availability of AWS Direct Connect in the NextDC S2 Sydney data center, the fourth to host AWS Direct Connect (Canberra (C1), Melbourne (M1), and Perth (P1)). According to the company, within the NextDC S2 data center, customers can choose 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and new hig...

February 11, 2022

NextDC: S2 Sydney

Frederick County and AWS: Deal falls through

AWS plans for Frederick County in Maryland have fallen through; it has been reported. This announcement came after Amazon and the county government was unable to reach an agreement on the project’s timeline. Initial plans outlined that data centers would go to three communities in the south, w...

February 11, 2022

Amazon AWS

Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges

Nearly every day, it seems another tech company has made another big green pledge; however, according to the nonprofit NewClimate Institute, big tech's promises to deliver on sustainability are not leading to action. Lacking real substance, according to the report, even the companies that are ...

February 11, 2022

Google

Data centers and the electrical grid

Research group Omdia recently published a survey on data centers and its ability to support the electric grid. The research revealed that within the next four years, data center operators will deploy uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) able to interact with the electric grid, supporting essen...

February 11, 2022

Oracle Partnering With Telefonica For Cloud Region in Madrid

Oracle has announced a partnership with Telefónica. The agreement sees Oracle place its Spanish cloud region in Telefonica’s data center in Madrid, Spain. Per the agreement, the two firms will jointly offer cloud platform-as-a-service and applications to public sector organizations and enterpr...

February 11, 2022

Oracle

AWS Reveals The Size of Properties Under Its Control

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it has over 26 million square feet (2,415,500 square meters) under its control. The company announced this through its latest 10-K filing. The filing further showed that the company owns 11.9 million square feet (1,105,500 square meters) and leases 14.1...

February 11, 2022

Amazon AWS

DC Alliance Looking To Develop First Tier-rated Facility in Palau

DC Alliance has announced that it signed an MOU with Pacific Blockchain Corporation. The MOU will see the data center developer look into developing a Tier III rated data center in Palau. According to DC Alliance, the facility will have an initial capacity of 1MW while also accommodating 200 r...

February 11, 2022

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