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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 Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled
Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled
November 09, 2023

Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled

Idaho

The power utility Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), and the reactor company NuScale, have announced intentions to cancel the Carbon Free Power Project, a small modular reactor (SMR) project they planned to build at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). David Schlissel, director o...

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Read Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans
Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans
November 09, 2023

Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans

Angola

Pan-African firm Paratus has secured a new debt facility worth $31 million from Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, and its fund manager, Ninety One. This credit facility dedicated to the expansion of its fiber and data center ...

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Read Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea
Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea
November 09, 2023

Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea

South Korea

South Korean technology firm Naver held an opening event for the first phase of its Sejong campus, its second major campus in Korea. This campus, currently spanning 290,000 square meters, is expected to reach 270MW of capacity at densities of 20kW and can reportedly hold 600,000 servers, runni...

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Read QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
November 08, 2023

QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys

QTS Data Centers

US data center firm QTS recently purchased Dutch data center management and operations company Zentrys. QTS intends to bring Zentrys employees on board over the next year and integrate the newly purchased company with its technology and processes.  Chad Williams, CEO of QTS, said, "We welcome ...

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Read OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore
OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore
November 08, 2023

OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore

OVH Group

European cloud and data center firm OVHcloud has launched a new data center in Singapore. The company said, “OVHcloud’s newest data center will feature an integrated water cooling system that is built into a vertical rack designed to facilitate cooling at the server level, eliminating the need...

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Read Microsoft signs agreement to use Oracle Cloud for AI inference
Microsoft signs agreement to use Oracle Cloud for AI inference
November 08, 2023

Microsoft signs agreement to use Oracle Cloud for AI inference

Microsoft Azure

Oracle recently announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to support the growth of AI services. Following this agreement, Microsoft will use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI infrastructure and Microsoft Azure AI infrastructure to infuse AI models to power Microsoft Bing conversationa...

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Read Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany
Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany
November 08, 2023

Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany

Germany / Deutschland

Power and Air Condition Solution Management GmbH (PASM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has signed a long-term PPA with energy group EnBW. Following this 15-year agreement, PASM will offtake 100MW from the 960MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Construction of the...

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Read Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder opposes KKR bid
Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder opposes KKR bid
November 08, 2023

Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder opposes KKR bid

Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A.

Telecom Italia recently agreed to sell its landline business to investment firm KKR for €22 billion. This deal, backed by Giorgia Meloni's Italian government, was finally approved by TIM on November 5 without making it conditional on a vote by shareholders. Though the board voted 11-3 in favor...

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Read Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption
Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption
November 07, 2023

Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption

Flexential

Content Delivery Network (CDN), security, and Edge computing company Cloudflare has blamed its November 2 service disruption on a power failure at a Flexential data center in Hillsboro, Oregon. "On November 2 at 08:50 UTC, Portland General Electric (PGE), the utility company that services PDX-...

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Read Equinix-owned MainOne launches new data center in Ivory Coast
Equinix-owned MainOne launches new data center in Ivory Coast
November 07, 2023

Equinix-owned MainOne launches new data center in Ivory Coast

MainOne MDX-i

Equinix-owned MainOne this week announced the launch of its new Tier III-quality data center in the Village of ICT & Biotechnology of Côte d'Ivoire in Grand Bassam, on the outskirts of Abidjan. Abayomi Adebanjo, regional business head at MainOne, said, “As we round up the year, [we are] ex...

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Read UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes
UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes
November 07, 2023

UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes

United Kingdom

The UK Government has awarded £36 million to a district heating system in West London, which will share data center waste heat with up to 10,000 new homes. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) will be paid this fund to create the heating system to harness waste heat betwee...

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Read Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
November 07, 2023

Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

Puerto Rico

Liberty Latin America Ltd has struck a deal with Dish Network to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, including 120,000 prepaid mobile subscribers in those markets, for $256 million. This amount will be paid in four annual installments commencing ...

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Read SiTime Corporation acquires time-related IP for $148 million
SiTime Corporation acquires time-related IP for $148 million
November 07, 2023

SiTime Corporation acquires time-related IP for $148 million

United States

SiTime Corporation announced this week that it agreed with Aura Semiconductor to purchase its clock products and license all its clock IPs. This agreement between both companies allows SiTime to hold exclusive, perpetual, and irrevocable rights to sell existing and new products based on Aura’s...

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Read Goodman says it has capacity for 3.7GW of data centers
Goodman says it has capacity for 3.7GW of data centers
November 07, 2023

Goodman says it has capacity for 3.7GW of data centers

Germany / Deutschland

Real estate group Goodman has over 3GW of potential data center capacity in its pipeline, according to a Q1 2024 operational update published yesterday. The company notes that this is an opportunity worth tens of billions of dollars as it outlines its ambitions for the data center space.  The ...

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Read Iron Mountain to convert records management facility in Miami to a data center
Iron Mountain to convert records management facility in Miami to a data center
November 06, 2023

Iron Mountain to convert records management facility in Miami to a data center

Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain is to convert one of its former records management facilities in Miami, Florida, into a data center that will offer 16MW.  Iron Mountain CEO William L. Meaney said during the company's Q3 2023 earnings call last week, “Miami is a key market where a number of our customers are loo...

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Read Vodacom begins 5G technology testing in Congo
Vodacom begins 5G technology testing in Congo
November 06, 2023

Vodacom begins 5G technology testing in Congo

Vodacom Business

Vodacom Congo announced that it has recently begun the testing phase of its 5G technology. However, the company noted in an interview with ITWeb Africa that its main focus is still expanding its existing 4G network coverage and mobile money services. Vodacom DRC CEO Khalil Al Americani said in...

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Read Companies plan new “Fuel cell-powered” data center in Ireland
Companies plan new “Fuel cell-powered” data center in Ireland
November 03, 2023

Companies plan new “Fuel cell-powered” data center in Ireland

Europe

SK Ecoplant and Lumcloon Energy are planning to create a new age data center in Ireland that will depend on gas-powered fuel cells rather than the regular grid connection. The  Irish development company and SK Group’s construction subsidiary signed this agreement this week during a trade missi...

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Read Gaw & Sinar Primera to construct new DC facility in Batam, Indonesia
Gaw & Sinar Primera to construct new DC facility in Batam, Indonesia
November 03, 2023

Gaw & Sinar Primera to construct new DC facility in Batam, Indonesia

Batam

Real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners and Indonesian developer Sinar Primera announced a partnership this week to build a data center in Batam, Indonesia. Gaw will be acting as the primary investor in this partnership with Sinar Primera as the development manager will take a min...

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Read Dominion to construct the largest-ever authorized wind project in the US
Dominion to construct the largest-ever authorized wind project in the US
November 03, 2023

Dominion to construct the largest-ever authorized wind project in the US

United States

Utility Dominion Energy has recently received permission from the US Interior Department for a 2.6 gigawatt offshore wind farm near the Virginia coast, the largest-ever wind project to be authorized in the US. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said, “The Interior Department is committed to...

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Read Google signs first wind PPA in Poland
Google signs first wind PPA in Poland
November 03, 2023

Google signs first wind PPA in Poland

Google

Google has signed its first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)  to procure renewable energy in Poland . Following this agreement with Polsat Plus Group, Google will now offtake from the company’s wind farm in Przyrów to power Google Cloud’s operations. Tara Brady, president, Google Cloud EMEA said...

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