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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 Microsoft, Shizen Energy sign 20-year solar PPA
Microsoft, Shizen Energy sign 20-year solar PPA
October 20, 2023

Microsoft, Shizen Energy sign 20-year solar PPA

Microsoft Azure

Shizen Energy Inc. announced its latest 20-year virtual VPPA with Microsoft to supply renewable energy from a 25MWac solar farm in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. This agreement between both companies marks Microsoft’s first PPA in Japan. Sizen is also constructing a solar farm, which will rep...

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Read Microsoft to build data center automation and robotics team
Microsoft to build data center automation and robotics team
October 20, 2023

Microsoft to build data center automation and robotics team

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently revealed plans to build a team dedicated to researching data center automation and robotics. The tech giant has also posted a job listing for a hardware automation team manager specializing in robotics.The job listing states, "As the Team Manager - Hardware Robotics, for our...

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Read Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone
Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone
October 20, 2023

Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

Spain

The Spanish government opened the latest phase of its €1 billion funding project aimed at rolling out 5G Standalone (SA) to rural areas across the country to reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas, as almost a fifth of the country’s population live in the rural areas. In this ...

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Read ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin
ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin
October 19, 2023

ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin

Croatia

Croatian ICT solutions provider Cratis revealed that it will launch a new data center this month in Varazdin, north of Zagreb, in partnership with local polyethylene films, bags, and packaging manufacturer Muraplast.This new DC North facility will offer 2.8MW across six data rooms – each 340 s...

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Read IRS, Microsoft disagree over alleged tax debt
IRS, Microsoft disagree over alleged tax debt
October 19, 2023

IRS, Microsoft disagree over alleged tax debt

Microsoft Azure

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleges that tech giant Microsoft owes the US government about $28.9 billion in taxes, penalties, and interest. However, Microsoft has denied these charges and intents to "vigorously contest" them. Microsoft revealed in an SEC filing that it received a Notice...

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Read Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility
Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility
October 19, 2023

Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility

Brazil / Brasil

Teccloud recently expanded the installed capacity at its data center in Porto Alegre, Brazil, through a R$2 million investment. The Brazilian firm awarded the design certification to GetNet, both businesses being a part of the Correa da Silva group.Teccloud did not state the capacity of its tw...

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Read Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore
Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore
October 18, 2023

Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore

Equinix

An outage at an Equinix data center on Saturday brought DBS and Citibank banking services in Singapore offline. This outage also affected other services in its Asian region including the Philippines, Hong Kong and India as people complained about having issues with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsAp...

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Read UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
October 18, 2023

UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition

Microsoft Azure

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finally approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of famous video games publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. This comes after an initial blockage of the deal over concerns relating to the impact of this acquisition on competition...

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Read Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December
Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December
October 18, 2023

Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December

California

A recent filing with the California Employment Development Department has revealed that Chip designer Qualcomm intends to cut its workforce significantly. The filing noted that Qualcomm is cutting 1,258 jobs in San Diego and Santa Clara, California, to reduce costs. The job cuts are to begin b...

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Read Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO
Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO
October 18, 2023

Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO

Sweden

Swedish telco Telia Company has named Patrik Hofbauer as its new president and CEO, bringing the company's search for a CEO since July to an end. The board of directors agreed with the decision to appoint Hofbauer, and he will be leaving his role as CEO of the gambling firm Svenska Spel to beg...

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Read Web Werks & Iron Mountain acquire 4 acres in Chennai for DC construction
Web Werks & Iron Mountain acquire 4 acres in Chennai for DC construction
October 17, 2023

Web Werks & Iron Mountain acquire 4 acres in Chennai for DC construction

Web Werks

Web Werks and Iron Mountain recently purchased a four-acre parcel of land in the Ambattur area of Chennai, India for the construction of two data center campuses. These parcel will support two buildings called  CHE-1 and CHE-2 which will be built to Tier III standards and will support a total ...

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Read Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO
Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO
October 17, 2023

Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO

Switch Datacenters Amsterdam BV

US data center company Switch has named Madonna Park as its chief financial officer, replacing Gabe Nacht. Park is now in charge of managing the company’s finances and leading the accounts, finance, internal audit and investor relations teams. Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy said, "Madonna will...

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Read Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK
Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK
October 17, 2023

Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK

United Kingdom

Redcar & Cleveland Council granted Wilton Data Center an outline consent for a new data center campus at the Wilton International Park, just outside Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, UK. Wilton intends to construct 150,000 square meter of data center space on a 32-acre plot. The company di...

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Read State-owned Telecom Namibia to build 500 telco towers across the country
State-owned Telecom Namibia to build 500 telco towers across the country
October 17, 2023

State-owned Telecom Namibia to build 500 telco towers across the country

South Africa

State-owned Telecom Namibia intends to deploy 500 telecom towers across the country over the next five years to support its effort to improve both the quality and availability of its mobile service. This is in line with the telco’s investment program created last year to invest $155 million to...

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Read American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower
American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower
October 16, 2023

American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower

American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation (ATC) Africa has begun to progressively push its sustainability strategy as it announced that direct greenhouse emissions (GHG) per tower dropped by 21 percent against its 2019 baseline. ATC notes that  this was down to an "increased deployment of on-site solar power...

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Read Veon completes sale of Russian Subsidiary
Veon completes sale of Russian Subsidiary
October 16, 2023

Veon completes sale of Russian Subsidiary

Russia / Россия

The Amsterdam-based telco Operator group Veon has completed the sale of its Russian business to the senior management team of the PJSC VimpelCom (Beeline Russia) led by CEO Alexander Torbakhov. successfully exiting the Russian market. Veon Group CEO Kaan Terzioglu said, "The closing of the sal...

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Read USCG awards data center support services contract to Credence Management Solutions
USCG awards data center support services contract to Credence Management Solutions
October 16, 2023

USCG awards data center support services contract to Credence Management Solutions

United States

Credence Management Solutions, a government-focused IT services company will be awarded a six-months data center support services contract by the US Coast Guard (USCG). A notice posted by the USCG mentioned that it would reduce competition to awards a sole task order for a part of its existing...

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Read Telehouse to expand its largest existing DC facility
Telehouse to expand its largest existing DC facility
October 16, 2023

Telehouse to expand its largest existing DC facility

Telehouse

KDDI-owned global data center service provider Telehouse Europe has announced plans to upgrade its largest existing data center, Telehouse South in London. The company announced that Skanska will be the contractor to complete the first phase of this upgrade which is expected to be finalized by...

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Read AtNorth to expand DC footprint to Denmark
AtNorth to expand DC footprint to Denmark
October 16, 2023

AtNorth to expand DC footprint to Denmark

atNorth

AtNorth, a major supplier of colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence services in the Nordic region, has announced plans to expand its data center footprint into Denmark by opening a new data center campus in Ballerup, just outside Copenhagen. The company made this a...

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Read Microsoft plans new DC region in Aragon, Spain
Microsoft plans new DC region in Aragon, Spain
October 16, 2023

Microsoft plans new DC region in Aragon, Spain

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently revealed plans to build a new data center campus in Aragon, in the northeastern region of Spain. The company is yet to share details about this development. However, local press have reported that Microsoft plans to develop three sites around Zaragoza; A 63-acre site in the ...

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