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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 Using 800GE Routing Interfaces, Nokia Oyj Increases Connectivity at OpenColo's Data Centers
Using 800GE Routing Interfaces, Nokia Oyj Increases Connectivity at OpenColo's Data Centers
April 04, 2023

Using 800GE Routing Interfaces, Nokia Oyj Increases Connectivity at OpenColo's Data Centers

OpenColo

Yesterday, Nokia and OpenColo reported that the first commercial field testing to transmit a 1.6 Terabit/s traffic flow across an 800GE link aggregation group using 800GE FR4 optics had been successfully completed. OpenColo, a cutting-edge supplier of data center connection and colocation serv...

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Read All of Unilever's Workloads Are Moved to The Cloud, Mostly to Microsoft Azure
All of Unilever's Workloads Are Moved to The Cloud, Mostly to Microsoft Azure
April 04, 2023

All of Unilever's Workloads Are Moved to The Cloud, Mostly to Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure

Unilever has finished moving to the cloud. The business has shifted workloads for its 400+ brands to the cloud, using Azure as its main cloud platform, in what it calls the "biggest and most difficult cloud migration in the consumer products market." With the aid of Accenture, Microsoft, an...

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Read Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas
Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas
April 03, 2023

Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas

Equinix

After acquiring the Infomart building in Dallas, Texas in 2018, Equinix has announced that it is expanding the property. This expansion will see $180 million injected into the 1990 N. Stemmons Freeway property.The addition will involve the company adding more than 211,000 square feet (19,600 s...

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Read Huawei reveals data center trend break down
Huawei reveals data center trend break down
April 03, 2023

Huawei reveals data center trend break down

Huawei Cloud

At the recent Top 10 Trends of Data Center Facilities conference, Huawei revealed its insights into emerging trends in the data center industry. With the theme of "Smart DC, Building the Green Future," the conference highlighted that to accommodate the exponential growth of data demand, which ...

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Read MDC Data Centers (MDC) and FiberLight partner to launch a new facility in Eagle Pass, Texas
MDC Data Centers (MDC) and FiberLight partner to launch a new facility in Eagle Pass, Texas
April 03, 2023

MDC Data Centers (MDC) and FiberLight partner to launch a new facility in Eagle Pass, Texas

MDC Data Centers

FiberLight and MDC Data Center have partnered in Eagle Pass, Texas, to launch a new facility, located at 500 Bliss Street; the former will provide fiber services. The companies have outlined that the data center will "act as a bridge" between new fiber routes on the border, providing connectio...

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Read Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe
Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe
April 03, 2023

Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe

Amsterdam

InMotion Hosting has announced the opening of its first international data center in Europe. The three-story data center is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands and will reportedly offer customers NVMe Hardware, 99.99% Network Uptime and Security Monitoring, refined UltraStack Server Configuratio...

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Read Huawei Plans More Latin American Data Centers as Cloud Demand Rises
Huawei Plans More Latin American Data Centers as Cloud Demand Rises
April 03, 2023

Huawei Plans More Latin American Data Centers as Cloud Demand Rises

Huawei Cloud

With Colombia set to be the next destination, Chinese technology giant Huawei says it is dedicated to establishing additional cloud regions (core data center hubs) and availability zones (AZs, minor data center hubs) throughout Latin America. Fernando Liu, president of the Latin American cloud...

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Read NTT's Network Down in Japan, Affecting Telecom Operations
NTT's Network Down in Japan, Affecting Telecom Operations
April 03, 2023

NTT's Network Down in Japan, Affecting Telecom Operations

NTT

On April 3, NTT East and NTT West, subsidiaries of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), were impacted by a network outage in Japan. NTT had a significant network outage that morning at about 7:10 local time, according to reports from regional media outlets, albeit the impacted services have s...

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Read SES is in Merger Negotiations With Intelsat
SES is in Merger Negotiations With Intelsat
April 03, 2023

SES is in Merger Negotiations With Intelsat

Luxembourg

Last week, SES said that it had been in merger negotiations with Intelsat, a competitor in the satellite industry. Luxembourg-based SES made the statements in reaction to a Bloomberg article claiming that a merger worth $10 billion is in the works. In a statement released in reaction to market...

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Read Increasing Its Datacenter Operations, Angola Cables Has Reorganized Its Operations in Brazil
Increasing Its Datacenter Operations, Angola Cables Has Reorganized Its Operations in Brazil
April 02, 2023

Increasing Its Datacenter Operations, Angola Cables Has Reorganized Its Operations in Brazil

Angola Cables

Since the need for data storage and processing capacity and traffic levels continues to rise, Angola Cables, a provider of wholesale telecom services, data centers, and interconnectivity, is extending its infrastructure in Brazil and broadening its business portfolio. As part of the company's ...

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Read Microsoft's $1bn Mount Pleasant facility receives Village Board approval
Microsoft's $1bn Mount Pleasant facility receives Village Board approval
March 31, 2023

Microsoft's $1bn Mount Pleasant facility receives Village Board approval

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Wisconsin, with a $1 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant. The plan, discussed at a recent closed session meeting, outlined that the campus will be situated on a 315-acre parcel of land owned by the Village of Mount Pleasant. Microsoft is...

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Read Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill
Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill
March 31, 2023

Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill

Amazon AWS

In Oregon, House Bill 2816, aims to require data centers to utilize renewable energy and reduce their carbon emissions and Amazon is fighting it. The giant has reportedly been lobbying against the bill since it was first introduced, despite its big green pledges and commitment to reach zero ca...

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Read EdgeCore plans a new Loudoun data center
EdgeCore plans a new Loudoun data center
March 31, 2023

EdgeCore plans a new Loudoun data center

EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, LLC

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure is reportedly working on a new data center with Penzance, a real estate investor and developer. The facility, which will be located at 1501 Moran Road in Sterling, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia will be three stories, spanning a 285,000-square-foot data cent...

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Read OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers
OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers
March 31, 2023

OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers

France

OVHcloud has announced that it will release a full report of Scope 3 emissions produced by its cloud usage beginning this summer. Scope 3 emissions are those which are produced by a company indirectly up and down its value chain, and are increasingly coming under scrutiny. Despite flying under...

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Read Ammunition firm accuses TikTok data center of using too much power in Norway, preventing expansion
Ammunition firm accuses TikTok data center of using too much power in Norway, preventing expansion
March 30, 2023

Ammunition firm accuses TikTok data center of using too much power in Norway, preventing expansion

Norway

Nammo, one of the largest manufacturers of ammunition, co-owned by the Norwegian government and a Finnish state-controlled defense company, has claimed that it is being prevented from expansion, due to TikTok's data centers guzzling the electricity in the area. Elvia, the local energy company,...

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Read HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany
HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany
March 30, 2023

HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

HOCHTIEF and infrastructure investor Palladio Partners have announced they have partnered to jointly build and operate a sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Work on the 9,000-square-meter site in the Heiligenhaus Innovation Park is to commence t...

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Read Ascenty joins UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil
Ascenty joins UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil
March 30, 2023

Ascenty joins UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil

Ascenty

Ascenty is the latest signatory of the UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil, it has been announced. The Global Compact is a voluntary initiative that launched back in 2000 which encourages companies to adopt and promote ten universally accepted principles on human righ...

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Read Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.
Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.
March 30, 2023

Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.

Northern Virginia

PowerHouse anticipates that the 265,000-square-foot building will be occupied by tenants in July, with complete construction scheduled for completion in October. Nonetheless, there is a pervasive power issue. Buddy Rizer, head of Loudoun County Economic Development, stated that each project ha...

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Read Fire at The Building Site of The AdaniConneX Data Center
Fire at The Building Site of The AdaniConneX Data Center
March 30, 2023

Fire at The Building Site of The AdaniConneX Data Center

AdaniConneX Noida

A relatively modest fire broke out at an AdaniConneX data center that was still under construction in Noida, India. The fire was quickly put out after the incident, which occurred on Tuesday at 11:20 p.m. local time and was caused by welding work being performed at the site. Nobody was hurt in...

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Read SUNeVision opens new data center in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
SUNeVision opens new data center in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
March 30, 2023

SUNeVision opens new data center in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

iAdvantage (SUNeVision)

The Mega Gateway, SUNeVision's seventh data center, has opened in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The hyperscale data center is a component of SUNeVision's Mega Campus and is carrier- and cloud-neutral. The newest building on the campus, located at 1 Ma Kok Street in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, has a 20MW cap...

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