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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 Amazon announces further staff cuts
Amazon announces further staff cuts
March 20, 2023

Amazon announces further staff cuts

Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is to make further cuts to its workforce. Its total for the previous round of cuts reached 18,000; the new round is pegged to reach 9,000. The divisions set to be hit with cuts include: AWS,  PXT [People Experience and Technology Solutions],  Advertising, and  Twi...

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Read Teraco announces solar farm investment plans
Teraco announces solar farm investment plans
March 20, 2023

Teraco announces solar farm investment plans

Teraco Data Environments

Teraco has announced plans to invest in a solar farm located in the City of Ekurhuleni in eastern Johannesburg, South Africa. This investment is in 100MW utility-scale solar farms, which are currently under development and located with the data center, which is reportedly close to signing a w...

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Read Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil
Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil
March 20, 2023

Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

Eveo has announced that its new data center in the state of Paraná has gone live. Named PR1, this new facility is located in Curitiba, Brazil. Specifics regarding the capacity and size of the facility are yet to be shared. That being said, the company said that it had been built to Tier III st...

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Read Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit
Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit
March 20, 2023

Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit

Rostelecom

Rostelecom intends to increase investment in the company's Rostelecom Armenia business subsidiary (formerly GNC-ALFA). Rostelecom instead intends to increase its investment in the business. That signals a U-turn on the company's part, which had appeared poised to sell its subsidiary to Electri...

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Read 49% of Chilean GTD's Data Center Division Will be Purchased by Macquarie
49% of Chilean GTD's Data Center Division Will be Purchased by Macquarie
March 20, 2023

49% of Chilean GTD's Data Center Division Will be Purchased by Macquarie

Macquarie Data Centres

The Australian investment firm Macquarie Capital made a non-binding bid that Chilean telecoms company GTD accepted to purchase 49% of a new subsidiary that includes all data centers in Chile, Peru, and Colombia. Moreover, property designated for future data centers is included in the sale. No ...

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Read Quantum Computer Purchased by OVHcloud
Quantum Computer Purchased by OVHcloud
March 20, 2023

Quantum Computer Purchased by OVHcloud

OVH Group

A French data center company OVHcloud purchased a quantum computer for internal usage. The technology was created by the French company Quandela, and a photonic processor powers the 2-qubit MosaiQ computer. Delivery is anticipated for this year's fall. No purchasing price was made public. OVH ...

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Read Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council
Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council
March 20, 2023

Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council

Northern Virginia

Leesburg may create a data center alley. Last Tuesday, the Town Council authorized water and sewer connections for two two-story data centers proposed for the Compass Creek retail development along the Dulles Greenway north of Microsoft's data center facility. A 400,000-square-foot data center...

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Read Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network
Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network
March 20, 2023

Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network

Germany / Deutschland

Data Grid Network has purchased a teleport outside of Hannover, Germany. This week, Data Grid, a Commercis firm, revealed that it had acquired the TechnoPark facility between the villages of Hamelin and Aerzen and teleport operator Onlime GmbH. The Talia Communications division of Commercis wi...

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Read Launch of The Indian Edge Platform by MetaEdge
Launch of The Indian Edge Platform by MetaEdge
March 20, 2023

Launch of The Indian Edge Platform by MetaEdge

India / Bhārata

A brand-new Edge data center platform has launched in India. This month, MetaEdge debuted to serve Edge clients in tier-two cities nationwide. It was initially only available in three of India's largest metropolises. The firm has debuted in Indore, Mumbai, and Delhi by offering colocation, bar...

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Read Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
March 17, 2023

Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

Equinix

Equinix, in another move in alignment with its sustainability goals, has announced the opening of a rooftop urban farm at its PA10 data center in Paris, France. Promoting circular economy principles, the company will use its servers' waste heat to heat the greenhouse, which was built by Reid ...

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Read Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve
Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve
March 17, 2023

Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has signed up for the Swiss Winter Reserve Plan, through which it will provide its supplemental power capacity to the Swiss energy reserve, in line with the Federal Council's ordinance. The ordinance includes measures to prevent winter power shortages and will run until A...

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Read Britain's swimming pools to be heated with waste data center heat with Deep Green technology
Britain's swimming pools to be heated with waste data center heat with Deep Green technology
March 17, 2023

Britain's swimming pools to be heated with waste data center heat with Deep Green technology

United Kingdom

In Exmouth, Devon, a small Edge data center, named the "digital boiler" has been installed at a local leisure center by UK startup, Deep Green, to heat the swimming pool. While initially, the company planned to target seven swimming pools across the UK with the boilers, this has now been incre...

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Read Yettel and CETIN sign solar PPA
Yettel and CETIN sign solar PPA
March 17, 2023

Yettel and CETIN sign solar PPA

Bulgaria

Yettel Bulgaria and CETIN Bulgaria, part of the PPF Telecom Group, have announced the signing of a 10-year solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Electrohold. Through this deal, the company will offtake energy from an upcoming unnamed 123 MW photovoltaic plant. This will reportedly cover al...

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Read AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe
AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe
March 17, 2023

AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will be transitioning away from diesel to Hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) to power its backup generators in Sweden. Reports are that HVO has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 percent through the fuel life cycle when c...

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Read Horizon Power Migrates to Macquarie Data Center's Private Cloud
Horizon Power Migrates to Macquarie Data Center's Private Cloud
March 17, 2023

Horizon Power Migrates to Macquarie Data Center's Private Cloud

Macquarie Data Centres

The regional energy supplier for Western Australia, Horizon Power, has migrated its IT workloads to Macquarie's cloud. The power company contracted with Macquarie Telecom and Macquarie Cloud Services to switch to a private cloud environment and lessen its reliance on data centers. The company ...

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Read Stack Raises $250m From securitized Notes
Stack Raises $250m From securitized Notes
March 17, 2023

Stack Raises $250m From securitized Notes

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

The data center company Stack has completed its most recent structured debt fundraising round. The company revealed the sale of $250 million in securitized notes last week. The price of the notes is a 5.900 percent fixed rate coupon. The firm said it has now raised $2.1 billion in notes thr...

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Read Option-scouting by Layer 9 For a Second Venture in Central America
Option-scouting by Layer 9 For a Second Venture in Central America
March 17, 2023

Option-scouting by Layer 9 For a Second Venture in Central America

Layer 9

For its future growth, Layer 9 Data Centers is apparently considering an expansion into Central America. According to BNAmericas, the company is seeking land for its second project in a number of Latin American nations at the request of its clients. Michael Ortiz, the company's CEO and co-foun...

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Read Goonhilly, a UK Company, Purchases Two Comsat Teleports in the US
Goonhilly, a UK Company, Purchases Two Comsat Teleports in the US
March 17, 2023

Goonhilly, a UK Company, Purchases Two Comsat Teleports in the US

United Kingdom

Goonhilly, a UK ground station operator, has purchased two teleports in the US. Satcom Direct's SD Government and Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. this week stated that they had agreed for the UK company to purchase the Comsat teleports located in Southbury, Connecticut and Santa Paula, California...

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Read Subsea Cable For Oman Emirates Gateway Unveiled by Omantel and Du
Subsea Cable For Oman Emirates Gateway Unveiled by Omantel and Du
March 17, 2023

Subsea Cable For Oman Emirates Gateway Unveiled by Omantel and Du

datamena

A 171-mile underwater cable that would strengthen the connection between the two nations has been revealed by the UAE-based telecom Du and the Omani mobile provider Omantel. The cable, known as the Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG), will immediately link the two nations. Today, there are undersea an...

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Read Digital Edge expands in Tokyo
Digital Edge expands in Tokyo
March 16, 2023

Digital Edge expands in Tokyo

Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced its plans for a new data center in Tokyo, Japan, having entered into a partnership with real estate developer Hulic. Through this partnership, it has created a joint venture, DEH1 Co., Ltd for the development, known as the 'Kobunacho Project,' it will develop its TY...

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