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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

New Jersey

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Top Data Center News for 11th-16th May, 2026
May 18, 2026

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United Kingdom

Malaysian Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in PerakMalaysian data center developer Cahya Suria Services and Chinese tech firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology have teamed up to develop a digital park in Perak, Malaysia known as the NexQuantum AI Digital Park. It will be develo...

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Read $1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected
$1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected
May 18, 2026

$1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected

Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio, has turned down Lakeland Equity Group’s $1.6 billion plan to develop a data center campus. Mayor Justin M. Bibb announced on May 14 that the city had denied the permit for the proposed facility, which was planned for a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St. Lakeland described the pro...

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Read Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project
Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project
May 18, 2026

Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

Magnora

Norwegian renewables and data center developer Magnora ASA has secured land for a new 30 MW data center project in the Milan area, the company announced on Monday. The wholly owned project is Magnora's second in Italy and brings its data center development portfolio to 585 MW gross and 460 MW ...

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Read Italy Plans Europe’s Largest Data Center at Former Trino Plant
Italy Plans Europe’s Largest Data Center at Former Trino Plant
May 18, 2026

Italy Plans Europe’s Largest Data Center at Former Trino Plant

Italy

The mayor of Trino in northern Italy has revealed plans to develop what could become Europe’s largest data center at the former Enel Galileo Ferraris power plant, according to Rai’s regional news outlet. TGR Piedmont reported that Mayor Daniele Pane said local authorities are resolving the rem...

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Read CoreWeave Anchors Phase 1 of eStruxture's 90 MW Calgary CAL-3
CoreWeave Anchors Phase 1 of eStruxture's 90 MW Calgary CAL-3
May 17, 2026

CoreWeave Anchors Phase 1 of eStruxture's 90 MW Calgary CAL-3

eStruxture: CAL-3

eStruxture has signed CoreWeave as the anchor tenant for Phase 1 of CAL-3, its 90 MW AI-ready data center in Rocky View County just outside Calgary, eStruxture announced on May 14. The Tier III facility is the largest data center under construction in Alberta and is targeted for commercial ope...

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Read Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland
Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland
May 16, 2026

Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland

Switzerland

Flexbase has begun construction on the Laufenburg Technology Center in Switzerland, which will combine a large battery energy storage system and a 480MW AI data center. The facility will feature a redox flow BESS with 1.6GW of capacity and 2.1GWh of storage, and is scheduled for completion in ...

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Read Oklahoma Passes Bill to Protect Ratepayers From Data Center-Related Cost Increases
Oklahoma Passes Bill to Protect Ratepayers From Data Center-Related Cost Increases
May 16, 2026

Oklahoma Passes Bill to Protect Ratepayers From Data Center-Related Cost Increases

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill to protect ratepayers from rising utility and infrastructure costs linked to data centers. Proposed by Rep. Brad Boles on January 3, 2026, it is expected to take effect in July. The law requires large-load customers—including data centers, crypto...

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Read H2CHP Raises £1.5m for Low-Carbon Data Center Generators
H2CHP Raises £1.5m for Low-Carbon Data Center Generators
May 16, 2026

H2CHP Raises £1.5m for Low-Carbon Data Center Generators

United States

H2CHP, a Durham University spinout developing clean electric generators for data centers and other energy-intensive sites, has raised £1.5 million ($2 million) in its latest funding round, according to Recharge News. The company’s main product is a free-piston linear generator, which it descri...

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Read Malaysian Data Center Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in Perak
Malaysian Data Center Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in Perak
May 16, 2026

Malaysian Data Center Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in Perak

Malaysia

Malaysian data center developer Cahya Suria Services and Chinese tech firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology have teamed up to develop a digital park in Perak, Malaysia. The project, known as the NexQuantum AI Digital Park, will be developed through a joint venture called NexQuantum 1 and is valued ...

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Read NextDC Launches Data Center Near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NextDC Launches Data Center Near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
May 15, 2026

NextDC Launches Data Center Near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

NEXTDC

Australian data center operator NextDC has launched KL1, its first international data center, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The facility is located in Seksyen 51a in Petaling Jaya, west of Kuala Lumpur.The facility is expected to deliver 65MW of capacity once fully completed, though NextDC has ...

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Read $1.7bn Lebanon County Data Center Plan Withdrawn by Developer
$1.7bn Lebanon County Data Center Plan Withdrawn by Developer
May 15, 2026

$1.7bn Lebanon County Data Center Plan Withdrawn by Developer

Pennsylvania

A proposal for a $1.7 billion data center campus in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, has been withdrawn by developer Inch & Company. The project included plans for five data centers spanning roughly 640,000 square feet on a 100-acre site near Mt. Pleasant Road, including the rezoning of 58 ac...

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Read Cloverleaf Proposes 633-Acre Data Center Project in Canadian County
Cloverleaf Proposes 633-Acre Data Center Project in Canadian County
May 14, 2026

Cloverleaf Proposes 633-Acre Data Center Project in Canadian County

Cloverleaf Infrastructure

Cloverleaf Infrastructure is proposing a 633-acre data center project, known as Project Open Sky, in Canadian County. The company has submitted an annexation petition and rezoning application to the City of Piedmont for a 633-acre site located between Azalea Road NW, Richland Road NW, and Moff...

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Read Goldman Sachs has Acquired Canadian Data Center Firm QScale
Goldman Sachs has Acquired Canadian Data Center Firm QScale
May 14, 2026

Goldman Sachs has Acquired Canadian Data Center Firm QScale

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs has acquired Canadian data center firm QScale. The firm announced this week that its Infrastructure unit within Goldman Sachs Alternatives has completed the acquisition in partnership with QScale’s founders and management team. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.Mar...

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Read Digital Halo has topped out its Data Center in Johor
Digital Halo has topped out its Data Center in Johor
May 14, 2026

Digital Halo has topped out its Data Center in Johor

Digital Halo

Digital Halo, a Singapore-based data center developer, has topped out the first building at its campus in Johor. The company recently marked the topping out of its JHB1 facility with the installation of the final steel beam. Announced last year and targeted to go live in Q4 2026, the first pha...

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Read Azio AI has Delivered a 5MW Modular Data Center to Envirotech Vehicles in Texas
Azio AI has Delivered a 5MW Modular Data Center to Envirotech Vehicles in Texas
May 14, 2026

Azio AI has Delivered a 5MW Modular Data Center to Envirotech Vehicles in Texas

Texas

Azio AI is set to deliver 5MW of modular data center capacity to a site in South Texas. The modules will be supplied to Envirotech Vehicles for its campus, which will run on behind-the-meter natural gas power. The companies previously announced a non-binding LOI in January for a $480 million m...

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Read Prime Plans to Construct Two Data Centers Outside Austin, Texas
Prime Plans to Construct Two Data Centers Outside Austin, Texas
May 13, 2026

Prime Plans to Construct Two Data Centers Outside Austin, Texas

Prime Data Centers

Prime DC has submitted plans to build two data centers near Austin, Texas. The company has registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to construct the facilities in Lockhart, Caldwell County. The projects, named AUS01 and AUS02 and located at 1395 Bob White Road, will eac...

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Read Developer Abandons 160-Acre Prince William County Data Center Project
Developer Abandons 160-Acre Prince William County Data Center Project
May 13, 2026

Developer Abandons 160-Acre Prince William County Data Center Project

Virginia

Developer Highland Properties Manassas LLC has withdrawn its proposal to develop Quantico Ridge, a roughly 160-acre data center project in Prince William County, Virginia. The company also pulled its application to rezone land parcels at 14854 and 14900 Dumfries Road for industrial use. The pr...

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Read Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois
Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois
May 13, 2026

Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois

Illinois

Developer Western Hospitality Partners (WHP) has officially withdrawn its proposal to develop a data center in Pekin, Illinois, roughly two months after Mayor Mary Burress announced publicly that the city would not proceed with the project. “This letter shall serve as purchaser’s notice to ter...

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Read DataBank Plans to Install a 3.1MW Rooftop Solar Array at its HOU3 Data Center in Houston
DataBank Plans to Install a 3.1MW Rooftop Solar Array at its HOU3 Data Center in Houston
May 13, 2026

DataBank Plans to Install a 3.1MW Rooftop Solar Array at its HOU3 Data Center in Houston

Texas

U.S. data center operator DataBank has revealed plans to install a 3.1MW rooftop solar array at its HOU3 facility in Houston, Texas. Once completed, the installation is expected to become the largest rooftop solar project in the Houston metropolitan area, producing around 4.5 million kilowatt-...

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Read Alceon has Launched a Data Center Fund and Invested in Insite DC
Alceon has Launched a Data Center Fund and Invested in Insite DC
May 12, 2026

Alceon has Launched a Data Center Fund and Invested in Insite DC

Australia

Australian investment company Alceon is backing local data center developer Insite DC through its newly launched Data Centre Catalyst Fund. The firm said it plans to invest at least AU$100 million (US$72m) in initial capital to support site acquisitions and data center developments across Aust...

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