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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

Read 12-Story Chicago Office Building Eyed for Data Center Conversion
An office building in Chicago, Illinois, is being considered for conversion into a data center. Local media, including ABC, report that the Permit Review Committee of the Commission on Chicago Land...
August 10, 2026

12-Story Chicago Office Building Eyed for Data Center Conversion

Chicago

An office building in Chicago, Illinois, is being considered for conversion into a data center. Local media, including ABC, report that the Permit Review Committee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks has given initial approval to plans to convert part of the 300 West Adams Building into a data...

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Read We Energies Begins Three Renewable Projects to Help Power Vantage Data Center
Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus i...
August 08, 2026

We Energies Begins Three Renewable Projects to Help Power Vantage Data Center

Vantage Data Centers

Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus in Port Washington. The projects include a 150MW solar farm with 50MWh of battery storage, a 110MW wi...

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Read Tesla Signals More Data Center Battery Sales in Latest Earnings Call
Tesla reported lower-than-expected profits and rising capital expenditure as it expands into the data center energy market. The company posted quarterly revenue of $28.2 billion after delivering ar...
August 08, 2026

Tesla Signals More Data Center Battery Sales in Latest Earnings Call

Tesla

Tesla reported lower-than-expected profits and rising capital expenditure as it expands into the data center energy market. The company posted quarterly revenue of $28.2 billion after delivering around 480,000 vehicles, while operating costs rose 47 percent to $4.35 billion. "The energy business ...

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Read AWS Eyes Data Center Development at 4.5GW Gas Plant in Pennsylvania
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is exploring a potential data center development at a natural gas power plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First reported by TribLive, Amazon is considering a data cente...
August 07, 2026

AWS Eyes Data Center Development at 4.5GW Gas Plant in Pennsylvania

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is exploring a potential data center development at a natural gas power plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First reported by TribLive, Amazon is considering a data center campus next to the planned Homer City Redevelopment gas plant in Indiana County. “As part of our c...

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Read PowerHouse Files Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus Near Dallas-Fort Worth
PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north o...
August 07, 2026

PowerHouse Files Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus Near Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas

PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north of Fort Worth. The proposed site is at 13580 Denton Highway, near US Highway 377 and Westport Parkway...

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Read Citylink to Supply Data Center Waste Heat to Wrocław District Heating Network
Property developer Citylink has signed an LOI with a local power plant to supply waste heat from its 24MW Wrocław Stadion data center to Wrocław’s district heating network. The system would capture...
August 07, 2026

Citylink to Supply Data Center Waste Heat to Wrocław District Heating Network

Poland

Property developer Citylink has signed an LOI with a local power plant to supply waste heat from its 24MW Wrocław Stadion data center to Wrocław’s district heating network. The system would capture heat from the facility, which is still under construction, and feed it into the municipal network. ...

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Read NTT Data Reports $500M Data Center Investment in Q1 Results
Japanese IT services provider NTT Data reported $634 million in data center investment during Q1 FY2026, alongside $733 million in data center sales. Overall, the NTT Group company posted $8 billio...
August 07, 2026

NTT Data Reports $500M Data Center Investment in Q1 Results

NTT Data

Japanese IT services provider NTT Data reported $634 million in data center investment during Q1 FY2026, alongside $733 million in data center sales. Overall, the NTT Group company posted $8 billion in net sales, up 15.8 percent year over year, while net new orders rose 29.7 percent to $9.15 bill...

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Read Texas Grid Audit Pauses New Data Center Approvals Across ERCOT
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an audit of every data center advancing through ERCOT's interconnection process before additional projects can move forward. ERCOT has paused its Batch Zero l...
August 06, 2026

Texas Grid Audit Pauses New Data Center Approvals Across ERCOT

Texas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an audit of every data center advancing through ERCOT's interconnection process before additional projects can move forward. ERCOT has paused its Batch Zero large-load review, creating a new schedule risk for developers. The order is serious, but it is not a...

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Read Partners Group to Invest $1bn in AVK to Expand Data Center Microgrid Offering
Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based data center power infrastructure provider AVK Power Solutions. Partners Group plans to invest more than $...
August 06, 2026

Partners Group to Invest $1bn in AVK to Expand Data Center Microgrid Offering

United Kingdom

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based data center power infrastructure provider AVK Power Solutions. Partners Group plans to invest more than $1 billion in equity, backed by debt financing, to accelerate AVK’s expansion and grow its microgrid ...

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Read Large Data Center Reportedly Planned for Burgenland, Austria
A large data center project is reportedly close to being announced in Burgenland, eastern Austria. According to Profil, the facility could be built on a site of up to 1.24 million sq ft (114,000 sq...
August 06, 2026

Large Data Center Reportedly Planned for Burgenland, Austria

Austria

A large data center project is reportedly close to being announced in Burgenland, eastern Austria. According to Profil, the facility could be built on a site of up to 1.24 million sq ft (114,000 sqm) owned by the Burgenland Economic Development Agency near Nickelsdorf. Burgenland’s regional gover...

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Read Washington Officials Introduce Data Center Moratorium to Block 20MW Project
Real estate developer Blue Fern Development is planning a 20MW data center in Cle Elum, Washington, despite local officials introducing a moratorium in an effort to block the project. The proposed ...
August 06, 2026

Washington Officials Introduce Data Center Moratorium to Block 20MW Project

Washington

Real estate developer Blue Fern Development is planning a 20MW data center in Cle Elum, Washington, despite local officials introducing a moratorium in an effort to block the project. The proposed facility would span 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) near Interstate 90 and require around $200 million in ...

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Read Redaptive and Recurve Launch Platform to Unlock Grid Capacity for Data Centers
US energy solutions firm Redaptive and energy optimization company Recurve have launched a platform designed to reduce data centers’ time to power. The solution combines Redaptive’s financing and d...
August 06, 2026

Redaptive and Recurve Launch Platform to Unlock Grid Capacity for Data Centers

United States

US energy solutions firm Redaptive and energy optimization company Recurve have launched a platform designed to reduce data centers’ time to power. The solution combines Redaptive’s financing and deployment capabilities with Recurve’s Flex platform, which measures and validates capacity created w...

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Read Everllence to Supply 480MW of Gas Engines for US Data Center Developer
German engine manufacturer Everllence has signed a deal to supply 480MW of gas engine capacity to an unnamed US data center developer. The company will provide 24 of its 18V51/60G gas engines, whi...
August 05, 2026

Everllence to Supply 480MW of Gas Engines for US Data Center Developer

United States

German engine manufacturer Everllence has signed a deal to supply 480MW of gas engine capacity to an unnamed US data center developer. The company will provide 24 of its 18V51/60G gas engines, which will power the data center behind the meter. “This contract is one of our most important off-grid ...

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Read CDC Files Plans for Data Center in Kemps Creek, Sydney
Australian data center operator CDC has filed plans for a new campus in western Sydney. The company submitted a SEARS application to the New South Wales government for a data center at 871–901 Mamr...
August 05, 2026

CDC Files Plans for Data Center in Kemps Creek, Sydney

CDC Cyber Data Center International

Australian data center operator CDC has filed plans for a new campus in western Sydney. The company submitted a SEARS application to the New South Wales government for a data center at 871–901 Mamre Road in Kemps Creek. The proposed 88.4-hectare development would feature a four-story, 144MW facil...

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Read SpaceX's First Earnings Call Was Mostly a Data Center Call
SpaceX reported second-quarter results Tuesday, its first quarterly report as a public company. One might have expected the call to focus on rockets and Starlink. But with [xAI](https://baxtel.com/...
August 05, 2026

SpaceX's First Earnings Call Was Mostly a Data Center Call

xAI

SpaceX reported second-quarter results Tuesday, its first quarterly report as a public company. One might have expected the call to focus on rockets and Starlink. But with xAI folded into the company, the call spent only about ten minutes on rockets. The rest of the call was about data center inf...

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Read AtlasEdge Begins Next Expansion Phase of Hamburg Data Center
AtlasEdge has started the next expansion phase of its HAM002 data center in Ahrensburg, Germany. The phase will add 3.2MW of capacity, with the four-stage project set to reach 20MW across 10,000 sq...
August 05, 2026

AtlasEdge Begins Next Expansion Phase of Hamburg Data Center

AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge has started the next expansion phase of its HAM002 data center in Ahrensburg, Germany. The phase will add 3.2MW of capacity, with the four-stage project set to reach 20MW across 10,000 sqm (107,640 sq ft) when complete. The facility’s first 4.4MW phase opened in 2024 and is nearly fully...

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Read AWS Withdraws From Planned Data Center Campus Near Maryland Nuclear Plant
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has dropped plans for a data center campus next to Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed project in Lusby, Calvert County, would have included eight ...
August 05, 2026

AWS Withdraws From Planned Data Center Campus Near Maryland Nuclear Plant

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has dropped plans for a data center campus next to Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed project in Lusby, Calvert County, would have included eight buildings totaling 2.46 million square feet (228,540 sqm) and around 500MW of capacity, powered unde...

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Read CoreWeave To Develop 360MW Data Center Capacity In Indonesia
CoreWeave is expanding into Indonesia with plans to develop three data centers, marking its first entry into the Asia-Pacific region. Scheduled to launch in 2028, the facilities will provide a comb...
August 04, 2026

CoreWeave To Develop 360MW Data Center Capacity In Indonesia

CoreWeave

CoreWeave is expanding into Indonesia with plans to develop three data centers, marking its first entry into the Asia-Pacific region. Scheduled to launch in 2028, the facilities will provide a combined 360MW of IT capacity, with CoreWeave owning and operating the compute infrastructure while trai...

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Read UK Government Approves Controversial 5.2MW Truman Brewery Data Center
The UK government has approved the controversial redevelopment of Truman Brewery into a mixed-use development that includes a data center. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ...
August 04, 2026

UK Government Approves Controversial 5.2MW Truman Brewery Data Center

United States

The UK government has approved the controversial redevelopment of Truman Brewery into a mixed-use development that includes a data center. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner granted approval after Tower Hamlets Council rejected the proposal in 2025. Following an appeal by T...

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Read Former Microsoft Researcher Launches Data Center Robotics Startup
Swiss startup Exclaim Robotics, founded by a former Microsoft engineer, has raised $4.95 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous robots for AI data center maintenance. Backed by Founderfu...
August 04, 2026

Former Microsoft Researcher Launches Data Center Robotics Startup

Microsoft Azure

Swiss startup Exclaim Robotics, founded by a former Microsoft engineer, has raised $4.95 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous robots for AI data center maintenance. Backed by Founderful and Playfair, the company aims to automate remote hands tasks such as cleaning optics, reconnectin...

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