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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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Meta Attempts to Redesign Fiber Signal Amplification Sites

Social media firm Meta is attempting to redesign fiber signal amplification sites, just like subsea cable systems have repeaters every ~100km to amplify signals being sent between locations, in-line amplifier (ILA) sites amplify signals sent along terrestrial fiber. “Buildings were constructed...

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Beyon Solutions and Oracle to Develop Sovereign Cloud in Bahrain
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Beyon Solutions and Oracle to Develop Sovereign Cloud in Bahrain

Beyon Group has signed an agreement with Oracle to develop a sovereign cloud solution in Bahrain. The company's Beyon Solutions division will use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's (OCI) Dedicated Region offering to provide sovereign cloud services to businesses and government entities in Bahrain.T...

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Amazon Signs two PPAs in India
February 07, 2025

Amazon Signs two PPAs in India

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February 07, 2025

Armada to Deploy Containerized Edge Data Centers in Saudi

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Amazon Signs PPA with ERG in Northern Ireland

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520-acre Data Center Campus Planned Wisconsin

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Amazon Looks to Develop Another Data Center in Ohio

Amazon is looking to develop another data center in Ohio and met the Marysville City Council to discuss a community reinvestment area agreement. The company intends to develop, construct, and operate “one or more data centers," with documents suggesting up to two buildings will be erected with...

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Prologis Plans 10GW Data Center Expansion
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Prologis Plans 10GW Data Center Expansion

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Templus acquires bitNAP from Cellnex
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Templus acquires bitNAP from Cellnex

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Lightpath launches Edge data center unit

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Read Alibaba Cloud Launches Mexico Cloud Region
Alibaba Cloud Launches Mexico Cloud Region
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Alibaba Cloud Launches Mexico Cloud Region

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CommBank Signs Five- year Deal with AWS

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DataBank Raises $250 Million from TJC
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DataBank Raises $250 Million from TJC

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