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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

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Read AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Ea...
July 08, 2026

AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Eagle” will include four buildings on a roughly 2,700-acre site in Wharton County near FM 1301 and FM ...

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Read Cyta Acquires RedMax Data Center in Cyprus
Cypriot telecommunications provider Cyta has acquired the RedMax data center in the Latsia Industrial Area near Nicosia. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. RedMax, an IT and t...
July 08, 2026

Cyta Acquires RedMax Data Center in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cypriot telecommunications provider Cyta has acquired the RedMax data center in the Latsia Industrial Area near Nicosia. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. RedMax, an IT and telecoms company founded in 2004, launched the first phase of its RedOne data center in December 2025...

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Read Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project
Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backe...
July 08, 2026

Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project

Segro plc

Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backed by a secured 75MW grid connection. While details remain limited, the partners are pursuing sites i...

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Read Duos Edge AI to Deliver 2MW of Data Center Capacity to Nistar
Duos Edge AI will provide 2MW of AI data center capacity to neocloud provider Nistar at its Columbus, Georgia, campus, increasing the site's total billed capacity to 12MW by the end of August. Nist...
July 08, 2026

Duos Edge AI to Deliver 2MW of Data Center Capacity to Nistar

Duos Edge AI

Duos Edge AI will provide 2MW of AI data center capacity to neocloud provider Nistar at its Columbus, Georgia, campus, increasing the site's total billed capacity to 12MW by the end of August. Nistar plans to deploy up to 1,024 Nvidia B200 GPUs and offer the infrastructure to AI and high-performa...

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Read Pau to Build 1MW Data Center in Push for Digital Sovereignty
The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which co...
July 07, 2026

Pau to Build 1MW Data Center in Push for Digital Sovereignty

France

The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which comprises 31 communes in the Pau region, the facility will be operated by French data center company A...

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Read Samsung Targets Q2 2028 Launch for Floating Data Center
Samsung is reportedly targeting the second quarter of 2028 to launch its floating data center (FDC) initiative. The company’s heavy industries division aims to secure customer orders by the launch ...
July 07, 2026

Samsung Targets Q2 2028 Launch for Floating Data Center

Samsung SDS

Samsung is reportedly targeting the second quarter of 2028 to launch its floating data center (FDC) initiative. The company’s heavy industries division aims to secure customer orders by the launch date, with Samsung Heavy Industries pursuing multiple projects as it works toward commercializing th...

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Read Proposed 99MW Data Center in Kern County, California
Applications have been submitted for the development of a 99 MW data center in California. The proposed facility would be located near the intersection of US Highway 395 and State Route 178 in Inyo...
July 07, 2026

Proposed 99MW Data Center in Kern County, California

California

Applications have been submitted for the development of a 99 MW data center in California. The proposed facility would be located near the intersection of US Highway 395 and State Route 178 in Inyokern, an unincorporated community within Kern County, California. The single-story, 238,000 sq ft (2...

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Read Beacon Reveals Plans for Alabama Data Center Campus
Canadian data center developer Beacon has unveiled plans to build a new campus in Alabama. The company has outlined proposals for the Calvert Infrastructure Hub, which would be developed near the c...
July 07, 2026

Beacon Reveals Plans for Alabama Data Center Campus

Beacon Data Centers

Canadian data center developer Beacon has unveiled plans to build a new campus in Alabama. The company has outlined proposals for the Calvert Infrastructure Hub, which would be developed near the community of Calvert in Mobile County. Calvert is an unincorporated community in southwestern Alabama...

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Read Orbital Proposes 10GW Space Data Center Network with 100,000 Satellites
Orbital Compute Inc. has filed with US regulators for permission to deploy up to 100,000 orbital data center (ODC) satellites over the coming years. The five-month-old space startup, which recently...
July 07, 2026

Orbital Proposes 10GW Space Data Center Network with 100,000 Satellites

United States

Orbital Compute Inc. has filed with US regulators for permission to deploy up to 100,000 orbital data center (ODC) satellites over the coming years. The five-month-old space startup, which recently emerged from stealth with a $5 million pre-seed funding round, says the satellite constellation wou...

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Read 46-Acre Data Center Campus Planned in Maquoketa, Iowa
An unnamed company is planning a data center campus on a 46-acre site off Highway 61, south of Maquoketa in eastern Iowa, according to local media reports from WQAD News 8 and KWQC 6. Maquoketa,...
July 07, 2026

46-Acre Data Center Campus Planned in Maquoketa, Iowa

Iowa

An unnamed company is planning a data center campus on a 46-acre site off Highway 61, south of Maquoketa in eastern Iowa, according to local media reports from WQAD News 8 and KWQC 6. Maquoketa, in eastern Iowa's Jackson County, is being considered for a small- to mid-sized data center campus on ...

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Read Top Data Center News for 29th of June - 4th July, 2026
**[National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn for Microsoft Texas Data Center](https://baxtel.com/news/national-grid-ventures-invests-1-75bn-in-gas-plant-for-microsoft-texas-data-center)** **National ...
July 06, 2026

Top Data Center News for 29th of June - 4th July, 2026

United States

National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn for Microsoft Texas Data Center National Grid Ventures has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron, expected to supply Microsoft’s planned 2GW data ...

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Read Top Data Center News for 29th June - 4th July, 2026
**[National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn for Microsoft Texas Data Center](https://baxtel.com/news/national-grid-ventures-invests-1-75bn-in-gas-plant-for-microsoft-texas-data-center)** **National ...
July 06, 2026

Top Data Center News for 29th June - 4th July, 2026

United States

National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn for Microsoft Texas Data Center National Grid Ventures has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron, expected to supply Microsoft’s planned 2GW data ...

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Read Digital Edge Plans 270MWV Data Center Campus Near Mumbai
APAC data center provider Digital Edge is reportedly planning a 270MW data center development near Mumbai, India.According to *The Economic Times*, citing a person familiar with the project, the co...
July 06, 2026

Digital Edge Plans 270MWV Data Center Campus Near Mumbai

Digital Edge DC

APAC data center provider Digital Edge is reportedly planning a 270MW data center development near Mumbai, India.According to The Economic Times, citing a person familiar with the project, the company acquired an approximately 30-acre parcel at the proposed Green Integrated Data Centre Park in Pa...

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Read Amazon Expands Mumbai Data Center Land Lease by four Acres
Amazon has leased an additional four acres of land at its site in Powai, Mumbai, expanding its data center footprint in India. According to *The Economic Times*, the land has been leased from Larse...
July 06, 2026

Amazon Expands Mumbai Data Center Land Lease by four Acres

Amazon AWS

Amazon has leased an additional four acres of land at its site in Powai, Mumbai, expanding its data center footprint in India. According to The Economic Times, the land has been leased from Larsen & Toubro Ltd under a 17-year agreement through Amazon Data Services, the company's primary data ...

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Read National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn in Gas Plant for Microsoft Texas Data Center
National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The i...
July 04, 2026

National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn in Gas Plant for Microsoft Texas Data Center

Microsoft Azure

National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The investment will help fund Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron. ...

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Read Canadian Developer Proposes 25-acre Data Center in Fergus, Ontario
Canadian developer Spur Innovation is planning a 50–75MW data center on a 25-acre site in Fergus, Ontario.According to an AI-generated factsheet attached to a report by the Wellington Advertiser, t...
July 04, 2026

Canadian Developer Proposes 25-acre Data Center in Fergus, Ontario

Ontario

Canadian developer Spur Innovation is planning a 50–75MW data center on a 25-acre site in Fergus, Ontario.According to an AI-generated factsheet attached to a report by the Wellington Advertiser, the proposal also includes a vertical farm and greenhouse complex at 865 Gartshore Street. The data c...

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Read Data Center Operator Renews Lease for Vanda 3 Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden
Alternative investment manager Barings has signed a 10-year lease extension with a global data center operator at its Vanda 3 facility in Kista, Stockholm. The deal includes an additional 30MW of p...
July 03, 2026

Data Center Operator Renews Lease for Vanda 3 Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden

Alternative investment manager Barings has signed a 10-year lease extension with a global data center operator at its Vanda 3 facility in Kista, Stockholm. The deal includes an additional 30MW of power from Ellevio to support expansion, with Barings planning to add 25,000 sqm (269,100 sq ft) of d...

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Read NTT Facilities Creates Modular Design for Hyperscale Data Centers
NTT’s Facilities division says it has developed a prefabricated construction method, Hyper Ready Module, designed to speed up hyperscale data center delivery. The modular system uses prebuilt units...
July 03, 2026

NTT Facilities Creates Modular Design for Hyperscale Data Centers

NTT

NTT’s Facilities division says it has developed a prefabricated construction method, Hyper Ready Module, designed to speed up hyperscale data center delivery. The modular system uses prebuilt units that can be transported and assembled on-site, with the company claiming it could reduce delivery t...

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Read New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Creating Large Load Data Center Tariff
New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill directing the state’s Board of Public Utilities to create a dedicated tariff for data centers with capacities of 50MW or more, aimed at protecting other rate...
July 03, 2026

New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Creating Large Load Data Center Tariff

New Jersey

New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill directing the state’s Board of Public Utilities to create a dedicated tariff for data centers with capacities of 50MW or more, aimed at protecting other ratepayers from rising costs linked to new developments. The legislation, S731, replaces an earlier vers...

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Read 300MW Data Center Campus Planned for Kent, UK
UK renewable energy developer Clearstone has proposed a 300MW data center campus in Kent. Planned for a 145-acre site near Dartford, the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus would comprise up to 180,000...
July 03, 2026

300MW Data Center Campus Planned for Kent, UK

United Kingdom

UK renewable energy developer Clearstone has proposed a 300MW data center campus in Kent. Planned for a 145-acre site near Dartford, the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus would comprise up to 180,000 sqm (1.9 million sq ft) of data center space across four buildings. The project has been designated...

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