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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 Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex
Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex
February 21, 2024

Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex

Vodafone

Vodafone and UAE data center firm Edgnex announced their plans to form a joint venture in order to build a new data center in Turkey. This project is a $100 million data center in Izmir; a city in western Turkey on the coast of the Aegean Sea. It was also be Vodafone’s second in Izmir and sixt...

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Read Microsoft to invest in cloud and AI infrastructure in Spain
Microsoft to invest in cloud and AI infrastructure in Spain
February 21, 2024

Microsoft to invest in cloud and AI infrastructure in Spain

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently revealed a planned investment of $2.1 billion in cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Spain over the next two years. This was revealed via a post on X by Microsoft Brad Smith following a meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez. "...

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Read Northwood Space founded by former disney actor raises over $6 million
Northwood Space founded by former disney actor raises over $6 million
February 21, 2024

Northwood Space founded by former disney actor raises over $6 million

California

Satellite ground station startup Northwood Space, a company led by a former Disney actor, has raised more than $6 million in seed funding. This company is led by Bridgit Mendler, an actress and singer who was once a regular on the Disney Channel. She launched this startup with her husband last...

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Read GDS signs long term vPPA in Malaysia
GDS signs long term vPPA in Malaysia
February 21, 2024

GDS signs long term vPPA in Malaysia

Malaysia

GDS this week announced a 21-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with Malaysian renewable energy firm, Cenergi SEA Berhad (Cenergi), under Malaysia’s Corporate Green Power Programme (CGPP). Under the agreement, GDS has subscribed to 22.5MWac of renewable power for its Nusajaya Tech Pa...

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Read HMC Capital acquires StratCap
HMC Capital acquires StratCap
February 20, 2024

HMC Capital acquires StratCap

StratCap Data Centers

Australian investment firm HMC Capital announced this week that it has acquired 100 percent of North American digital infrastructure investor StratCap from private investors for $28.5 million. This deal will be completed once the full form legal agreements are met including  obtaining regulato...

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Read Virtus reveals plans for new campus in Buckinghamshire, UK
Virtus reveals plans for new campus in Buckinghamshire, UK
February 20, 2024

Virtus reveals plans for new campus in Buckinghamshire, UK

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

UK data center company Virtus, owned by STT GDC and Macquarie Asset Management, announced plans for a new campus in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, as it revealed the acquisition of a 50-acre plot in the village, located near High Wycombe and north of existing data center hub Slough. Virtus CEO N...

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Read Iceotope claims achievement of superior chip cooling level
Iceotope claims achievement of superior chip cooling level
February 20, 2024

Iceotope claims achievement of superior chip cooling level

United States

Icetope has claimed that its precision liquid cooling technology has achieved chip-level cooling up to and beyond 1000W, reaching an important industry milestone for overcoming the challenges of rising thermal design power. In a new report published by the company, it claimed that at a flow ra...

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Read EU regulator grants permission for Orange and MásMóvil merger in Spain
EU regulator grants permission for Orange and MásMóvil merger in Spain
February 19, 2024

EU regulator grants permission for Orange and MásMóvil merger in Spain

Europe

The European Union's antitrust regulator has granted telecoms firms Orange and MásMóvil permission to complete their proposed merger in Spain. This comes after MásMóvil agreed to divest spectrum across three frequency spectrum bands to Romania's Digi. EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said...

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Read Australian Research Center to deploy Nvidia’s CUDA Quantum Platform
Australian Research Center to deploy Nvidia’s CUDA Quantum Platform
February 19, 2024

Australian Research Center to deploy Nvidia’s CUDA Quantum Platform

Australia

Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth will deploying Nvidia’s CUDA Quantum computing platform at its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub. This platform is Nvidia's open-source hybrid quantum computing platform that uses quantum simulation tools and...

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Read Iridium to extend satellite lifespan by five years
Iridium to extend satellite lifespan by five years
February 19, 2024

Iridium to extend satellite lifespan by five years

Australia

Satellite firm Iridium announced in its quarterly earnings call this month, Iridium said it will be extending the life of its Thales Alenia Space-made NEXT satellite fleet by five years. Iridium CEO Matt Desch said in the earnings call, “Based on the manufacturer's assessment, we've been using...

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Read PlanckDot raises $1 million for Edge data center roll-out
PlanckDot raises $1 million for Edge data center roll-out
February 19, 2024

PlanckDot raises $1 million for Edge data center roll-out

India / Bhārata

Indian startup PlanckDot, a start-up specializing in Edge data centers, has secured $1.6 million in funding from high-net-worth angel investors for its Edge data center roll-out. According to the company’s website, it builds and deploys digital infrastructures and EV charging stations. Its Vig...

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Read NTT to build new data center campus outside Paris, France
NTT to build new data center campus outside Paris, France
February 17, 2024

NTT to build new data center campus outside Paris, France

NTT

NTT this week announced its NTT GDC unit will be developing its first data center campus outside Paris, France on a 35.5-acre site located 50km south of Paris in the municipalities of Le Coudray-Montceaux and Corbeil-Essonnes. This campus will total 84MW across three buildings.  Doug Adams, CE...

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Read Polaris Technology to build new data center in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Polaris Technology to build new data center in Muskogee, Oklahoma
February 17, 2024

Polaris Technology to build new data center in Muskogee, Oklahoma

Polaris Data Centre

Crypto data center provider Polaris Technology announced that it is planning to spend $100 million building a 200MW facility in the US state of Oklahoma. The company will be constructing the Bitcoin mining facility on a 42-acre site at the John T. Griffin Industrial Park, Port Muskogee, south ...

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Read O2 delivers 100th site in UK via helicopter
O2 delivers 100th site in UK via helicopter
February 17, 2024

O2 delivers 100th site in UK via helicopter

Virgin Media Business

UK telco Virgin Media O2 has achieved a new milestone after delivering its 100th site as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) program via helicopter to the Isle of Skye. The Shared rural Network is aimed at supporting some of the UK's most remote areas and is supported by the mobile industry...

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Read Goodman Group boasts of 4GW power bank
Goodman Group boasts of 4GW power bank
February 17, 2024

Goodman Group boasts of 4GW power bank

Europe

Real estate company Goodman Group has claimed that it has the power capacity available to develop a portfolio of data centers worth $80bn over the next five to seven years. The company noted that it has  added 300MW to its "power bank" since November 2023, bringing its total availability to 4G...

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Read Google confirms expansion in South Carolina
Google confirms expansion in South Carolina
February 17, 2024

Google confirms expansion in South Carolina

Google

Global search and cloud company Google has confirmed it is behind a data center development project called the Project Dawson in Ridgeville, South Carolina. Details about this project including the campus specifications or project timelines have not been shared. “The Dorchester County Economic...

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Read Virgin Media O2, Liberty Global and Telefónica to create new rival for Openreach
Virgin Media O2, Liberty Global and Telefónica to create new rival for Openreach
February 16, 2024

Virgin Media O2, Liberty Global and Telefónica to create new rival for Openreach

Virgin Media Business

Virgin Media O2, along with major shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, has revealed plans to create a national fixed network company that can challenge BT's Openreach in the UK. The telco signaled  its intention to go toe-to-toe with Openreach and noted that NetCo will "underpin full f...

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Read Batelco and e& to land Al Khaleej subsea cable in UAE
Batelco and e& to land Al Khaleej subsea cable in UAE
February 16, 2024

Batelco and e& to land Al Khaleej subsea cable in UAE

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Telecoms firms Batelco and e& announced on February 14 that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to land the Al Khaleej subsea cable system in the UAE. This MoU will see the 1,400km-long cable connecting the UAE to Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar. Nabil Baccouche, group chief carr...

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Read Bloom Energy adds load ability to fuel cells
Bloom Energy adds load ability to fuel cells
February 16, 2024

Bloom Energy adds load ability to fuel cells

Amazon AWS

Fuel cell provider Bloom Energy has added the ability to follow loads to its fuel towers to enable better adjustment to variable demand and supply in microgrids and utilities.This new offering can be used by data center providers and others on microgrids, and also by the utility, who may use f...

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Read FirstNet and AT&T announces $8 billion investment
FirstNet and AT&T announces $8 billion investment
February 15, 2024

FirstNet and AT&T announces $8 billion investment

AT&T

US operator AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) have announced a ten-year, $8 billion investment to expand and upgrade the nationwide public safety network.  FirstNet will invest $6.3 billion through its network contract with AT&T and "anticipates an additional $2...

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