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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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Read Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility
Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility
June 08, 2022

Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres has announced its plans to build a 30MW data center in Accra, Ghana, adding to its presence in Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria; Lomé, Togo; and Samrand and Midrand, South Africa. Further details around when the facility will go live are yet to be released. Tesh Durvasula, A...

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Read Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas
Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas
June 08, 2022

Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas

Google

Google has announced a new cloud region in Dallas, Texas. In a statement by the company, it said it is happy to expand its presence in Texas by launching a new cloud region in Dallas, making it the second region in the central US and the eleventh in North America. This is the company’s firs...

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Read Microsoft Announces New Availability Zones in Zurich, Switzerland
Microsoft Announces New Availability Zones in Zurich, Switzerland
June 08, 2022

Microsoft Announces New Availability Zones in Zurich, Switzerland

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it added new availability zones to its Zurich Azure region. Availability zones are data center locations that are physically separate but still within the same cloud region, offering redundancy against failures in a particular location. Typically, most new regions ...

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Read Web Werks To Invest $50m in Developing a Hyperscale Facility in Noida, India
Web Werks To Invest $50m in Developing a Hyperscale Facility in Noida, India
June 07, 2022

Web Werks To Invest $50m in Developing a Hyperscale Facility in Noida, India

Web Werks

Web Werks has revealed that it would be investing Rs 200 crore ($50 million) in developing a new hyperscale data center in Noida, India. The company will start the development of the facility later this year. The data center will deliver up to 20MW of capacity. The company also schedules th...

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Read Khazna Data Centers Becomes Middle East’s Largest Data Center Provider
Khazna Data Centers Becomes Middle East’s Largest Data Center Provider
June 07, 2022

Khazna Data Centers Becomes Middle East’s Largest Data Center Provider

Khazna

G42 and e& have merged their data centers to form Khazna Data Centers. With the merger, Khazna Data Centers is now operating 12 facilities. In addition, 13 more data centers are under construction, with three more being planned. Upon completion of all the planned facilities, Khazna DC w...

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Read Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power
Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power
June 06, 2022

Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power

Google

French multinational utility company Engie has announced that it will be teaming up with Google Cloud to use AI to predict wind power and optimize its portfolio, making it the first customer of the giant's AI technology. Engie will be utilizing Google's DeepMind technology, which was first ann...

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Read Faced with EU sanctions Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns
Faced with EU sanctions Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns
June 06, 2022

Faced with EU sanctions Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns

Yandex NV

It has been announced that Arkady Volozh, co-founder Yandex, the largest Russian technology firm, has resigned as CEO of the company after being added to the EU's list of individuals sanctioned over the war in Ukraine. Volozh was named last week in the EU's sixth round of sanctions. Moreover, ...

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Read Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements
Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements
June 06, 2022

Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements

North Dakota

Bitcoin mining company Bitzero, reportedly a "100% green company," recently made a number of announcements related to its expansion and headquarters location. Plans to build 200 megawatts of data centers in North Dakota over the next two to three years were announced, and the state was also ch...

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Read Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels
Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels
June 06, 2022

Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels

Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Foster Fuels, which will now serve as the data center company's "preferred green diesel provider," making it the first provider in the industry to use Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil-based biodiesel (HVO) to fuel its on-...

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Read Etisalat Opens New Data Center in Kalba, UAE
Etisalat Opens New Data Center in Kalba, UAE
June 03, 2022

Etisalat Opens New Data Center in Kalba, UAE

Etisalat Kalba

e& and Etisalat- its subsidiary have opened a cable landing station and data center in Kalba, UAE. e& which used to be called Etisalat Group, opened SmartHub Kalba earlier. According to Telco Etisalat, the new data center was developed to Tier III standards. The data center will also p...

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Read Nfinit Is Upgrading Two Facilities in San Diego
Nfinit Is Upgrading Two Facilities in San Diego
June 03, 2022

Nfinit Is Upgrading Two Facilities in San Diego

NFINIT

Nfinit has announced its plans to upgrade two facilities in San Diego for $8 million. The data center company was acquired by LightEdge earlier in April. Nfinit revealed that it would be updating the software and hardware of its cloud infrastructure. By so doing, it will be adding new chill...

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Read Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale
Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale
June 02, 2022

Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale

Switch

According to reports, Supernap Thailand investors are looking to sell their stake in the business. Some shareholders including Kasikornbank Pcl and Siam Commercial Bank are working with financial advisers to make the sale possible. Supernap Thailand is said to be worth up to $800m.  Supern...

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Read CIM Group Invests $355m in Novva Data Centers
CIM Group Invests $355m in Novva Data Centers
June 02, 2022

CIM Group Invests $355m in Novva Data Centers

Novva Data Centers

CIM Group has announced that it is pumping $355 million into Novva Data Centers. The fund will be geared towards achieving Novva’s goal of offering 1,000MW of designed data center capacity in the next five years. Novva Data Centers was launched in 2020 with a $100m backing from CIM Group. A...

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Read Alecta and Brookfield Acquire Significant Stake in Telia's Swedish Tower Business
Alecta and Brookfield Acquire Significant Stake in Telia's Swedish Tower Business
June 02, 2022

Alecta and Brookfield Acquire Significant Stake in Telia's Swedish Tower Business

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

Alecta and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners have announced the acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Telia Company’s tower business in Sweden. The acquisition comes after the firms acquired 49 percent of Telia’s tower business in Norway and Finland. The deal is worth $560 million, and it was ...

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Read NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio
NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio
June 02, 2022

NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio

Global Switch

According to reports, NextDC is looking to acquire Global Switch’s Asia-Pacific arm. The Australian data center firm has contacted Macquarie Capital to find a financial partner for the purchase. Global Switch has been looking to sell its business for more than a year. Besides, it was in dis...

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Read Colt technology expands into South Korea
Colt technology expands into South Korea
June 01, 2022

Colt technology expands into South Korea

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has announced its expansion into the South Korean market, with the establishment of network hubs in four key carrier-neutral data centers in the Seoul Metropolitan area, which will offer speeds of up to 40G Ethernet Service. Masato Hoshino, representative director & president/head of ...

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Read Verne Global partners with Icelandic New Energy and Landsvirkjun to trial hydrogen fuel cells
Verne Global partners with Icelandic New Energy and Landsvirkjun to trial hydrogen fuel cells
June 01, 2022

Verne Global partners with Icelandic New Energy and Landsvirkjun to trial hydrogen fuel cells

Verne: Keflavik Campus

Verne Global is partnering up with Iceland's national power company Landsvirkjun to trial and deploy hydrogen fuel cells to its data center campus in Iceland. As data center companies push to make their operations greener, many have transitioned to renewables to fuel their facilities, however...

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Read UK government launches eight-week consultation on data centers and the cloud
UK government launches eight-week consultation on data centers and the cloud
May 31, 2022

UK government launches eight-week consultation on data centers and the cloud

United Kingdom

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport recently announced the commencement of an eight-week consultation, ​​part of the National Data Strategy, to explore strengthening the security and resiliency of the UK's data centers and cloud services. Specifically, it is calling for view...

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Read Winter power cuts ahead for the UK?
Winter power cuts ahead for the UK?
May 31, 2022

Winter power cuts ahead for the UK?

United Kingdom

The UK government has hit back at rumors that this winter, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UK could experience blackouts. The government has said that this would be a "worst-case scenario" and a result of Russia cutting off more supplies to the EU. Commenting on whether or ...

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Read GMT To Develop Crypto Mining Data Center in The UAE
GMT To Develop Crypto Mining Data Center in The UAE
May 30, 2022

GMT To Develop Crypto Mining Data Center in The UAE

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

GMT has announced its plans to develop a data center in the UAE. The Singapore-based crypto mining company revealed in a Medium post that it would be investing heavily in developing a data center in the region. According to GMT, there’s no exact location for the data center yet, but more in...

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