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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 GDS Starts Work on its RM1.38 Billion Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
April 25, 2022

GDS Starts Work on its RM1.38 Billion Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

Carrier-Neutral Data Center

GDS Holdings has announced that it has started work on a data center campus in Malaysia. The company revealed that it would invest RM1.38 billion in developing the 242,200 square feet (22,500 square meters) at the Nusajaya Tech Park in Johor. The hyperscale data center campus will deliver 5...

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Read Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center
Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center
April 25, 2022

Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center

Google

Google has announced that it is replacing some of its diesel backup capacity at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center, with a 2.75MW battery system from Fluence. This announcement aligns with Google's public pledge to use entirely carbon-free energy by 2030 by reducing its emissions. The batt...

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Read Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant
Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant
April 25, 2022

Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant

Thailand / Prathet Thai

Supernap Thailand has announced that it has signed a PPA with WHA Utilities & Power, to build a solar plant alongside its data center just outside of Bangkok. The project, which will see an investment of THB 30 million (~$886,000), will take place on 10,000 sqm (107,600 sqft) of space. WHA...

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Read Digital 9 Infrastructure Buys Ficolo For €135 million
Digital 9 Infrastructure Buys Ficolo For €135 million
April 25, 2022

Digital 9 Infrastructure Buys Ficolo For €135 million

Digital 9 Infrastructure

Digital 9 Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of Ficolo for €135 million ($145m). Ficolo is a Finnish-based colocation provider which was founded in 2011. The data and cloud center firm has data centers in Tampere, Pori, and Helsinki. Chair of D9 Infrastructure, Jack Waters, said a...

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Read Brazil's State of Rio Grande do Sul To Invest to invest $18.3m in Disaster Recovery Data Center
April 25, 2022

Brazil's State of Rio Grande do Sul To Invest to invest $18.3m in Disaster Recovery Data Center

Brazil / Brasil

The State of Rio Grande do Sul’s information and communication center plans to develop a disaster recovery data center. Procergs (Centro de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul SA), will be in charge of the project. The firm will receive BRL 87.9 million ($1...

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Read SK ecoplant and Digital Edge Partner To Develop 150MW Facility in South Korea
SK ecoplant and Digital Edge Partner To Develop 150MW Facility in South Korea
April 25, 2022

SK ecoplant and Digital Edge Partner To Develop 150MW Facility in South Korea

Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge and SK Ecoplant have formed a joint venture to develop a data center in Incheon, South Korea. The facility will be named Bupyeong data center. Per the agreement, the two firms will jointly develop and promote the 120MW hyperscale data center project. The facility will be locate...

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Read VueNow To Develop 40 Edge Facilities Across Bihar, India
April 22, 2022

VueNow To Develop 40 Edge Facilities Across Bihar, India

India / Bhārata

VueNow has revealed that it plans to develop multiple Edge data centers across Bihar, India. According to Business Standard, Bihar’s IT department received a proposal from VueNow about an investment plan to develop data centers across the state. This investment is worth Rs817 crore ($107m). Ac...

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Read Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
April 22, 2022

Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally

Amazon AWS

Amazon recently announced it has invested in 37 renewable energy projects across the globe. Located across the US, Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates, these projects will total 3.5 GW, bringing its global renewable energy portfolio to 15.7GW. Included...

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Read CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
April 22, 2022

CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a signatory and founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is collaborating with Gexa Energy following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Through this agreement, the data center company will be provided with wind and solar power ...

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Read Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
April 22, 2022

Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030

Google

Globally, Google's data centers are huge guzzlers of electricity, consuming around twice as much electricity as San Francisco. According to a Forbes article, in 2019, its facilities sucked up 12.4 terawatt-hours of power, which is comparable to the energy consumption of Sri Lanka. It is simult...

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Read Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska
Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska
April 22, 2022

Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska

Google

Google has announced that it is developing a data center in Omaha, Nebraska. The new data center will be located close to Blair High Road and State Street, northwest of Omaha. Although Google didn’t share the specifications of the data center, it revealed that it would invest up to $750 mil...

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Read VPLS Buys Carrier-1's Facility in Dallas, Texas
VPLS Buys Carrier-1's Facility in Dallas, Texas
April 22, 2022

VPLS Buys Carrier-1's Facility in Dallas, Texas

Evocative DA4

VPLS has completed the acquisition of Carrier-1’s 106,000 square feet data center in Dallas, Texas. The facility offers 10MW in capacity, and it will become VPLS’ fourth data center in Dallas. The CEO of VPLS, Arman Khalili, said the company is happy to welcome the employees and customers o...

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Read GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData
GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData
April 22, 2022

GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData

Chindata Group

According to Bloomberg, ChinData Group Holdings has received initial acquisition interest from some firms in the data center industry. The report shows that GDS Holdings, backed by Bain Capital, is mulling bidding for the Chinese data center firm. EdgeConnex, backed by EQT, a private equity...

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Read Ark Data Centres Secures £700 million Sustainability-Linked Loan
Ark Data Centres Secures £700 million Sustainability-Linked Loan
April 22, 2022

Ark Data Centres Secures £700 million Sustainability-Linked Loan

Ark Data Centres (UK)

Ark Data Centres has announced that it has secured a loan of £700 million ($902m). The UK data center firm plans to use the funds to refinance an existing credit facility and partially expand its data center campuses. The loan was structured by ING. Lloyds, ABN Amro, Crédit Agricole CIB, No...

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Read Meta Expanding Campus in New Albany, Ohio
Meta Expanding Campus in New Albany, Ohio
April 22, 2022

Meta Expanding Campus in New Albany, Ohio

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta has announced that it is expanding its data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. The company announced the decision in a Facebook post earlier in the week. The company revealed to BizJournal that it would be adding two buildings totaling 92,900 square meters (1 million square feet) to th...

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Read YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
April 22, 2022

YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

YTL Johor

YTL Corp is looking to develop a 500MW data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. The Malaysian conglomerate announced that it wants to develop the solar-powered facility in the Iskandar region of Johor. According to the company, it will be the first data center park in the country to be solar-...

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Read Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain
April 22, 2022

Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain

Madrid

Thor Equities has announced its plans to move into data centers. The US real estate group, is also looking to develop its first data center in Madrid, Spain. Thor Equities will be doing this by launching a new data center division called Thor Digital. The new unit will be headed by Roy Gibbens...

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Read Castle IT To Develop Data Centers in Reims and Aix-en-Provence
April 22, 2022

Castle IT To Develop Data Centers in Reims and Aix-en-Provence

France

According to La Tribune, Castle IT is looking to develop two more data centers in 2023. The report shows that the French colocation firm plans to build these facilities in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône and Reims, Marne. The development will also cost the company up to €30 million ($32.3...

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Read Intel announces net-zero goal
Intel announces net-zero goal
April 21, 2022

Intel announces net-zero goal

Intel

Intel has announced its pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its global emissions by 2040, which it said it will achieve through a number of interim milestones. One of these milestones will be to secure 100% renewable energy for its entire global operations. It will also...

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Read Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
April 21, 2022

Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

Meta

Meta has partnered up with EDP Renewables, it has announced. The energy company will supply solar energy in Texas via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The social media giant, will gain access to 156MW, procured from the 240MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, which EDP Renewables North Am...

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