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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 Strasbourg fire could cost OVHcloud €105 million ($122m)
Strasbourg fire could cost OVHcloud €105 million ($122m)
October 01, 2021

Strasbourg fire could cost OVHcloud €105 million ($122m)

OVH Group

OVHcloud could be seeing up to €105 million ($122m) leave its coffers because of the fire that destroyed its Strasbourg data center in March. The document the firm filed with a French financial authority is responsible for revealing this. Although insurance has covered most of the cost of t...

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Read DigitalBridge expands its Vantage SDC platform
DigitalBridge expands its Vantage SDC platform
October 01, 2021

DigitalBridge expands its Vantage SDC platform

DigitalBridge

DigitalBridge has announced that it has expanded its Vantage Stabilized Data Centers (SDC) platform by acquiring CA22. CA22 is a 24MW hyperscale data center with a focus on serving the Santa Clara, CA Market. The newly acquired facility is located next to Vantage SDC’s CA21 facility. The deal ...

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Read Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt
Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt
October 01, 2021

Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt

Equinix Frankfurt FR8

Equinix has announced the opening of its new data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany. The facility is located to the west of Frankfurt, and it would be known as FR8. The facility's first phase has 51,600 square feet (4,800 square meters) of colocation space available. Equinix also reveal...

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Read APAC REIT acquires Woolworths’ Sydney HQ and data center for $336.8m
APAC REIT acquires Woolworths’ Sydney HQ and data center for $336.8m
October 01, 2021

APAC REIT acquires Woolworths’ Sydney HQ and data center for $336.8m

Woolworths

Singaporean fund manager Aims APAC REIT has completed the acquisition of Woolworths’ Sydney headquarters and data center. AA REIT closed the transaction earlier in the week by paying AU$463.25 million (US$336.8m) to Inmark Asset Management Pty Ltd. In doing so, it has acquired the campus in...

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Read Airtel Bharti to invest $673 million in expanding Nxtra's data center footprint
Airtel Bharti to invest $673 million in expanding Nxtra's data center footprint
October 01, 2021

Airtel Bharti to invest $673 million in expanding Nxtra's data center footprint

Nxtra Data Ltd

Indian telecommunication company Bharti Airtel has revealed its plans for expanding the data center portfolio of its subsidiary Nxtra. Bharti Airtel announced that it would triple Nxtra’s data center capacity by 2025 to 400MW+. According to the company, Nxtra currently operates 120 Edge and te...

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Read Ava Telecom is deploying Edge data centers in São Paulo
October 01, 2021

Ava Telecom is deploying Edge data centers in São Paulo

Brazil / Brasil

Brazilian operator Ava Telecom has started deploying Edge data centers in São Paulo, Brazil. The company provided little information about what it is doing. It didn’t reveal the number of sites it is building, or how much it is planning to invest in deploying the Edge data centers. However, Mu...

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Read Singtel to form new data center company, forms JW with Gulf Energy
Singtel to form new data center company, forms JW with Gulf Energy
October 01, 2021

Singtel to form new data center company, forms JW with Gulf Energy

Singtel

Singaporean telco Singtel is planning to form a new data center company with a focus on Southeast Asia. The firm has also signed a new joint venture with Gulf Energy. The joint venture between the two companies will have a focus on Thailand. Singtel already has a rich portfolio of 10 data c...

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Read AWS buys 42-acre of land in Warrenton for $40 million
AWS buys 42-acre of land in Warrenton for $40 million
September 30, 2021

AWS buys 42-acre of land in Warrenton for $40 million

Amazon AWS

According to Fauquier Now, Amazon Web Services has acquired a 41.7-acre land in Warrenton, Fauquier County, for $39.7 million. The land it acquired is on Blackwell Road, Lee Highway. With each acre costing $952,000, this is reportedly the biggest real estate transaction in the history of No...

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Read Element Critical breaks ground on expansion project at Houston One facility
Element Critical breaks ground on expansion project at Houston One facility
September 30, 2021

Element Critical breaks ground on expansion project at Houston One facility

Element Critical Houston One

Element Critical has started its first expansion project on the Houston One data center it acquired earlier in the year. The US colo provider acquired the facility for an undisclosed fee from Skybox Datacenters in March. The first phase of the expansion will see Element Critical extend the ...

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Read Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate
Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate
September 30, 2021

Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate

Northern Virginia

On Wednesday, Loudoun county supervisors came together to discuss the county's energy strategy. This discussion has come following a surge of data centers in the area over the past 15 years. The county's "Data Center Alley" is pinned as the world's largest concentration of data centers, totall...

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Read Bharti Airtel to invest Rs 5,000 cr in new data center
Bharti Airtel to invest Rs 5,000 cr in new data center
September 30, 2021

Bharti Airtel to invest Rs 5,000 cr in new data center

Bharti Airtel

Airtel has announced that to meet customer demand in and around India; it is expanding its data center business. An injection of ₹ 5,000 crore ($673 million) will facilitate this growth, and initial plans are to create a "data centre economy" across 80 Indian cities, tripling its installed cap...

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Read Helsinki to become home to new Digita data center
Helsinki to become home to new Digita data center
September 30, 2021

Helsinki to become home to new Digita data center

Digita Oy

Digita Oy has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint and is branching out to Helsinki, which will be home to a brand new data center. While specific details around investment are yet to be released, according to the company, it is "significant." In a statement, Digita COO Ma...

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Read Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon
Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon
September 29, 2021

Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

Google

According to Oregon Live, Google plans to build more data centers in The Dalles, in Oregon’s Wasco County. The report shows that the search engine giant wants to build two more data centers in The Dalles. It is also looking to get access to more water and tax breaks. Google will be building...

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Read Microsoft opens Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region
Microsoft opens Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region
September 29, 2021

Microsoft opens Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced the launch of its Availability Zones in its Norway East Azure Cloud region in Oslo. However, it has also canceled its plan for the region in Stavanger, which is to the west. The Company first revealed its plans to open two Azure Cloud regions in the country in 2018. ...

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Read CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company
CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company
September 29, 2021

CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company

CyrusOne

According to Reuters, CyrusOne is considering the sale of its business. It is said to be exploring some strategic changes that might include a sale. CyrusOne is a real estate investment trust that has a market cap of up to $9 billion. The Company is exploring its options with investment ban...

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Read Liquid opens fifth mega data center in South Africa
Liquid opens fifth mega data center in South Africa
September 29, 2021

Liquid opens fifth mega data center in South Africa

Africa Data Centres

Liquid has announced that it has opened its fifth mega data center in South Africa, which has a capacity of 20MW. Going forward, the company is targeting a further 10 data centers across Africa's largest cities. Liquid's founder Strive Masiyiwa made the announcement. These projects are being f...

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Read Chindata Group holds strategic dialogue with the Climate Group
Chindata Group holds strategic dialogue with the Climate Group
September 29, 2021

Chindata Group holds strategic dialogue with the Climate Group

Chindata Group

Chindata recently held a ‘strategic dialogue’ with the Climate Group, where the two explored digital infrastructure in supporting global growth and the role internet technology companies must play in reducing carbon emissions. In addition to this, the meeting saw Alex Ju, founder and CEO of Ch...

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Read Hexatronic enters US data center market
Hexatronic enters US data center market
September 29, 2021

Hexatronic enters US data center market

United States

Hexatronic has reportedly entered the data center market by acquiring 100% of the shares of Data Centre Systems (DCS). This latest acquisition follows a number of other acquisitions outside of the industry, including Optical Solutions Group, The Fibre Optic Shop, and Rehau Group.According to D...

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Read Westfield Data-Center Project on the verge of closing
Westfield Data-Center Project on the verge of closing
September 29, 2021

Westfield Data-Center Project on the verge of closing

Massachusetts

Westfield Data-Center Project is reportedly almost at the finish line as it enters the local approval phase. The $2.7 billion proposal of a hyperscale data center would make the region a big player in big data. Demetrios Panteleakis, the principal commercial broker with Springfield-based M...

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Read Data center moratorium on the horizon for Ireland?
Data center moratorium on the horizon for Ireland?
September 28, 2021

Data center moratorium on the horizon for Ireland?

Republic of Ireland

The Irish Social Democrat Party has announced that it is calling for a moratorium on new data centres in Ireland in response to grid constraints and sustainability concerns. This proposed moratorium would be an "interim measure" that would allow the government to fully grasp how many data cent...

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