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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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October 20, 2025

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Poolside Partners with CoreWeave on 2GW Data Center in TexasAI startup Poolside is teaming up with CoreWeave for the development of a 2GW data center in West Texas, dubbed Project Horizon as both companies aim to ensure immediate access to next-generation silicon.Galaxy Digital Secures $460 Mi...

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Read Cologix Acquires Carrier Hotel in Calgary, Canada
Cologix Acquires Carrier Hotel in Calgary, Canada
October 20, 2025

Cologix Acquires Carrier Hotel in Calgary, Canada

Cologix

US data center firm Cologix this week announced its acquisition of DataHiveOne, Calgary’s primary carrier hotel, as well as most of DataHive’s colocation and interconnection assets. The move marks Cologix's first move into Calgary."This acquisition is a pivotal step in our continued investment...

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Read BGO Secures $260m for US Data Center Development
BGO Secures $260m for US Data Center Development
October 20, 2025

BGO Secures $260m for US Data Center Development

United States

Real estate investment firm BentallGreenOak (BGO) this week announced the successful close of its data center co-investment fundraise, totaling approximately $260m, which was established in connection with its US Industrial Strategies I fund.BGO said it is now in the advanced stages of securin...

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Read Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities
Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities
October 20, 2025

Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities

Kyndryl

AI chip startup Groq has partnered with IBM to provide agentic AI capabilities via GroqCloud on IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will also integrate Red Hat’s open source vLLM technology with Groq’s LPU chips, with plans to support IBM Granite models on G...

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Read Canada's British Columbia to Limit Data Center Energy Use
Canada's British Columbia to Limit Data Center Energy Use
October 20, 2025

Canada's British Columbia to Limit Data Center Energy Use

Canada

The Government of British Columbia in Canada will limit the state’s data center energy usage and ban new cryptomining projects. The government stated that it would introduce legislation and regulations to “address unprecedented demand for electricity and ensure that BC and Canadian economic in...

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Read QumulusAI Arises $500m to Expand AI Compute Infrastructure
QumulusAI Arises $500m to Expand AI Compute Infrastructure
October 18, 2025

QumulusAI Arises $500m to Expand AI Compute Infrastructure

United States

QumulusAI has secured a $500 million blockchain-backed facility to fund its AI compute infrastructure buildout. The debt funding will enable QumulusAI to borrow stablecoins against up to 70 percent of its approved GPU deployments, enabling faster access to capital."This partnership represents ...

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Read Colt and ESR Partner for 130MW Facility in Osaka, Japan
Colt and ESR Partner for 130MW Facility in Osaka, Japan
October 18, 2025

Colt and ESR Partner for 130MW Facility in Osaka, Japan

Colt Data Centre Services

Data center operator Colt DCS and APAC real estate firm ESR have formed a joint venture to develop the first phase of a 130MW hyperscale data center site in Minoh City, Osaka, Japan. The first phase, comprising 65MW, will be designed and built by the JV and operated by Colt.Niclas Sanfridsson,...

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Read Meta Breaks Ground on 1GW Data Center Campus in Texas
Meta Breaks Ground on 1GW Data Center Campus in Texas
October 18, 2025

Meta Breaks Ground on 1GW Data Center Campus in Texas

Texas

Social media giant Meta this week announced work had started on the 1GW site, the company’s 29th data center. Some $1.5 billion is set to be invested in the first phase of development. The site has been designed to support “both the traditional servers of today and future generations of AI-ena...

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Read Alibaba Cloud Launches Second Data Center in Dubai
Alibaba Cloud Launches Second Data Center in Dubai
October 17, 2025

Alibaba Cloud Launches Second Data Center in Dubai

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud has launched a second data center in Dubai, a part of the company's global expansion plans, for which Alibaba has committed to spending $53bn on cloud and AI infrastructure.Eric Wan, VP of Alibaba Cloud International and general manager of the Middle East, Turkey, and Middle Asia...

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Read Bridge DC Secures 'Sustainable' Water Supply for Upcoming Thailand Facility
Bridge DC Secures 'Sustainable' Water Supply for Upcoming Thailand Facility
October 17, 2025

Bridge DC Secures 'Sustainable' Water Supply for Upcoming Thailand Facility

Bridge Data Centres

APAC data center developer Bridge Data Centres (BDC) has signed an industrial water purchase agreement with Thai utility Eastwater Stecon Utilities Co (EWS) for ‘sustainable’ water supply for its under-construction hyperscale data center campus in Chonburi Province, Thailand.Eric Fan, CEO, Bri...

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Read Bloom Energy Signs $5bn Partnership with Brookfield
Bloom Energy Signs $5bn Partnership with Brookfield
October 17, 2025

Bloom Energy Signs $5bn Partnership with Brookfield

United States

US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy has signed a $5 billion AI infrastructure partnership with global investment firm Brookfield, which will see an investment of up to $5bn to support the deployment of Bloom’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology in AI data centers worldwide.KR Sridhar, fou...

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Read IonQ Raises $2bn from Equity Offering
IonQ Raises $2bn from Equity Offering
October 17, 2025

IonQ Raises $2bn from Equity Offering

United States

US quantum computing firm IonQ has announced plans to raise $2 billion through an equity offering. The company will sell 16.5 million shares at $93 each to an entity managed by investor Heights Capital Management.“This investment provides an opportunity for the IonQ team to continue to grow an...

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Read Principal Sells Data Center in Alpharetta, Georgia
Principal Sells Data Center in Alpharetta, Georgia
October 17, 2025

Principal Sells Data Center in Alpharetta, Georgia

Principal Asset Management

Principal Asset Management this week announced the sale of a 15.2MW, 185,000 sq ft (17,185 sqm) single-story data center in Alpharetta, Fulton County.The data center, located on 39 acres at 4905 North Point Parkway, was originally built for a telecommunications technology company in 2009, with...

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Read Firmus Partners with CDC for Australian Data Center Capacity
Firmus Partners with CDC for Australian Data Center Capacity
October 16, 2025

Firmus Partners with CDC for Australian Data Center Capacity

Australia

Australian AI cloud firm Firmus is planning expansion across Australia in partnering with local operator CDC Data Centres. The company said the partnership could extend its capacity to 1.6GW under an initiative known as Project Southgate. As well as the existing project in Tasmania, deployment...

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Read Vantage Plots Second Italian Data Center Campus
Vantage Plots Second Italian Data Center Campus
October 16, 2025

Vantage Plots Second Italian Data Center Campus

Vantage Data Centers

Data center operator Vantage this week announced plans for MXP2, expanding its footprint in Lombardy. The €350 million ($407m) campus, located in Castelletto some 15 kilometers from central Milan, will feature two three-story data center buildings delivering a combined 32MW of critical IT capa...

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Read Gridmatic Expands into Ohio
Gridmatic Expands into Ohio
October 16, 2025

Gridmatic Expands into Ohio

Ohio

US power marketer Gridmatic has expanded into Ohio, with the launch of its Gridmatic Retail product in the state which will offer both standard and advanced energy contracts to a range of commercial and individual customers, including data centers and other consumers with flexible loads.“We’re...

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Read Cellnex Sells French Data Center Business to Vauban Infra Fibre
Cellnex Sells French Data Center Business to Vauban Infra Fibre
October 15, 2025

Cellnex Sells French Data Center Business to Vauban Infra Fibre

France

Cellnex, through its wholly owned subsidiary Cellnex France, this week announced it has entered into a put option agreement with Vauban Infra Fibre (VIF) to sell 99.99 percent of Towerlink France, the entity responsible for the group’s main data center operations in France.“We remain committed...

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Read Verne Sells Two Finnish Data Centers to Glesys
Verne Sells Two Finnish Data Centers to Glesys
October 15, 2025

Verne Sells Two Finnish Data Centers to Glesys

Verne Global

Nordic data center firm Verne this week announced it has sold the Finnish operations, including facilities in Pori and Tampere, to Nordic cloud firm Glesys. “We’re pleased to welcome a talented team and a strong customer base through this agreement with Verne. It expands our data center footpr...

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Read Apple Secures Over 650MW of Renewable Capacity across Europe
Apple Secures Over 650MW of Renewable Capacity across Europe
October 15, 2025

Apple Secures Over 650MW of Renewable Capacity across Europe

United Kingdom

Apple has expanded its renewable energy portfolio across Europe, adding more than 650MW of new renewable capacity. The projects include several large-scale solar and wind projects across Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.“By 2030, we want our users to know that all the energy it takes...

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Read VoltaGrid to Supply Oracle with 2.3GW of Natural Gas Power
VoltaGrid to Supply Oracle with 2.3GW of Natural Gas Power
October 15, 2025

VoltaGrid to Supply Oracle with 2.3GW of Natural Gas Power

Oracle

Texas gas solutions provider VoltaGrid plans to supply Oracle with 2.3GW of natural gas capacity to support the energy demands of the cloud provider's artificial intelligence data centers to be supplied through Energy Transfer’s midstream pipeline network. “AI workloads are uniquely power-inte...

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