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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 Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport
Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructur...
August 19, 2026

Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport

Australia

Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructure as part of the airport’s development plan. DXN is expected to deliver the data center by the end o...

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Read Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma
Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial...
August 19, 2026

Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma

Google

Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial Park in Owasso. “The Tulsa Regional Chamber is thrilled that Google is deepening its footprint in n...

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Read Landlord Sells eStruxture-Occupied Data Center In Toronto, Canada
A data center leased by colocation provider eStruxture in Toronto, Canada, has been sold by its landlord. Granite REIT sold the 41,200 sq ft (3,825 sqm) property at 20 Pullman Court in Scarborough ...
August 19, 2026

Landlord Sells eStruxture-Occupied Data Center In Toronto, Canada

Canada

A data center leased by colocation provider eStruxture in Toronto, Canada, has been sold by its landlord. Granite REIT sold the 41,200 sq ft (3,825 sqm) property at 20 Pullman Court in Scarborough for CA$16.5m ($11.89m). The deal closed last month, though the buyer was not disclosed. A Toronto da...

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Read DataVita Secures £300m Debt Facility for North Lanarkshire Data Center Expansion
UK data center operator DataVita has secured new funding to support its expansion in Scotland. The company announced this week that it had secured a £300 million ($406.1m) debt facility to expand i...
August 18, 2026

DataVita Secures £300m Debt Facility for North Lanarkshire Data Center Expansion

DataVita

UK data center operator DataVita has secured new funding to support its expansion in Scotland. The company announced this week that it had secured a £300 million ($406.1m) debt facility to expand its existing DV1 data center and build a new facility, DV3, in the North Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone. ...

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Read Data Center Campus Proposed Near QTS Site in Northumberland, UK
Another data center project has been proposed in northeast England. TBC Partners has applied to Northumberland County Council to develop a data center campus on a 12-hectare site off Factory Road i...
August 18, 2026

Data Center Campus Proposed Near QTS Site in Northumberland, UK

United Kingdom

Another data center project has been proposed in northeast England. TBC Partners has applied to Northumberland County Council to develop a data center campus on a 12-hectare site off Factory Road in Cambois, near the A189 and River Wansbeck. While few details have been released, TBC Partners sugg...

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Read Koray GYO Targets Data Centers in US
A Turkish real estate investment trust is expanding into data centers, exploring potential projects in the US. Koray Real Estate Investment Partnership Inc. (Koray GYO) said it is evaluating sites ...
August 18, 2026

Koray GYO Targets Data Centers in US

United States

A Turkish real estate investment trust is expanding into data centers, exploring potential projects in the US. Koray Real Estate Investment Partnership Inc. (Koray GYO) said it is evaluating sites for data center investments in Texas and Louisiana. No further details were provided. “Discussions h...

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Read Helios plans Data center Development on 860 Hectares in Finnish Lapland
Nordic energy company Helios is planning a data center project in Finnish Lapland. The company has submitted a zoning request for a proposed facility in the Koivu area of Tervola, covering around 8...
August 18, 2026

Helios plans Data center Development on 860 Hectares in Finnish Lapland

Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy

Nordic energy company Helios is planning a data center project in Finnish Lapland. The company has submitted a zoning request for a proposed facility in the Koivu area of Tervola, covering around 860 hectares. The site is about 20km (12.4 miles) from Tervola’s municipal center. The application wa...

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Read L&T’s Data Center Unit to Host NVIDIA Hardware for Together AI
Indian construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will host AI infrastructure for Together AI through its Vyoma.AI unit and AI infrastructure subsidiary LTN Compute. The project will deploy 10,000 ...
August 17, 2026

L&T’s Data Center Unit to Host NVIDIA Hardware for Together AI

L&T-Cloudfiniti

Indian construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will host AI infrastructure for Together AI through its Vyoma.AI unit and AI infrastructure subsidiary LTN Compute. The project will deploy 10,000 Nvidia B300 GPUs at Vyoma’s Chennai data center campus, making it India’s largest single-clu...

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Read Nvidia to Back 4.25GW OpenAI Data Center in Ohio
Nvidia has confirmed that it will financially support SoftBank’s data center project at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio. Led by SB Energy, the facility is expected to be fully leased to Op...
August 17, 2026

Nvidia to Back 4.25GW OpenAI Data Center in Ohio

NVIDIA

Nvidia has confirmed that it will financially support SoftBank’s data center project at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio. Led by SB Energy, the facility is expected to be fully leased to OpenAI and could eventually reach 10GW, potentially making it the world’s largest data center. Nvidia ...

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Read Thylander Begins Construction of Data Center in Esbjerg, Denmark
Danish real estate firm Thylander has begun construction on Dansk Data Center 1 (DDC1) at Esbjerg Port. The facility will provide 11.5MW and is expected to become operational in October 2027. It wi...
August 17, 2026

Thylander Begins Construction of Data Center in Esbjerg, Denmark

Thylander

Danish real estate firm Thylander has begun construction on Dansk Data Center 1 (DDC1) at Esbjerg Port. The facility will provide 11.5MW and is expected to become operational in October 2027. It will use energy management technology to adjust power consumption based on grid capacity, while energy...

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Read Top Data Center News for 10th-15th August, 2026
**[STT GDC Secures $1.37bn Funding for 166MW Malaysia Data Center](https://baxtel.com/news/stt-gdc-secures-1-37bn-funding-for-166mw-malaysia-data-center)** **APAC data center operator ST Telemedia...
August 17, 2026

Top Data Center News for 10th-15th August, 2026

United States

STT GDC Secures $1.37bn Funding for 166MW Malaysia Data Center APAC data center operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has secured up to $1.37 billion in financing for its 166MW STT Johor campus in Malaysia, spanning 22 acres and expected to provide 16MW of IT capacity in the first p...

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Read Blue Energy, GE Vernova Hitachi Advance 2.5GW Texas Power Plant for Data Center
US nuclear energy company Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy have agreed to advance a 2.5GW gas-and-nuclear power plant in Victoria, Texas, to supply a nearby data center. The projec...
August 17, 2026

Blue Energy, GE Vernova Hitachi Advance 2.5GW Texas Power Plant for Data Center

Texas

US nuclear energy company Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy have agreed to advance a 2.5GW gas-and-nuclear power plant in Victoria, Texas, to supply a nearby data center. The project will combine GE Vernova gas turbines with BWRX-300 small modular reactors. Blue Energy plans to pr...

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Read Southern Co Reports 55% Increase in Data Center Power Usage Year Over Year
US utility Southern Company’s contracted large-load pipeline has increased by 6GW to 17GW since its previous earnings report. The Birmingham, Alabama-based utility, which supplies electricity and g...
August 15, 2026

Southern Co Reports 55% Increase in Data Center Power Usage Year Over Year

United States

US utility Southern Company’s contracted large-load pipeline has increased by 6GW to 17GW since its previous earnings report. The Birmingham, Alabama-based utility, which supplies electricity and gas across six southern states, reported the increase in its Q2 earnings results. “The extraordinary ...

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Read Global Switch Begins Construction of Second Madrid Data Center
Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-perfo...
August 15, 2026

Global Switch Begins Construction of Second Madrid Data Center

Global Switch

Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-performance computing workloads. The facility is expected to open in 2029 and reach full capacity by 2032...

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Read Data Center Planned Near Warsaw, Poland, Sparks Local Protests
A data center planned for a Warsaw suburb has sparked concerns among local residents over its potential impact on water supplies. Developed by Sien Real, a joint venture between Budimex and Ferrovi...
August 14, 2026

Data Center Planned Near Warsaw, Poland, Sparks Local Protests

Poland

A data center planned for a Warsaw suburb has sparked concerns among local residents over its potential impact on water supplies. Developed by Sien Real, a joint venture between Budimex and Ferrovial, the project will include four buildings on a 45,305-square-meter site between Piaseczno and Józe...

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Read Helios Plans 80-Hectare Data Center Site in Finland
Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy is planning a data center project in the Alapitkä area of Lapinlahti, central Finland. The project covers more than 80 hectares near Fingrid’s...
August 14, 2026

Helios Plans 80-Hectare Data Center Site in Finland

Finland

Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy is planning a data center project in the Alapitkä area of Lapinlahti, central Finland. The project covers more than 80 hectares near Fingrid’s Alapitkä substation and could support up to 500MW of capacity. The site was previously approved for...

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Read Naver Invests in US Wave-Powered Offshore Data Center Startup Panthalassa
South Korean cloud provider Naver has invested in US-based offshore wave-powered data center startup Panthalassa.The investment aims to strengthen Naver’s position in next-generation AI data center...
August 14, 2026

Naver Invests in US Wave-Powered Offshore Data Center Startup Panthalassa

Naver Corp.

South Korean cloud provider Naver has invested in US-based offshore wave-powered data center startup Panthalassa.The investment aims to strengthen Naver’s position in next-generation AI data center technologies powered by renewable energy. The amount invested was not disclosed. Washington-based P...

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Read Data Center of Up to 50,000 Sqm Approved for Construction in West London, UK
A data center of up to 50,000 square meters has been approved for construction at the Haslemere Heathrow Estate in west London. Hounslow Council approved plans for three data center buildings on th...
August 14, 2026

Data Center of Up to 50,000 Sqm Approved for Construction in West London, UK

United Kingdom

A data center of up to 50,000 square meters has been approved for construction at the Haslemere Heathrow Estate in west London. Hounslow Council approved plans for three data center buildings on the site of the existing industrial estate. The facility is expected to require 64MW of power and prov...

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Read ‘Zero-Impact’ Data Center Planned for Florence
IT services provider Comtel has announced plans for a new data center in Florence, Italy. The facility will be part of the proposed H2-Era Green Valley renewable energy complex in Figline Valdarno,...
August 13, 2026

‘Zero-Impact’ Data Center Planned for Florence

Italy

IT services provider Comtel has announced plans for a new data center in Florence, Italy. The facility will be part of the proposed H2-Era Green Valley renewable energy complex in Figline Valdarno, southeast of Florence, led by engineering firm Ge-Group. Described as a “zero-impact” data center, ...

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Read STT GDC Secures $1.37bn Funding for 166MW Malaysia Data Center
APAC data center operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has secured up to $1.37 billion in green financing for its 166MW STT Johor campus in Malaysia. The funding will support the firs...
August 13, 2026

STT GDC Secures $1.37bn Funding for 166MW Malaysia Data Center

Malaysia

APAC data center operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has secured up to $1.37 billion in green financing for its 166MW STT Johor campus in Malaysia. The funding will support the first phase, which will provide 16MW of IT capacity and is expected to be completed by 2027. STT GDC beg...

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