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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 Google Cloud Adds 5th Gen AMD Epyc Processors to VM Offerings
Google Cloud Adds 5th Gen AMD Epyc Processors to VM Offerings
April 10, 2025

Google Cloud Adds 5th Gen AMD Epyc Processors to VM Offerings

Google Cloud has added 5th Gen AMD Epyc processors to its virtual machine (VM) offerings to be available via the C4D and H4D VM instances. These processors are designed for general-purpose computing workloads, AI inference, and high-performance computing workloads.“Since our launch, 5th Gen AM...

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Read Iron Mountain Names Gary Aitkenhead as EVP
Iron Mountain Names Gary Aitkenhead as EVP
April 10, 2025

Iron Mountain Names Gary Aitkenhead as EVP

Iron Mountain has appointed Gary Aitkenhead as the company's executive vice president and general manager of data centers. In his new role at Iron Mountain, Aitkenhead will lead commercial and operational activities for Iron Mountain's data center business, reporting to Mark Kidd - EVP and GM ...

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Read Atos Appoints Thales' Pierre-Yves Jolivet as EVP
Atos Appoints Thales' Pierre-Yves Jolivet as EVP
April 10, 2025

Atos Appoints Thales' Pierre-Yves Jolivet as EVP

Atos Group has appointed Pierre-Yves Jolivet as executive vice president and head of Eviden, the company's HPC business. He enters the role coming from aerospace and defense company Thales where he was most recently VP and GM of the cyber digital business line.In a LinkedIn post, Jolivet wrote...

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Read Telehouse Canada Names Atsushi Kubo as President and CEO
Telehouse Canada Names Atsushi Kubo as President and CEO
April 09, 2025

Telehouse Canada Names Atsushi Kubo as President and CEO

Telehouse Canada has appointed Atsushi Kubo as president and CEO, effective immediately. He will be entering the role after holding the EVP and COO position at Telehouse Canada, which he took on in 2023. Kubo succeeds Satoshi Adachi.According to Telehouse Canada, Kubo was "instrumental" in ide...

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Read Colt DCS to Develop Four More Data Centers in Germany
Colt DCS to Develop Four More Data Centers in Germany
April 09, 2025

Colt DCS to Develop Four More Data Centers in Germany

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) aims to develop four new data centers in Germany as it recently announced plans for Frankfurt 4 & 5 and Berlin 1 & 2. The two Frankfurt data centers will be built on an 18-acre site east of Frankfurt in Wiesbaden and provide a combined 63MW, while t...

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Read Digital Realty Launches First Data Center in Greece
Digital Realty Launches First Data Center in Greece
April 09, 2025

Digital Realty Launches First Data Center in Greece

Digital Realty has launched its first data center on the Greek island of Crete dubbed the HER1. The facility comprises two 500kW prefabricated data halls and two prefabricated power modules, containing MV, transformers, UPS equipment, and air cooling systems, all from Schneider Electric and su...

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Read Microsoft Backs Out from $1bn Data Center Plans Ohio
Microsoft Backs Out from $1bn Data Center Plans Ohio
April 09, 2025

Microsoft Backs Out from $1bn Data Center Plans Ohio

Microsoft has backed out of plans to build data centers in Licking County, Ohio as it recently told the Columbus Dispatch that it was no longer moving forward with its previous plans to invest $1 billion in three data center campuses in New Albany, Heath, and Hebron.Speaking to the Columbus Di...

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Read UK Holds Meeting of New AI Energy Council
UK Holds Meeting of New AI Energy Council
April 08, 2025

UK Holds Meeting of New AI Energy Council

The UK government has formally launched its new AI Energy Council with an aim is to align the government’s clean energy objectives with the rising demands of computing power, driven primarily by the growth of AI. The first council meeting held today (April 8) in Whitehall.The council will be c...

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Read STT GDC Launches Data Center in India
STT GDC Launches Data Center in India
April 08, 2025

STT GDC Launches Data Center in India

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) last week announced the launch of a data center campus in New Town, in the West Bengal city of Kolkata, India. The company said the campus can support AI computing with high-density rack configurations, advanced cooling systems, and has a scalable, mo...

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Read CyrusOne Launches on Fort Worth Texas Facility
CyrusOne Launches on Fort Worth Texas Facility
April 07, 2025

CyrusOne Launches on Fort Worth Texas Facility

Data center firm CyrusOne has broken ground on a new data center campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The DFW7 will be a "multi-building campus" delivering an initial IT capacity of around 70MW.“As the second largest data center market in the US, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is a strategic investme...

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Read PGIM Closes £2bn Global Data Center Fund
PGIM Closes £2bn Global Data Center Fund
April 07, 2025

PGIM Closes £2bn Global Data Center Fund

PGIM Real Estate has closed a $2 billion fund to back data center developments around the world. Morgan Laughlin, PGIM’s global head of data center investments, leads the fund. Laughlin described the fundraising as “an important milestone that reflects strong investor confidence in the sector ...

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Read Northstar Technologies Acquires Compass’ Quantum Edge Data Center Unit
Northstar Technologies Acquires Compass’ Quantum Edge Data Center Unit
April 07, 2025

Northstar Technologies Acquires Compass’ Quantum Edge Data Center Unit

Prefab construction firm Northstar Technologies Group and Quantum this week announced Northstar has taken majority ownership of Quantum (also known as Compass Edgepoint Systems), which will operate as one of Northstar’s business units and will be split between Northstar Federal and Northstar E...

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Read Northstar Technologies Acquires Compass’ Quantum Edge Data Center Unit
Northstar Technologies Acquires Compass’ Quantum Edge Data Center Unit
April 07, 2025

Northstar Technologies Acquires Compass’ Quantum Edge Data Center Unit

Prefab construction firm Northstar Technologies Group and Quantum this week announced Northstar has taken majority ownership of Quantum (also known as Compass Edgepoint Systems), which will operate as one of Northstar’s business units and will be split between Northstar Federal and Northstar E...

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Read Top News Stories for 31st March - 4th April 2025
Top News Stories for 31st March - 4th April 2025
April 07, 2025

Top News Stories for 31st March - 4th April 2025

Leveraging domestic resources to power the AI revolution, the DOE has detailed 16 possible sites for the development of data centers on federal land. The locations include in-place energy infrastructure with the ability to fast-track permitting for new energy generation.UK Edge data center fir...

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Read Top News Stories for 31st March - 4th April 2025
Top News Stories for 31st March - 4th April 2025
April 07, 2025

Top News Stories for 31st March - 4th April 2025

Leveraging domestic resources to power the AI revolution, the DOE has detailed 16 possible sites for the development of data centers on federal land. The locations include in-place energy infrastructure with the ability to fast-track permitting for new energy generation.UK Edge data center fir...

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Read FiberLight Closes $500m Refinancing Facility
FiberLight Closes $500m Refinancing Facility
April 06, 2025

FiberLight Closes $500m Refinancing Facility

US fiber optic network firm FiberLight has closed a $500 million sustainability-linked refinancing facility which it plans to use to refinance existing debt and accelerate strategic initiatives, including organic network expansion and enhanced service delivery for both new and existing custome...

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Read Gigabit Fiber Signs Long-Term Lease Extension with DataBank
Gigabit Fiber Signs Long-Term Lease Extension with DataBank
April 05, 2025

Gigabit Fiber Signs Long-Term Lease Extension with DataBank

Gigabit Fiber, a Dallas-based metro fiber provider, has signed a long-term lease extension agreement with data center operator DataBank. As part of the lease extension, Gigabit Fiber will develop an office, lab, and hyperconnected data center environment. The upgraded facility will serve as a ...

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Read Microsoft Signs 12,000 Ton Carbon Removal Deal with Terradot
Microsoft Signs 12,000 Ton Carbon Removal Deal with Terradot
April 05, 2025

Microsoft Signs 12,000 Ton Carbon Removal Deal with Terradot

Microsoft has entered into agreement with Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) company Terradot to remove 12,000 tons of CO2 between 2026 and 2029, marking Microsoft's fourth with an ERW company."This agreement with Microsoft represents a critical step forward in our mission to transform enhanced ro...

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Read Digital Realty Signs 15-year Heat Reuse Deal in Frankfurt
Digital Realty Signs 15-year Heat Reuse Deal in Frankfurt
April 05, 2025

Digital Realty Signs 15-year Heat Reuse Deal in Frankfurt

Global colo data center firm Digital Realty has signed a 15-year contract with Samson AG, a German control valve manufacturing company, which will see the company supply waste heat from one of its Frankfurt data centers to Samson's Rolf Sandvoss Innovation Center (RSIC)."The new waste heat uti...

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Read DOE Notes 16 sites on Federal Land for "Rapid Data Center Construction"
DOE Notes 16 sites on Federal Land for "Rapid Data Center Construction"
April 05, 2025

DOE Notes 16 sites on Federal Land for "Rapid Data Center Construction"

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has detailed 16 possible sites for the development of data centers on federal land. The locations include in-place energy infrastructure with the ability to fast-track permitting for new energy generation.“The global race for AI dominance is the next Manhattan...

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