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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 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 t...

August 01, 2026

Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

MedOne Promotes Former CEO Ronnie Sadeh to President

Israeli data center operator MedOne has promoted CEO Ronnie Sadeh to president after more than 15 years in the role. Sadeh, who joined the company’s leadership team in 2009, will be succeeded as CEO by Eitan Damari, a former executive at Taavura Holdings Group and Livnat Group. Founded in 1997...

July 17, 2026

MedOne

Macquarie DC Acquires 34,200 sqm Sydney Site for 200MW Data Center Campus

Macquarie Technology Group subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has exercised its option to acquire a 34,200 sqm (368,125 sq ft) site in Sydney's Macquarie Park for a planned 200MW data center campus. The AU$240 million (US$167.95 million) acquisition is expected to close in the coming weeks followi...

July 16, 2026

Australia

PowerX and Highreso Partner on Data Center and BESS Collaboration

Japanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer PowerX and data center operator Highreso have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on deploying battery storage at Highreso's data centers and expanding its GPU data center business. Highreso operates the GPUSOROBAN GPU ...

July 16, 2026

Japan

Crusoe Tied to Proposed Data Center Development in Virginia's Franklin County

A proposed data center project could be coming to Franklin County, Virginia. Local media report that county officials have been in discussions with Crusoe over the potential "Project Flash" development since November. Few details have been disclosed, but the project is reportedly being considered...

July 16, 2026

Crusoe

BlackRock GIP and ACS Name Data Center JV Coravel, Secure First Texas Customer

BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and ACS have launched Coravel, a data center platform targeting hyperscalers. Coravel has a 1.7GW development pipeline across the US, Europe, and Australia, with 150MW under construction. The company has also signed its first hyperscaler customer f...

July 16, 2026

Texas

QTS To Develop 11 Data Centers At Lancium Campus In Hall County, Texas

QTS is set to develop data centers at Lancium’s Clean Campus in Hall County, Texas. The companies plan to invest $10 billion to build up to 11 data center buildings across 465 acres near Turkey, Texas. The site is supported by a 1GW grid connection. “We are excited about the potential to expan...

July 15, 2026

Texas

Data Centers Accounted For 23% Of Ireland’s Electricity Consumption In 2025

Data centers in Ireland accounted for 23 percent of the country’s total metered electricity use in 2025. According to the Central Statistics Office, facilities consumed 7,663GWh during the year, a 10 percent increase from 6,973GWh in 2024. Data centers in Ireland now consume nearly as much ele...

July 15, 2026

Northern Ireland

SLB Partners With Liberty Energy On Data Center Power Solutions

SLB and Liberty Energy are partnering to deliver modular power and infrastructure solutions for AI and high-performance data centers. The companies aim to accelerate deployments through behind-the-meter power systems that bypass traditional grid connection timelines. "The bottleneck in AI infr...

July 15, 2026

United States

Developer Withdraws Proposal To Convert El Segundo Hotel Into Data Center

Eight Form has withdrawn its proposal to replace a Hyatt Place hotel in El Segundo, California, with a data center. The plan involved demolishing the hotel at 750 N. Nash Street to build a five-story, 230,780 sq ft (21,440 sqm) facility with 50MW of capacity. Eight Form withdrew the proposal f...

July 15, 2026

California

Microsoft Secures Capacity At Pure DC Data Center In Finland

Pure DC has launched the first phase of its Seinäjoki, Finland, data center project, with Microsoft reportedly among the customers leasing capacity at the site. The initial phase will deliver 110MW of capacity with an estimated investment of $1.7 billion. Pure DC has been developing plans for the...

July 14, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Former Ethanol Plant Near Richmond, Virginia, Targeted For 20MW Data Center Development

A former ethanol plant in Hopewell, Virginia, near Richmond, is being evaluated for redevelopment into a data center. Data center consulting firm Volterra Advisors is studying the site at 701 S 6th Ave, with plans potentially calling for a 20MW facility spanning 50,000–70,000 sq ft (4,645–6,505 s...

July 14, 2026

Virginia

Former Bank Data Center To Be Redeveloped As Warehouse In Leicestershire, UK

The former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) data center in Kegworth, Leicestershire, has been demolished to make way for a new industrial warehouse development. Hobden Estates received approval to demolish the site in 2024 and has since submitted plans for a Class E commercial building with office sp...

July 14, 2026

United Kingdom

Google Revealed As Customer Behind 2.7GW Data Center Campus Near Cheyenne, Wyoming

Google has been identified as the company behind the 2.7GW Project Tembo data center campus, formerly known as Project Jade, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. The 716-acre campus in Switchgrass Industrial Park will include four data halls, along with office, logistics, and network buildings. Construction i...

July 14, 2026

Google

Mara Acquires 1,200-Acre Texas Site for 2GW Data Center Campus

Cryptocurrency and AI data center developer Mara has agreed to acquire a powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas, from e-fuels company HIF USA. Located about 90 miles (144km) from Houston, the site covers more than 1,200 acres and is expected to provide up to 1GW of power capacity by October...

July 13, 2026

Texas

Vocus-Occupied Data Center Outside Perth Sold

A data center near Perth, leased to Australian telecommunications company Vocus, has been sold. CBRE recently announced the off-market sale of 5 Watts Place, a mixed-use data center and office facility located within Bentley Technology Park, for AU$13.13 million (US$9.1 million). The property was...

July 13, 2026

Australia

Top Data Center News for 6th- 11th July, 2026

Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada **Meta is planning an AI focused 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta with a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investmen...

July 13, 2026

United States

First Nation Opposes Proposed AI Data Center in Pocatello, Idaho

A Native American tribe is opposing plans for a $2.6 billion AI data center near Pocatello, Idaho. Lex Developments plans to build the facility on the site of the former Hoku Materials polysilicon plant in the southeastern Idaho city. The project was denied planning approval in May, but the compa...

July 13, 2026

Idaho

Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center Campus To 5GW

Meta plans to more than double its Richland Parish, Louisiana, data center campus to 5GW of capacity. The site, known as the Hyperion data center project, was previously planned as a 2GW development. Announced in late 2024, Hyperion was originally designed as a 4 million sq ft (372,000 sqm) campu...

July 13, 2026

Meta

Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany

A new municipal data center is under construction in Meppen, Lower Saxony, Germany, as part of Emsland’s broader IT infrastructure upgrade. The €3.4 million ($3.8 million) facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, though local authorities have not disclosed its planned capacity. ...

July 11, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Meeza Completes Data Center Expansion for Major Hyperscaler

Qatari data center operator Meeza has completed a 4MW expansion project for an unnamed global hyperscaler, delivering the facility nine months ahead of schedule. The project follows a QAR 350 million ($96 million) hosting agreement signed in 2025, under which Meeza will provide the customer with ...

July 11, 2026

Meeza

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