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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 OVH launches Local Zone in the Netherlands
OVH launches Local Zone in the Netherlands
May 20, 2024

OVH launches Local Zone in the Netherlands

OVH Group

European cloud provider OVHcloud announced the opening of its first Public Cloud Local Zone in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company noted that the zone was “in full compliance” with European digital sovereignty and security regulations, and fits stringent security policies of organizations such...

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Read STT GDC expands into Vietnam
STT GDC expands into Vietnam
May 18, 2024

STT GDC expands into Vietnam

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is expanding into Vietnam and has announced a joint venture partnership with Vietnamese technology company VNG Corporation for the “development, construction, and operation of data center projects in Ho Chi Minh City.”“We are thrilled to partner with ...

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Read CyrusOne closes $1.175 billion ABS offering
CyrusOne closes $1.175 billion ABS offering
May 18, 2024

CyrusOne closes $1.175 billion ABS offering

CyrusOne

CyrusOne has closed its $1.175 billion Series 2024-2 and 2024-3 funding round, classified as a Secured Green Collateral Bond, and is the largest ABS issuance since 2021. Series 2024-2 is expected to mature in five years, while Series 2024-3 is expected to mature in seven.Eric Schwartz, CEO of ...

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Read Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.
Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.
May 18, 2024

Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.

maincubes one GmbH

Germany data center firm Maincubes announced this week that it had added sustainability targets to its existing growth financing, linking the achievement of these targets to the financing conditions."The successful addition of the sustainability targets to our financing facility confirms the c...

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Read NRI deploys Oracle Alloy in its data centers
NRI deploys Oracle Alloy in its data centers
May 18, 2024

NRI deploys Oracle Alloy in its data centers

Oracle

Japan-based Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has deployed Oracle Alloy in its data centers and will now be able to offer its customers more than 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services. Partners can operate Oracle Alloy independently in their data centers and fully control its operations...

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Read Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly
Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly
May 18, 2024

Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly

Microsoft Azure

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich recently claimed that Microsoft will be deploying the equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers every single month.  That would represent the equivalent of 72,000 H100 GPUs every month, spread out across the company's growing data center footprint, and a ...

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Read Virginia county recommends approval of applications to enable homeowners sell their lands for data center
Virginia county recommends approval of applications to enable homeowners sell their lands for data center
May 17, 2024

Virginia county recommends approval of applications to enable homeowners sell their lands for data center

Virginia

The Loudoun County Planning Commission in Virginia has recommended approving the Hiddenwood Assemblage application to allow homeowners in Arcola to sell their land for a data center project. The Planning Commission described it as a "no-win situation," with some homeowners wanting the zoning c...

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Read Edgnex to build new data center in Indonesia
Edgnex to build new data center in Indonesia
May 17, 2024

Edgnex to build new data center in Indonesia

Indonesia

UAE data center firm Edgnex, a Damac-owned firm officially announced its investment into the Indonesian market at the Indonesia Cloud & Datacenter Convention this week.Hussain Sajwani, founder and chairman of Damac Group, said: "Edgenex identifies and invests in current and next-generation...

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Read Glass Lewis stands with Ted Miller against Crown Castle board
Glass Lewis stands with Ted Miller against Crown Castle board
May 17, 2024

Glass Lewis stands with Ted Miller against Crown Castle board

Crown Castle

Proxy firm Glass Lewis has publicly urged Crown Castle shareholders to vote for two activist director candidates, including the company's co-founder and former chief executive officer, Ted Miller, to the board, along with former CFO Charles Green. Furthermore, Glass Lewis also told shareholder...

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Read Digital Realty launches new cooling colocation offering
Digital Realty launches new cooling colocation offering
May 17, 2024

Digital Realty launches new cooling colocation offering

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty this week announced the launch of a direct liquid cooling (DLC) offering, available in 170 Digital Realty data centers globally. The company noted that the offering includes a range of mechanical solutions, such as rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) and DLC, offering power densiti...

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Read Alice & Bob makes quantum processor available on Google Cloud Marketplace
Alice & Bob makes quantum processor available on Google Cloud Marketplace
May 16, 2024

Alice & Bob makes quantum processor available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Google

Quantum computing firm Alice & Bob this week announced the immediate availability of its Boson 4 single cat-qubit chip series through the cloud via Google Marketplace. “When my co-founder and I started Alice & Bob, many thought cat qubits would never be more than a lab concept. We are ...

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Read UK joins European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
UK joins European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
May 16, 2024

UK joins European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has become a part of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), allowing British researchers and scientists to apply for Horizon Europe-funded research and innovation calls relating to supercomputing. Following this agreement. he UK will also hav...

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Read BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system
BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system
May 16, 2024

BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system

Washington

BW Digital and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) have signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington DC this week to team up on constructing the 10,000km Hawaiki Nui 1 cable, which will be part of the wider 26,000km system. The Hawaiki Nui 1 cable will link Australia, Indon...

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Read Intel selects Bloom Energy for additional fuel cells
Intel selects Bloom Energy for additional fuel cells
May 15, 2024

Intel selects Bloom Energy for additional fuel cells

Intel

Intel has selected Bloom Energy to expand the solid oxide fuel cell technology by installing additional megawatts of its fuel-cell-based Energy Server deployment at its Silicon Valley data center.“Intel is leading the industry in extreme energy-efficient high-performance computing data centers...

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Read Orange signs new 15-year PPA in France
Orange signs new 15-year PPA in France
May 15, 2024

Orange signs new 15-year PPA in France

Orange

Orange has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with  French solar & storage developer ZE Energy this week to procure solar power in France.The agreement is to offtake 90GWh annually produced by a new hybrid solar power plant being built in Landes. “Orange France is continuing its ren...

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Read Sinn Fein politician describes Ireland’s lack of national supercomputer as “embarassing”
Sinn Fein politician describes Ireland’s lack of national supercomputer as “embarassing”
May 14, 2024

Sinn Fein politician describes Ireland’s lack of national supercomputer as “embarassing”

United Kingdom

Louise O'Reilly, Teachta Dála (TD) and spokesperson for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment of the Sinn Féin political party has criticized the Irish government for failing to acquire a new supercomputer. "High performance computing (HPC) is at the core of the fifth industrial revolution and cen...

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Read Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center
Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center
May 14, 2024

Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently announced that it will be investing $3.3 billion in the AI data center it is building in Wisconsin to “expand its national cloud and AI infrastructure capacity.” The company will also be co-funding a new solar energy project which will generate 250MW of power.Microsoft noted...

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Read Zayo Group to split business into two independent entities
Zayo Group to split business into two independent entities
May 14, 2024

Zayo Group to split business into two independent entities

Europe

Zayo Group has announced plans to split its business into two independent entities, with one unit focusing on the company's European business and the other focusing on Zayo's business outside of its core European and North American markets.“The transition of our European business into an indep...

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Read New data center proposed outside Richmond, Virginia
New data center proposed outside Richmond, Virginia
May 13, 2024

New data center proposed outside Richmond, Virginia

Virginia

California-based Province Group has proposed to develop a $3 billion data center campus outside Richmond in Powhatan County, Virginia. According to Roxanne Salerno, economic development manager of Powhatan County, Province Group plans to invest $1.5bn in building the data centers, and the othe...

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Read UK’s fastest supercomputer now online
UK’s fastest supercomputer now online
May 13, 2024

UK’s fastest supercomputer now online

United Kingdom

The UK’s fastest supercomputer, Isambard-AI which  ranked 128 on the most recent edition of the Top500 list has come online. The £225 million ($273m) machine has also placed second on the Green500, a list that ranks supercomputers in terms of energy efficiency, with a rating of 68.8 gigaflops ...

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