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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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New Jersey

Read 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...
July 13, 2026

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

Texas

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...

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Read Top Data Center News for 6th- 11th July, 2026
**[Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada](https://baxtel.com/news/meta-plans-9-17-billion-gigawatt-scale-data-center-in-alberta-canada)** **Meta is planning an AI ...
July 13, 2026

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

United States

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) investment on the facility expected to scale up to 1.8GW of capacity, marking the company’s first facility in Ca...

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Read 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 ...
July 13, 2026

First Nation Opposes Proposed AI Data Center in Pocatello, Idaho

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...

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Read 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 developmen...
July 13, 2026

Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center Campus To 5GW

Meta

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...

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Read 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 faci...
July 13, 2026

Vocus-Occupied Data Center Outside Perth Sold

Australia

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...

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Read 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 b...
July 11, 2026

Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

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. Th...

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Read 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 milli...
July 11, 2026

Meeza Completes Data Center Expansion for Major Hyperscaler

Meeza

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 ...

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Read Microsoft Reports 25% Rise in CO₂ Emissions Amid Data Center Expansion
Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. T...
July 10, 2026

Microsoft Reports 25% Rise in CO₂ Emissions Amid Data Center Expansion

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy ce...

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Read HyperDataGrid Eyes New Data Center Development Outside Lufkin, Texas
HyperDataGrid is planning a new data center outside Lufkin, Texas, at the former Northern Chip Mill site on Highway 103 West. The proposed facility would be developed on the 40-acre former timber p...
July 10, 2026

HyperDataGrid Eyes New Data Center Development Outside Lufkin, Texas

Texas

HyperDataGrid is planning a new data center outside Lufkin, Texas, at the former Northern Chip Mill site on Highway 103 West. The proposed facility would be developed on the 40-acre former timber processing site located along Ben Dunn Road. Angelina County Judge Keith Wright said HyperDataGrid ha...

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Read Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan
Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, E...
July 10, 2026

Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan

Equinix

Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat pu...

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Read TeraWulf Seeks $3.5 Billion to Build Data Center for Anthropic
TeraWulf is seeking approximately $3.5 billion in debt financing to support construction of its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, which will be leased to AI company Anthropic. Accordin...
July 10, 2026

TeraWulf Seeks $3.5 Billion to Build Data Center for Anthropic

Terawulf

TeraWulf is seeking approximately $3.5 billion in debt financing to support construction of its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, which will be leased to AI company Anthropic. According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley is expected to lead the financing package, which is likely to include...

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Read 20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas
A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid. The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen...
July 09, 2026

20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas

Kansas

A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid. The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen Creek Industrial Park for the proposed facility. The agreement allows HyperDataGrid to complete due ...

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Read Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada
Meta is planning a 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, marking the company’s first facility in Canada. The project represents a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investment and could scale u...
July 09, 2026

Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada

Meta

Meta is planning a 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, marking the company’s first facility in Canada. The project represents a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investment and could scale up to 1.8GW of capacity. The AI-focused facility will use a closed-loop liquid cooling system and is ...

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Read 99MW Data Center Planned by Prologis in San Jose
Real estate firm Prologis is planning a 99MW data center in San Jose, California. The proposed three-story facility would span 516,000 sq ft (47,935 sqm) across a 15-acre site on Silver Creek Valle...
July 09, 2026

99MW Data Center Planned by Prologis in San Jose

California

Real estate firm Prologis is planning a 99MW data center in San Jose, California. The proposed three-story facility would span 516,000 sq ft (47,935 sqm) across a 15-acre site on Silver Creek Valley Road and include an on-site substation. Construction is expected to take around two years, with Pr...

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Read Duos Edge AI to Deliver 2MW of Data Center Capacity to Nistar
Duos Edge AI will provide 2MW of AI data center capacity to neocloud provider Nistar at its Columbus, Georgia, campus, increasing the site's total billed capacity to 12MW by the end of August. Nist...
July 08, 2026

Duos Edge AI to Deliver 2MW of Data Center Capacity to Nistar

Duos Edge AI

Duos Edge AI will provide 2MW of AI data center capacity to neocloud provider Nistar at its Columbus, Georgia, campus, increasing the site's total billed capacity to 12MW by the end of August. Nistar plans to deploy up to 1,024 Nvidia B200 GPUs and offer the infrastructure to AI and high-performa...

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Read Cyta Acquires RedMax Data Center in Cyprus
Cypriot telecommunications provider Cyta has acquired the RedMax data center in the Latsia Industrial Area near Nicosia. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. RedMax, an IT and t...
July 08, 2026

Cyta Acquires RedMax Data Center in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cypriot telecommunications provider Cyta has acquired the RedMax data center in the Latsia Industrial Area near Nicosia. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. RedMax, an IT and telecoms company founded in 2004, launched the first phase of its RedOne data center in December 2025...

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Read Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project
Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backe...
July 08, 2026

Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project

Segro plc

Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backed by a secured 75MW grid connection. While details remain limited, the partners are pursuing sites i...

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Read Plans Filed for 100,000 sq ft Data Center Near Dallas, Texas
Plans have been filed for a new data center near Dallas, Texas. BT Gateway Data Center LLC has proposed a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) facility outside Royse City, with construction on the $384 millio...
July 08, 2026

Plans Filed for 100,000 sq ft Data Center Near Dallas, Texas

Texas

Plans have been filed for a new data center near Dallas, Texas. BT Gateway Data Center LLC has proposed a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) facility outside Royse City, with construction on the $384 million project scheduled to run from August 2026 to February 2027. Royse City is a suburb of Dallas in Ro...

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Read AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Ea...
July 08, 2026

AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Eagle” will include four buildings on a roughly 2,700-acre site in Wharton County near FM 1301 and FM ...

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Read Pau to Build 1MW Data Center in Push for Digital Sovereignty
The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which co...
July 07, 2026

Pau to Build 1MW Data Center in Push for Digital Sovereignty

France

The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which comprises 31 communes in the Pau region, the facility will be operated by French data center company A...

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