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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 The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts
The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts
June 20, 2023

The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts

Hawaii

Despite budget cutbacks, Hawaii's government will proceed with a proposed data center relocation. Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii had to make use of his line-item override to cut the General Appropriations Bill of 2023 and balance Hawaii's fiscal strategy with $500 million in budget cuts, but he ret...

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Read NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia
NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia
June 20, 2023

NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia

NEXTDC

NextDC has announced that it has completed construction at its S3 data center in Sydney, Australia, following AU$1 billion (US$685m) of investment, two months ahead of schedule. Construction first began at the facility in March 2021, with the first phase completed last year, in August. The se...

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Read NetActuate completes infrastructure and connectivity upgrades Santiago data center in Chile
NetActuate completes infrastructure and connectivity upgrades Santiago data center in Chile
June 20, 2023

NetActuate completes infrastructure and connectivity upgrades Santiago data center in Chile

NetActuate

NetActuate has announced the completion of a second round of infrastructure and connectivity upgrades at its Santiago data center in Chile to increase the availability of virtual servers and high bandwidth services. Its Santiago facility is now the third location to receive an anycast platfor...

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Read 365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion
365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion
June 20, 2023

365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion

365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers is constructing an additional data center space at its Tampa, Florida, site. The Tampa Internet Exchange and 25 carriers are housed in the Franklin Exchange building at 655 North Franklin Street, the campus location. The company's current market footprint will double due to t...

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Read Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield
Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield
June 20, 2023

Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield

Compass Datacenters

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will acquire Compass Datacenters with the company's current investor, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. This week, Brookfield Infrastructure, its financial partners, and longtime investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan revealed that they had officially agreed t...

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Read Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand
Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand
June 19, 2023

Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand

Sify Technologies

Sify has announced that it is expanding its data center capacity, outlining that it will add around 350 MW over the next few years. Already the company already has 11 facilities located in Chennai, Mumbai, Noida, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, together totaling 100 MW. However, now, in re...

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Read Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data center
Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data center
June 19, 2023

Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data center

Cisco Systems

Cisco has announced its plans to establish a new data center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The facility, the company said, will help customers protect their users, infrastructure, and investments against threat actors. Dedicated to cloud-delivered security, the facility is pegged to p...

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Read Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto
Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto
June 19, 2023

Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto

Skybox Datacenters

City Council took action to move the development process along almost a year after it was revealed that Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters and its San Francisco-based partner Prologis Inc. bought more than 220 acres in Hutto. At a meeting on June 15, officials granted preliminary approval to anne...

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Read MTP opens Mexico City facility
MTP opens Mexico City facility
June 19, 2023

MTP opens Mexico City facility

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

México Telecom Partners (MTP), a Mexican telecommunications company, has opened a new data center in Mexico City. The entity owned by DigitalBridge reportedly put in $17.5 million in the endeavor. Location and infrastructure specifications were not disclosed. The facility is not intended for h...

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Read Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center
Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center
June 19, 2023

Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center

United States

The FBI has awarded Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. a contract to manage its data centers. Edgewater recently disclosed that it had been granted a five-year, $138 million license to support the Information Technology Infrastructure Division (ITID) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

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Read Six letters of intent to acquire the business delivered to Cyxtera
Six letters of intent to acquire the business delivered to Cyxtera
June 19, 2023

Six letters of intent to acquire the business delivered to Cyxtera

Cyxtera Technologies

Data center company Cyxtera is being seriously considered for acquisition by at least six parties. This month, struggling Cyxtera filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to continuous losses and impending debt maturities. The organization is seeking a buyer or new investor. The company has contact...

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Read In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault
In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault
June 19, 2023

In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault

Republic of Ireland

Following concern being raised over the dangers posed by continued data center expansion, Ireland’s Labour Party has joined the call to halt data center building and, instead, introduce a temporary surcharge.Speaking about this, Labour leader and climate spokesperson Ivana Bacik, said that the...

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Read Plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire, UK return following legal challenge
Plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire, UK return following legal challenge
June 19, 2023

Plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire, UK return following legal challenge

United Kingdom

Following a successful legal challenge, Link Park Heathrow’s plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire are going ahead. First filed in December 2020, the company was seeking to demolish the existing buildings at its site on Thorney Mill Road in Iver to develop a 55,000 sqm (592,000 sq ft)...

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Read Sabey Data Centers announces completion of its Quincy data center expansion
Sabey Data Centers announces completion of its Quincy data center expansion
June 16, 2023

Sabey Data Centers announces completion of its Quincy data center expansion

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers has completed the expansion of its Quincy data center, it has announced. The facility now features two buildings, offering over 85 MW; it also incorporated construction methods that reportedly reduce reliance on carbon-intensive concrete. Spanning 525,000 sqft across five b...

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Read Google signs PPA with Kronos Solar EDPR in the Netherlands
Google signs PPA with Kronos Solar EDPR in the Netherlands
June 16, 2023

Google signs PPA with Kronos Solar EDPR in the Netherlands

Hyperscale Data Center

Google has signed a new PPA for solar energy with Kronos Solar EDPR. The 15-year PPA will see the giant offtake part of the output from the company's four photovoltaic plans currently in the works in the municipalities of Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, Lochem and Berkelland, bot...

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Read Cologix completes its Scalelogix Data Center
Cologix completes its Scalelogix Data Center
June 16, 2023

Cologix completes its Scalelogix Data Center

Cologix

Cologix has announced the completion of its new 120 MW facility in Data Center Alley, Ashburn, Virginia. The three-story data center spans 455,000 sqft, and has already been pre-leased, to a tenant described as a 'major global technology company.'According to reports, the Scalelogix ASH1 faci...

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Read Wingu.Africa opens a data center in Ethiopia
Wingu.Africa opens a data center in Ethiopia
June 16, 2023

Wingu.Africa opens a data center in Ethiopia

Africa

Wingu.Africa, a data center corporation based in Djibouti, launched its data center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. When fully functional, the data center will be located in the Ethio ICT park, constructed on a 161,500-square-foot tract of land, with a capacity of 10MW across 800 racks. Minister of...

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Read AirTrunk begins the 70MW expansion of the SYD2 facility in Sydney, Australia
AirTrunk begins the 70MW expansion of the SYD2 facility in Sydney, Australia
June 16, 2023

AirTrunk begins the 70MW expansion of the SYD2 facility in Sydney, Australia

AirTrunk Sydney SYD2

AirTrunk, an APAC data center developer, has begun constructing a 70MW expansion to one of its Sydney, Australia campuses. The organization announced this week that construction has begun on the final two stages of its SYD2 facility. The two-phase development is anticipated to be completed in...

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Read Brazilian company Petrobras issues a tender for data center operation
Brazilian company Petrobras issues a tender for data center operation
June 16, 2023

Brazilian company Petrobras issues a tender for data center operation

Brazil / Brasil

Petrobras, a state-owned oil and gas corporation in Brazil, has issued a request for proposals worth $17.2 million for the running and maintenance of its data center facilities. The company is accepting bids until August 11, and per Petrobras, the winning bidder will be the one with the finest...

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Read Scotland continues to pursue data center developers and suggests five possible locations
Scotland continues to pursue data center developers and suggests five possible locations
June 16, 2023

Scotland continues to pursue data center developers and suggests five possible locations

Scotland

The Scottish authorities are still trying to attract data center developers to their country. Twenty potential data center sites in the nation have been identified in a report created by Host in Scotland in support of the Scottish Authorities, including five additional spots not mentioned in a...

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