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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

New Jersey

Read Airtel’s Nxtra begins work on new data center in Kolkata
Airtel’s Nxtra begins work on new data center in Kolkata
November 23, 2022

Airtel’s Nxtra begins work on new data center in Kolkata

Nxtra Data Ltd

Nxtra Data, a Bharti Airtel subsidiary, has announced that it has broken ground on a new data center in Kolkata, India. The facility, expected to go live in 2024, will see an investment of Rs 600 Crore ($74.4m), spanning 150,000 sq ft (13,900 sqm) and will be located in Kolkata’s Bengal Silic...

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Read DigitalBridge Acquires Major Stake in AIMS DC
DigitalBridge Acquires Major Stake in AIMS DC
November 23, 2022

DigitalBridge Acquires Major Stake in AIMS DC

DigitalBridge

DigitalBridge Group has announced the acquisition of Malaysian data center company AIMS DC. The company also announced that it had formed a new Edge data center platform with a focus on high-growth markets in Southeast Asia. DigitalBridge expects the acquisition deal to close in Q2 2023 fol...

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Read Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
November 22, 2022

Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit

France

As data demand continues to surge and countries ponder different ways to reach their respective climate goals, the European Commission has announced that it’s launching a feasibility study into putting data centers into orbit. Thales Alenia Space, an aerospace company has been chosen to lead t...

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Read Fujitsu to trial a private 5G network and robot datacenter inspector at data center
Fujitsu to trial a private 5G network and robot datacenter inspector at data center
November 22, 2022

Fujitsu to trial a private 5G network and robot datacenter inspector at data center

Fujitsu

Currently, Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation Fujitsu has a lot in the works. It’s trialing a private 5G network at a data center so that a robot can carry out data center inspections and report on any anomalies it finds. ...

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Read Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?
Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?
November 22, 2022

Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?

JLL

Data privacy regulations are tightening across the world. In recent weeks, following data breaches, there have been numerous reports of countries proposing tighter privacy laws. The proposed Digital India Act, for example, would see India strengthen privacy and data localization regulations; e...

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Read New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
November 22, 2022

New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

Meta

Meta has announced that it is deploying a new network timing protocol, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which will keep each server in its data centers on the same time. Servers must be coordinated, otherwise, users can experience delays, errors, and outages.In contrast to Network Time Protocol...

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Read Helios Announces Acquisition of Major Stakes in Maroc DC and IXAfrica
November 22, 2022

Helios Announces Acquisition of Major Stakes in Maroc DC and IXAfrica

Africa

Helios Investment Partners has acquired two data center firms. The Africa-focused investment company also acquired majority stakes in Kenya’s IXAfrica and Morocco’s Maroc Datacenter (MDC). The company said in a statement that IXAfrica and MDC are in the correct position to play significant ...

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Read VueNow InfoTech Signs MoU Worth $1.6bn To Develop 750 Edge Data Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India
November 22, 2022

VueNow InfoTech Signs MoU Worth $1.6bn To Develop 750 Edge Data Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India

India / Bhārata

VueNow Infotech has announced that it has signed an MoU with the government of Uttar Pradesh, India. The deal will see VueNow develop the infrastructure for up to 750 Edge data centers in the state. The MoU is worth 13,500 crores (~US$1.6bn). VueNow Infotech Pvt Ltd’s MD, Sukhvinder Singh Khar...

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Read New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating
New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating
November 21, 2022

New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating

Denmark

As part of the EU's Fit for 55 legislative package, it is pushing for data centers to be connected to surrounding district heating networks to use surplus heat. A new report from the Cool-Data project has comprehensively reviewed the rules and incentives around waste-heat recovery by data cent...

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Read 600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition
600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition
November 21, 2022

600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition

London

Leading environmental group CPRE has argued that Digital Reef's plans to build Europe's "largest data center" will cause "massive environmental damage" and has vowed to fight its development. As previously covered by Baxtel, the £5.3 billion ($5.97bn) project is to be built on land in North Oc...

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Read Vertiv partners with NUS and NTU to develop data center testbed facility
Vertiv partners with NUS and NTU to develop data center testbed facility
November 21, 2022

Vertiv partners with NUS and NTU to develop data center testbed facility

Vertiv

Vertiv is partnering up with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore to develop a data center testbed facility, it has been announced. Named the Sustainable Tropical Data center Testbed (STDCT), the testing facility is state-of-the-art a...

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Read Cyxtera’s Conversion to REIT Status Pushed To 2024
Cyxtera’s Conversion to REIT Status Pushed To 2024
November 21, 2022

Cyxtera’s Conversion to REIT Status Pushed To 2024

Cyxtera Technologies

Cyxtera has announced that it will be pushing its intention to become a real estate investment trust (REIT) back to a later date. Earlier in September, the colocation firm announced its plan to adopt a REIT status for tax purposes. The initial plan was to complete the conversion by 1st Janu...

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Read Altice Looking to Dispose its Data Center Portfolio
November 21, 2022

Altice Looking to Dispose its Data Center Portfolio

France

France-based telecommunication firm Altice is mulling over selling its data center portfolio in France. According to L'informe, the telco has asked investment bank, Perella Weinberg, to find a buyer for its 92 data centers across the country. According to reports, Altice wants a minimum of $1 ...

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Read Prime DC Breaks Ground on its 175MW Facility in Chicago
Prime DC Breaks Ground on its 175MW Facility in Chicago
November 21, 2022

Prime DC Breaks Ground on its 175MW Facility in Chicago

Prime Data Centers

Prime Data Centers has announced that it has started work on a large campus in Chicago, Illinois. The data center company held a groundbreaking ceremony for its $1 billion facility at 1600 East Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. This will be the company's first data center in Illi...

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Read Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion
Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion
November 21, 2022

Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion

Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced its plan to double its data center capacity over the next five years. The company also announced plans to expand into Thailand and India. Digital Edge was formed by Stonepeak Infrastructure in August 2020. Stonepeak is a New York-based private equity company. Digi...

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Read Bedrock and Raeden Partner Up For Small Carrier Hotel in Detroit
November 18, 2022

Bedrock and Raeden Partner Up For Small Carrier Hotel in Detroit

Detroit

Real estate company Bedrock has announced its plan for a new carrier hotel data center in Detroit, Michigan. The company said it is partnering with Raeden, a digital infrastructure platform provider, to launch the independent carrier hotel in the city. The new carrier hotel will be located on ...

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Read Iron Mountain Acquires Madrid's XData Properties
Iron Mountain Acquires Madrid's XData Properties
November 18, 2022

Iron Mountain Acquires Madrid's XData Properties

Iron Mountain MAD-1

Iron Mountain has announced the acquisition of XData Properties, one of Madrid’s largest data center parks. The acquisition sees Iron Mountain expand its footprint considerably. The property reportedly has enough power to develop 79MW over the next years. The property currently hosts a 3MW dat...

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Read Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region
Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region
November 18, 2022

Amazon Web Services Launches New Zurich Cloud Region

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Zurich, Switzerland. The principal developer advocate for Amazon Web Services, Sebastien Stormacq, said: “I am pleased to announce today the opening of our 28th AWS Region: Europe (Zurich), also known by its API name: ...

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Read Türk Telekom Launches New Data center & Cloud Business
November 18, 2022

Türk Telekom Launches New Data center & Cloud Business

Turkey

Turk Telekom, a Turkish telecommunication company, has formed its cloud and data center businesses into a new unit. The telco launched Turk Telekom earlier in the month as a stand-alone business offering a virtual data center, backup, server, storage, and disaster recovery solutions. The state...

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Read New Data Center Launched in Tibet
November 18, 2022

New Data Center Launched in Tibet

Southeast Asia

A new data center facility has been launched in Lhasa, in China’s Tibet autonomous region. The facility currently has the capacity to house 3,000 racks. According to reports, it also provides services for 491 systems from different levels of departments in the region.  Tibet Ningsuan Techn...

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