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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 NextDC Launches M3 Data Center in Melbourne
NextDC Launches M3 Data Center in Melbourne
October 30, 2022

NextDC Launches M3 Data Center in Melbourne

NEXTDC: M3West Footscray

NextDC has opened another data center in Melbourne, Australia. The facility sees the company more than double its existing capacity in Melbourne. M3 is located in West Footscray and spans 1 million square feet (100,000 square meters). It also offers 150MW of capacity. The facility offers 441,3...

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Read AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development
AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development
October 28, 2022

AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web services has acquired a parcel of land in India. The company bought over 50 acres of land in Thane district, Mumbai for Rs 1,800 crore ($218 million). It is expected that AWS will build a data center on the site. The site was acquired from Ananta Landmarks, a subsidiary of real e...

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Read Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
October 28, 2022

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Sout...

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Read Ficolo Merging With Verne Global
Ficolo Merging With Verne Global
October 28, 2022

Ficolo Merging With Verne Global

Ficolo Oy

Finnish data center company Ficolo will be merging with Verne Global. The two firms are owned by Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9). The merger will see Ficolo now operate under the Verne Global brand. The CEO of Verne Global, Dominic Ward, said: “Ficolo’s three campuses add significant capa...

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Read NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa
NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa
October 27, 2022

NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa

NTT

NTT has announced the opening of a new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Named the Johannesburg 1 Data Center, this new 12 MW facility will cover 6,000 sqm of IT space when fully built out, introduced to meet growing digital demand. Research shows that Africa is currently in the mids...

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Read DataBank launches Salt Lake City data center
DataBank launches Salt Lake City data center
October 27, 2022

DataBank launches Salt Lake City data center

DataBank

DataBank has announced the opening of its latest Salt Lake City data center, SLC6. According to the company, the facility was built to meet the growing demand for increased capacity and mission-critical IT infrastructure.“We are pleased to open this new facility, providing additional capacity...

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Read Orange deploys solar panels at two of its data center sites in Poland
Orange deploys solar panels at two of its data center sites in Poland
October 27, 2022

Orange deploys solar panels at two of its data center sites in Poland

Orange

Orange has announced that it has deployed solar panels at two of its data center sites in Poland, made possible by a lease mode, signing a 20-year deal with Green Mobile Polska.According to reports, the panels have been operational since last week and Orange outlined that in the first two day...

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Read AWS To Launch Cloud Region in Bangkok, Thailand
AWS To Launch Cloud Region in Bangkok, Thailand
October 27, 2022

AWS To Launch Cloud Region in Bangkok, Thailand

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced its plan to open a new cloud region in Bangkok, Thailand. The new region will have three Availability Zones, which are custom with most AWS regions. The region is also part of AWS' plan to invest over $5 billion in Thailand in the next 15 years. AWS did not re...

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Read Google Buys 36 Hectares in Belgium For Possible Data Center Development
Google Buys 36 Hectares in Belgium For Possible Data Center Development
October 27, 2022

Google Buys 36 Hectares in Belgium For Possible Data Center Development

Google

Search engine and cloud Giant Google has acquired a 36-hectare plot outside Brussels, Belgium. According to a report, the land will likely be used for data center development. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed. The land is located in the Feluy Industrial Estate, 40KM south of Brus...

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Read Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt
October 27, 2022

Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

German energy company Mainova is moving into the data center business. The company broke ground on the new facility in Frankfurt, Germany. Mainova WebHouse, a subsidiary of the energy company, announced that a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility took place earlier in the month. The new...

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Read NTT Launches New Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa
NTT Launches New Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa
October 26, 2022

NTT Launches New Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa

NTT Johannesburg 1

NTT has opened a new data center in South Africa. The facility is located at 21 Sterling Road in Samrand, Johannesburg. The Johannesburg 1 facility will offer 12MW of power across 64,600 square feet (6,000 square meters) upon full build-out. The data center’s first phase currently offers 32...

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Read AWS Files to Develop Three Data Centers in Northern Virginia
AWS Files to Develop Three Data Centers in Northern Virginia
October 26, 2022

AWS Files to Develop Three Data Centers in Northern Virginia

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services plans to develop three more data centers in Northern Virginia's Stone Ridge. BizJournal was the first to report the development. AWS is looking to develop the data centers on its 90-acre land at 42139 Reeds Farm Lane, southwest of Dulles International Airport in Loudoun Cou...

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Read Rostelecom seeks to build a new data center in Armenia
Rostelecom seeks to build a new data center in Armenia
October 26, 2022

Rostelecom seeks to build a new data center in Armenia

Rostelecom

Rostelecom is reportedly looking to expand its presence in Armenia, after the company’s President Mikhail Oseevsky met with Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan and his deputy Narek Teryan this week to discuss plans.Speaking about this, the Armenian Ministry of the Economy said: "Durin...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Acquires 10 Acres in Sterling for $27 million
Vantage Data Centers Acquires 10 Acres in Sterling for $27 million
October 26, 2022

Vantage Data Centers Acquires 10 Acres in Sterling for $27 million

Vantage Data Centers

According to BizJournal, Vantage has bought 10 acres of land in Loudoun County. The company acquired the land for $27m from Boston Properties Inc. Per local county property records, Boston Properties Inc. sold the two undeveloped parcels to Vantage Data Centers. The real estate investment comp...

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Read Vertiv releases its 'Data Center Sustainability' guide
Vertiv releases its 'Data Center Sustainability' guide
October 26, 2022

Vertiv releases its 'Data Center Sustainability' guide

United States

Vertiv recently released its sustainability guide for the data center industry with the hope that it will help to decarbonize operations, improve water efficiency and reduce the industry’s overall environmental impact. The company, in its guide, highlighted figures from the International Energ...

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Read DRFortress is Expanding its Honolulu Facility
DRFortress is Expanding its Honolulu Facility
October 25, 2022

DRFortress is Expanding its Honolulu Facility

DRFortress Honolulu

DRFortress has announced its plans to expand its Honolulu data center. The Hawaiian colo company will add 130 cabinets to the data center located at 3375 Koapaka Street. The expansion will see the facility's total cabinet increase to 600. Its data center space will also increase to 5,000 sq...

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Read NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas
NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas
October 25, 2022

NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas

NTT

Digital Realty and NTT are looking to develop new data centers in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The firms filed applications for the new data centers with the State’s Department of Licensing. The plots of land in question are within one mile of one another. Digital Realty plans to develop a one-st...

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Read Irish government seeks to edge out data centers that use only natural gas
Irish government seeks to edge out data centers that use only natural gas
October 25, 2022

Irish government seeks to edge out data centers that use only natural gas

Republic of Ireland

According to RTE reports, the Irish government is trying to phase out data centers that are powered exclusively by natural gas, by closing a loophole. Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan, as per a letter, released to RTÉ News under Freedom of Information, instructed Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) that...

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Read New report reveals countries in the EU with the cleanest energy and what it means for the data center industry
New report reveals countries in the EU with the cleanest energy and what it means for the data center industry
October 25, 2022

New report reveals countries in the EU with the cleanest energy and what it means for the data center industry

Europe

In August, cloud management platform Cirrus Nexus released a report which analyzed the carbon intensity of electricity across a number of E.U. countries, and revealed the most climate-friendly regions to operate data centers. The company obtained its answers by analyzing the amount of energy c...

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Read Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India
Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India
October 25, 2022

Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India

Microsoft Azure

According to The Economic Times, Microsoft has acquired a plot of land for data center development in Pune, India. The company bought 25 acres of land in the Pimpri-Waghere area of Pune. Per reports, Microsoft made the deal by getting Finolex Industries to transfer its long-term lease on the l...

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