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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 Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license
Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license
October 10, 2022

Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has received the environmental license to build the largest data center campus in Chile. The campus, which is scheduled to start operations in the first quarter of 2024, will have a combined 120MW of total capacity, with a projected initial delivery of...

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Read Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza
Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza
October 10, 2022

Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza

Angola Cables

Angola Cables has announced that it is expanding its data center located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The CEO of the wholesale connectivity provider, Angelo Gama, told Bnamericas that the company would invest a minimum of US$40m for the first phase of expansion at the facility. In addition, the de...

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Read Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
October 10, 2022

Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced its plans to develop a large data center campus in Frankfurt. The company is looking to develop an 80MW facility in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in the German city. Stack Infrastructure acquired the 17-acre parcel from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners D...

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Read Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex
Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex
October 10, 2022

Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex

Ascenty

Ascenty recently inaugurated its fifth data center in São Paulo, Brazil, at its Hortolândia complex. The facility, spanning 21,000 sqm (226,050 sq ft), offers space for 3,300 racks and 31MW of capacity. So far, the company has invested R$350 million (US$67.3m) in the campus and expects this f...

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Read Google to open its first data center in Japan
Google to open its first data center in Japan
October 10, 2022

Google to open its first data center in Japan

Google

Google is opening its first data center in Japan, it has announced. To be located in Inzai City, Chiba, the facility is part of the company's $730 million infrastructure fund that will continue through 2024 and is set to open by 2023.  Google The data center, the company...

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Read Telstra signs wind PPA with Ark Energy to procure renewable energy
Telstra signs wind PPA with Ark Energy to procure renewable energy
October 09, 2022

Telstra signs wind PPA with Ark Energy to procure renewable energy

Telstra

Telstra has signed a power purchase agreement with Ark Energy, part of Korea Zinc Co, to procure from a wind farm in Queensland. This will be supplied from Ark’s 30% share of the 923.4MW MacIntyre Wind Farm, based near Warwick, which is projected to be the largest wind farm by 2025. Speaking a...

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Read EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines
EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines
October 07, 2022

EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced a partnership with Aboitiz, a local firm in the Philippines, alongside its plans to build two data centers around Manila; one near the National Capital Region of Manila and the second in the Greater Manila Area.Speaking about the partnership, Sabin Aboitiz, President,...

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Read Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies
Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies
October 07, 2022

Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies

Oregon

In September, it was announced that tax breaks for data centers in Oregon might be getting a serious re-examination. Over the years, through Oregon's enterprise zone program, tax incentives have made Oregon a haven for data center operators, with Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google saving aroun...

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Read DC Two Announces AU$1 Million Fund Raise
DC Two Announces AU$1 Million Fund Raise
October 07, 2022

DC Two Announces AU$1 Million Fund Raise

Zettagrid

DC Two has announced that it raised AU$1 million (US$647,000). The fund was raised at a $0.039 per share offer. The company noted that the money would be used to speed up its growth. In addition, it would be geared towards marketing its Bibra Lake data center.  The managing director of DC ...

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Read BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia
October 06, 2022

BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, Real estate investment company BlackChamber Group has plans to develop a 157,900 square meter (1.7 million square feet) data center campus in Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia. The company is looking to build four data center buildings on its land on Belmont Ridge Road,...

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Read US Department of Energy's data center cooling fund
US Department of Energy's data center cooling fund
October 05, 2022

US Department of Energy's data center cooling fund

United States

The US Department of Energy has announced a $42million funding package to develop high-performance energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. This announcement comes following record high temperatures across the US, and multiple reports that the industry is seriously lagging when it ...

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Read BT to obtain renewable energy from new wind project
BT to obtain renewable energy from new wind project
October 05, 2022

BT to obtain renewable energy from new wind project

BT Global Services

BT Group has announced that it has signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with BayWa r.e. AG, a German renewable energy company, to procure energy from the Dalquhandy onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.The wind farm, a ten turbine project, is currently being worked on ...

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Read Telehouse begins work on its Paris data center
Telehouse begins work on its Paris data center
October 05, 2022

Telehouse begins work on its Paris data center

Telehouse

Telehouse has announced that it has begun work on its new data center at its TH3 Paris Magny campus in France. The second on the site, the data center, is located on a former EADS military site and will provide 12,000 sqm (129,150 sq ft) of IT floor space and 18MW of capacity across five buil...

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Read Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries
Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries
October 05, 2022

Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries

Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel Corporation has announced that it has absorbed one of its subsidiaries. The move will also see Keppel take ownership of one of the company’s data centers. Keppel acquired Juventas DC PTE ltd (JPL) for $25.4m from Causeway DC Pte Ltd. (CDCPL). JPL has now become Keppel Corp’s wholly-o...

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Read Australia’s iseek Acquires YourDC
Australia’s iseek Acquires YourDC
October 05, 2022

Australia’s iseek Acquires YourDC

iseek Communications

According to reports, iSeek has acquired YourDC. The Australian data center firm acquired the data center operator for a fee in the AU$50 to100 million (US$32-64m) region. The acquisition sees iSeek’s data center presence rise to seven across four cities. The CEO and founder of YourDC, Scot...

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Read CoreSite Acquires Hurricane Resistant Data Center in Miami, Florida
CoreSite Acquires Hurricane Resistant Data Center in Miami, Florida
October 05, 2022

CoreSite Acquires Hurricane Resistant Data Center in Miami, Florida

CoreSite

CoreSite has announced the acquisition of a data center in Miami, Florida. The data center acquired is a purpose-built 9,550 square meter (103,000 square feet) facility located at 2100 NW 84th Avenue. The company didn’t reveal the terms of the transaction. CoreSite is naming the new data ce...

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Read Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah
Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah
October 04, 2022

Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah

Meta

Social media giant Meta has announced that it is expanding its footprint in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with the expansion of its data center campus. The company made this announcement of the new additions on Facebook, where it said the campus grow by 2 million square feet. Meta's Eagl...

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Read Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region
Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region
October 04, 2022

Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region

Google

Google is reportedly close to buying a 30-hectare plot for its upcoming Berlin Google Cloud region in Germany having already signed corresponding preliminary contracts. According to reports by Maerkische Allgemeine, the site that it has chosen is in the Schenkendorf area of Mittenwalde, speci...

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Read Stack installs beehives at data center campus in Milan
Stack installs beehives at data center campus in Milan
October 04, 2022

Stack installs beehives at data center campus in Milan

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

In a bid to help the drastically declining bee population and push forward its ESG commitments, Stack has announced that it has deployed three beehives at its Milan campus in Italy. In its announcement on LinkedIn, the company outlined that while honeybees are responsible for 80% of the world'...

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Read International Finance Corporation invests $30 million in WIOCC
October 04, 2022

International Finance Corporation invests $30 million in WIOCC

Africa

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced that it has invested $30m in Western Indian Cable Company Holding Ltd. IFC is affiliated with the World Bank. The organization says the fund will help support WIOCC's continued rollout of new subsea cables, terrestrial fiber-optic networks,...

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