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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 Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta
Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta
June 14, 2022

Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta

Hyperscale Data Center

The Dutch Government has revealed that it will not be selling the land in Zeewolde to Meta. Meta had initially earmarked the land to develop a massive data center. The Dutch Government partially owns the land in question. However, Meta hoped to reach an agreement to take over the land to devel...

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Read Material and labor shortages in the data center
Material and labor shortages in the data center
June 14, 2022

Material and labor shortages in the data center

San Francisco Bay Area

As the need for data grows and grows, demand for data center construction is as strong as ever, however, the boom is being hampered by a number of factors, including supply and labor shortages, and price hikes. In a recent report named 'Data center market conditions update - Q1, 2022,' constru...

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Read Sify Technologies Announces $345m Data Center Investment in Noida, India
Sify Technologies Announces $345m Data Center Investment in Noida, India
June 14, 2022

Sify Technologies Announces $345m Data Center Investment in Noida, India

Sify Technologies

Sify Technologies will be developing new data centers in Noida, India. The company revealed that it would be investing Rs 2,692 crores ($345m) in the project. Sify announced the development at the Uttar Pradesh Investors summit. According to the company, this will be one of the largest data...

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Read New legislation to enable UK financial watchdog to visit and regulate cloud data centers and other "critical third parties"
New legislation to enable UK financial watchdog to visit and regulate cloud data centers and other "critical third parties"
June 14, 2022

New legislation to enable UK financial watchdog to visit and regulate cloud data centers and other "critical third parties"

United Kingdom

HM Treasury has published a policy paper which is proposing a new regulatory framework, whereby the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) would have powers to visit and regulate the cloud sector. The ministry outlined that currently, over 65% of UK banking and insuran...

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Read STC's Share Price Sees Major Surge After $8bn Capital Increase Announcement
STC's Share Price Sees Major Surge After $8bn Capital Increase Announcement
June 14, 2022

STC's Share Price Sees Major Surge After $8bn Capital Increase Announcement

Saudi Telecom Company

Saudi Telecom is mulling over increasing its share capital by $8 billion. The company revealed this in a statement earlier in the week. If it happens, STC will issue 30 billion new shares. Existing shareholders will also be offered 1.5 new shares for every share they own. According to Refin...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
June 13, 2022

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kat...

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Read Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA
Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA
June 13, 2022

Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

Denmark

Telenor and Telia have teamed up with Better Energy in Denmark to sign a PPA, which will lead to the development of a new solar park. Together the telcos will be able to access 125GWh of green energy per year over the next 10 years. According to reports, the park's energy production will be en...

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Read Agility CMS launches new EU data center
Agility CMS launches new EU data center
June 13, 2022

Agility CMS launches new EU data center

Europe

Agility CMS has announced that it has launched a new EU data center in an effort to improve the speed of content management access, and provide localized support for its customers in both Europe and the UK. This move also comes after a year in which sales doubled and is accompanied by the grow...

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Read Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center
Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center
June 13, 2022

Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center

Mapletree: 19675 W Ten Mile

Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) has announced the sale of its data center located at 19675 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan, to its tenant. The data center sits on 121,100 square feet (11,250 square meters) of land. In addition, the four-story facility has up to 52,940 square feet ...

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Read Google, Facebook and Microsoft Corp push back against big renewable project
Google, Facebook and Microsoft Corp push back against big renewable project
June 13, 2022

Google, Facebook and Microsoft Corp push back against big renewable project

Google

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Corp., currently three of the world’s biggest corporate buyers of clean power, have voiced their opposition to a nearly $4-billion, Warren Buffett-backed renewable-energy project proposed in Iowa. According to the three giants, the project, which would be the l...

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Read Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres
Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres
June 10, 2022

Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres

France

Schneider Electric recently commissioned three independent research studies which sought to understand better the maturity of sustainability initiatives within both IT and data center organizations, and where the two industries are currently situated with regards to achieving a net zero vision...

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Read Work begins on Africell data center
Work begins on Africell data center
June 10, 2022

Work begins on Africell data center

Africa

In Freetown, Sierra Leone, construction has commenced on Africell’s data center, and a groundbreaking ceremony was recently held in the country’s capital to mark the occasion. According to the company, this facility will become the “center of the Africell network” in Sierra Leone, where it wil...

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Read Meta announces expansion of $1B Gallatin data center development
Meta announces expansion of $1B Gallatin data center development
June 10, 2022

Meta announces expansion of $1B Gallatin data center development

Meta

Meta has announced that it will be expanding its Gallatin data center campus, which is located in Tennessee. The plans for the campus, which will see an injection of $1B, were first announced back in 2020, and the campus will be powered in part by solar energy from a 110MW power purchase agre...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Enters Power Purchase Agreement with SolarAfrica
Vantage Data Centers Enters Power Purchase Agreement with SolarAfrica
June 10, 2022

Vantage Data Centers Enters Power Purchase Agreement with SolarAfrica

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarAfrica, which will enable Vantage to supplement the local grid powering the company’s data center campus in Johannesburg (JNB1) with renewable energy. According to reports, the campus is set to open in Ju...

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Read Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama
Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama
June 10, 2022

Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta has announced that it is expanding its Huntsville facility in Alabama. The company revealed that it is adding two new buildings to the data center to allow the data center buildings to span 3.5 million square feet of space. According to Meta, its investment in the facility will exceed ...

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Read Neterra Opens SDC 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria
June 10, 2022

Neterra Opens SDC 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Telecommunication company, Neterra, has launched a new data center in Sofia, Bulgaria. The new data center is called Sofia Data Center 2 (SDC 2). SDC 2 is located next to Neterra’s existing SDC 1 data center. Neterra first announced plans for SDC 2 in April 2021. The data center is housed i...

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Read T4's South Island Data Center's Location Chosen
June 10, 2022

T4's South Island Data Center's Location Chosen

New Zealand

T4 Group has announced that it would house its planned Tier IV facility in New Zealand’s South Island at a hotel in Invercargill. The hotel will also use the data center’s waste heat. T4 first announced plans for the data center in March 2022. The company revealed that it would invest $30 m...

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Read iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami
June 10, 2022

iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami

Miami

iM Critical has announced the opening of its new data center in Miami, Florida. The 9,290 square meter (100,000 square foot) data center building offers 5MW capacity and more than 5,575 square meters (60,000 square feet) of colocation space. The CEO of iM Critical, Michael Roark, said the Miam...

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Read Apple's Hopes of Developing Its Athenry Data Center Dashed
Apple's Hopes of Developing Its Athenry Data Center Dashed
June 10, 2022

Apple's Hopes of Developing Its Athenry Data Center Dashed

Hyperscale Data Center

Ireland’s High Court has rescinded a decision to allow more time for Apple to develop a data center in Athenry, Galway County. Earlier in 2021, the Galway County Council extended Apple’s planning permission for a data center development in the county. This extension happened at a time when ...

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Read DataVita To Open a 130-Rack Data Center in Glasgow
DataVita To Open a 130-Rack Data Center in Glasgow
June 09, 2022

DataVita To Open a 130-Rack Data Center in Glasgow

DataVita

DataVita has revealed that it will be opening a new data center in Glasgow. The company will be occupying space at a newly developed 14-story building located at 177 Bothwell Street. The building spans 29,000 square meters (313,000 square feet) and is said to be the largest single office bu...

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