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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

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Read EQT acquires EdgeConneX
EQT acquires EdgeConneX
August 19, 2020

EQT acquires EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX

The Swedish investment firm EQT AB has announced that it acquired the US-based colocation company EdgeConneX. EdgeConneX has a global footprint, operating over 40 facilities in 33 markets across North America, Europe and South America and continues to expand after being founded a decade ago.  ...

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Read Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley
Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley
August 18, 2020

Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley

Colovore: Santa Clara SJC01

SANTA CLARA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Colovore, the Bay Area's leading provider of high-performance colocation for high-performance computing infrastructure, today announced that it has expanded again and now has 3.5 MW of high-density capacity currently available in supply-constrained Silicon ...

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Read Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse
Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse
August 13, 2020

Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has formally announced its data center project in Gallatin Tennesse via a column Sheryl Sandberg wrote in the Tennessean. The social media company will build a 982,000 square foot facility with a total investment of $800 million. The 809-acre campus will be powered with 220MW of renew...

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Read SBA buys JAX NAP
SBA buys JAX NAP
August 04, 2020

SBA buys JAX NAP

JAX NAP

SBA Communications, a wireless tower provider, has acquired JaxNAP. JaxNAP is the primary carrier hotel in Jacksonville. This is the second data center acquisition for SBA. In September 2019, the company acquired New Continuum, a Chicago based data center provider. Read More: LightReading Dat...

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Read Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)
Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)
August 03, 2020

Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)

Servpac MTP Mililani Tech Park

MILILANI, Hawaii  -- This week, Servpac Inc. announced the official opening of their MTP Data Center and has begun scheduling tours for interested parties.  The state-of-the-art facility opens to meet growing demand for a reliable local data solution in a time plagued by uncertainty and enhanc...

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Read NEXTDC launches P2
NEXTDC launches P2
August 01, 2020

NEXTDC launches P2

NextDC: P2 Perth

NEXTDC has officially launched its new P2 data center in Perth. The initial phase has 1 megawatt of capacity. When fully built out the building will support 20 MW. P2 is directly connected to NEXTDC’s P1 Perth data centre in Malaga via NEXTDC’s Data Centre Interconnect (DCI) services. ...

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Read Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide
Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide
July 28, 2020

Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide

Global Switch

July 28, 2020 – PCCW Global today announced that its Console Connect Software-Defined Interconnection® (SDI®) platform is now available in many more data centres via an extended collaboration with Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale carrier and cloud neutral ...

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Read DataBank opens SLC5
DataBank opens SLC5
July 22, 2020

DataBank opens SLC5

DataBank SLC5

DataBank announced it has opened SLC5 in Salt Lake City. The facility is on the Granite Point campus in Bluffdale, UT. The large campus has room for one additional building, SLC6 which is currently in the design phase. DataBank's Press Release on July 22nd 2020: DataBank Announces Opening of ...

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Read Ficolo Named Leader In Colocation
Ficolo Named Leader In Colocation
July 20, 2020

Ficolo Named Leader In Colocation

Ficolo Oy

The global technology research and advisory Information Services Group, ISG, has named Ficolo a Leader in Colocation in the Nordics. The ISG Provider Lens™  study covered the outsourcing provider landscape in the Nordic data center market and examined capabilities and competitive strengths bet...

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Read Equinix to open ML5 in Milan near Via Caldera
Equinix to open ML5 in Milan near Via Caldera
July 16, 2020

Equinix to open ML5 in Milan near Via Caldera

Equinix Milan ML5

Equinix has announced that it will open ML5, its fourth data center in Milan. The first phase will cost $51 million and will provide 15,000 square feet (1,400 sqM).  When all phases are complete, ML5 is expected to provide a total of 45,000 square feet (4,200 sqM) of colocation space. The loca...

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Read Iron Mountain Announces 27 Megawatt Pre-Lease in Frankfurt with Fortune 100 Customer
Iron Mountain Announces 27 Megawatt Pre-Lease in Frankfurt with Fortune 100 Customer
July 13, 2020

Iron Mountain Announces 27 Megawatt Pre-Lease in Frankfurt with Fortune 100 Customer

Iron Mountain Frankfurt FRA-1

-- New FRA-1 Data Center 100% Pre-Leased --BOSTON, June 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information management services company, today announced that it has signed a 27 megawatt data center lease with a U.S.-based Fortune 100 customer in Frankfur...

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Read Element Critical promotes Wayne Dietrich to COO and hired Ed Grndhauser for head of Sales & Marketing
Element Critical promotes Wayne Dietrich to COO and hired Ed Grndhauser for head of Sales & Marketing
July 09, 2020

Element Critical promotes Wayne Dietrich to COO and hired Ed Grndhauser for head of Sales & Marketing

Element Critical

VIENNA, Va. /PRNewswire/ -- Element Critical, a leading provider of IT infrastructure with premium data centers in Silicon Valley, Chicago, and Northern Virginia today announces the promotion of Wayne Dietrich to Chief Operating Officer. With diverse management experience spanning over two dec...

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Read Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth
Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth
July 08, 2020

Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage has announced that Colony Capital will invest $1.2 billion into Vantage. This is on top of the $800 million it raised in February 2020 and $692 million it raised in 2019. A massive war chest to fund Vantage's aggressive expansion into Europe. Earlier this year the company announced it ...

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Read Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois
Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois
July 02, 2020

Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has announced that it will build a new data center campus in DeKalb Illinois The DeKalb Data Center facts: The campus is on 505 acres located on Route 23 and Gurler Road. The Facebook-owned land can accommodate five buildings, and two will be completed by 2022. The five buildings wil...

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Read Interxion announces the opening of MRS3 in Marseille (PR)
Interxion announces the opening of MRS3 in Marseille (PR)
July 01, 2020

Interxion announces the opening of MRS3 in Marseille (PR)

Digital Realty: Marseille MRS3

PARIS – Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre solutions and a Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) company, announced today the opening of the first phase of MRS3, its third data centre in Marseille.  The Marseille campus sits at the heart of the gl...

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Read DataBank Commissioned its Second Data Center in Pittsburgh
DataBank Commissioned its Second Data Center in Pittsburgh
June 26, 2020

DataBank Commissioned its Second Data Center in Pittsburgh

DataBank Pittsburgh PIT2

DataBank has opened its second Pittsburgh data center in North Fayette Township, which it acquired from PNC Bank in January 2019.  The PIT2 facility, DataBank’s second in the Pittsburgh area, brings the company’s total data center count to 20 facilities in nine markets.

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Read Equinix Launches DA11 Adjacent to the Infomart and a 5G Proof of Concept Center
Equinix Launches DA11 Adjacent to the Infomart and a 5G Proof of Concept Center
June 24, 2020

Equinix Launches DA11 Adjacent to the Infomart and a 5G Proof of Concept Center

Equinix Dallas DA11

Equinix has commissioned DA11, a $142m data center expansion nextdoor to the Infomart in Dallas. Equinix acquired the iconic carrier hotel in 2018 for $800m. Equinix also announced the launch of a 5G and Edge Proof of Concept Center (POCC) to provide a sandbox environment for Mobile Network Op...

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Read Global Switch expands its European footprint as construction begins at its Amsterdam data centre campus
Global Switch expands its European footprint as construction begins at its Amsterdam data centre campus
June 24, 2020

Global Switch expands its European footprint as construction begins at its Amsterdam data centre campus

Global Switch: Amsterdam West

AMSTERDAM- Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large scale network dense, carrier and cloud neutral multi-tenanted data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific has announced that in response to growing demand construction has started on the first stage of a new data centre in ...

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Read Mapletree Industrial Trustto Acquire Remaining 60% Interest in 14 Data Centres in the United States
Mapletree Industrial Trustto Acquire Remaining 60% Interest in 14 Data Centres in the United States
June 23, 2020

Mapletree Industrial Trustto Acquire Remaining 60% Interest in 14 Data Centres in the United States

Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

SINGAPORE: DBS Trustee Limited, a trustee of Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT), has entered into agreements for the proposed acquisition of the remaining 60% interest in the 14 data centres in the United States of America currently held by Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust (MRDCT) at a purcha...

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Read DCI Indonesia has opened JK3 in Jakarta
DCI Indonesia has opened JK3 in Jakarta
June 22, 2020

DCI Indonesia has opened JK3 in Jakarta

DCI Indonesia: H1-JK3

DCI Indonesia has announced that they have completed the company's third data center on the campus in Cibitung in West Java, Indonesia. The JK3 facility has seven floors with four data hall floors with the remaining floors for M&E equipment. Constructed in collaboration with Equinix, JK3 h...

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