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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 AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus
Amazon Web Services has formally signed on to the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States. Amazon Data Services, Inc., the company's development arm, filed a Preliminary Land D...
October 07, 2026

AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has formally signed on to the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States. Amazon Data Services, Inc., the company's development arm, filed a Preliminary Land Development Plan with the Indiana County planning commission on August 28 under the project name PIT1...

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Read Applied Digital Plans 1GW Data Center Campus in Finland
Applied Digital is expanding into Europe with plans for a 1GW-scale data center campus in Finland.The Nasdaq-listed company has secured access to up to 1GW of potential power capacity, with initial...
October 07, 2026

Applied Digital Plans 1GW Data Center Campus in Finland

Applied Digital

Applied Digital is expanding into Europe with plans for a 1GW-scale data center campus in Finland.The Nasdaq-listed company has secured access to up to 1GW of potential power capacity, with initial availability expected from 2028. The project is Applied Digital’s first outside the US. Details rem...

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Read IT Systems in Southern Italy Restored After Data Center Outage 
IT systems in Basilicata, southern Italy, have been restored after a data center outage between September 27 and 28. The regional government said its Central Reservation Center for healthcare servi...
October 06, 2026

IT Systems in Southern Italy Restored After Data Center Outage 

Italy

IT systems in Basilicata, southern Italy, have been restored after a data center outage between September 27 and 28. The regional government said its Central Reservation Center for healthcare services was back online on Wednesday. Technicians worked for several hours to restore the data center in...

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Read Nova Scotia Green Fuels Plant Could Be Redeveloped for Data Centers
Green hydrogen and ammonia producer EverWind Fuels is exploring plans to add data centers at its industrial site in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, Canada. The company confirmed to CBC that its long-ter...
October 06, 2026

Nova Scotia Green Fuels Plant Could Be Redeveloped for Data Centers

Nova Complex

Green hydrogen and ammonia producer EverWind Fuels is exploring plans to add data centers at its industrial site in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, Canada. The company confirmed to CBC that its long-term plans could include data center development at the site, near Port Hawkesbury. EverWind spokespers...

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Read atNorth Plans 75MW Data Center in Salo, Finland
Nordic data center operator atNorth is expanding its presence in Finland with a new facility in Salo. The FIN05 campus will occupy 28.6 hectares, with 75MW secured for its first phase and expansion...
October 06, 2026

atNorth Plans 75MW Data Center in Salo, Finland

atNorth

Nordic data center operator atNorth is expanding its presence in Finland with a new facility in Salo. The FIN05 campus will occupy 28.6 hectares, with 75MW secured for its first phase and expansion potential of up to 230MW, including 160MW of IT capacity. AtNorth plans to invest €2 billion ($2.24...

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Read Data Center Firm Set to Acquire Former IBM Research Campus in Silicon Valley
Former IBM research campus in San Jose, California, is being acquired by data center developer Blackstart Digital. According to Mercury News, Blackstart has agreed to acquire the former IBM Almaden...
October 06, 2026

Data Center Firm Set to Acquire Former IBM Research Campus in Silicon Valley

California

Former IBM research campus in San Jose, California, is being acquired by data center developer Blackstart Digital. According to Mercury News, Blackstart has agreed to acquire the former IBM Almaden Research Center at 650 Harry Road, with financial terms undisclosed. The deal could close before th...

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Read Top Data Center News for 28th September - 3rd October, 2026
**[Virtus Raises £2.45bn to Fund Data Center Expansion](https://baxtel.com/news/virtus-raises-2-45bn-to-fund-data-center-expansion)** **European data center operator Virtus Data Centres has secure...
October 05, 2026

Top Data Center News for 28th September - 3rd October, 2026

United States

Virtus Raises £2.45bn to Fund Data Center Expansion European data center operator Virtus Data Centres has secured a £2.45 billion ($3.25bn) financing package from a consortium of 13 banks to support the development and expansion of its data centers across the UK and Europe, including its 78MW Sau...

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Read Former UK Power Station Site Eyed for Data Center Campus
An industrial and data center campus has been proposed at the former Fawley Power Station site near Southampton, UK. Developer Fawley Waterside Limited plans to transform the site into a mixed-use ...
October 05, 2026

Former UK Power Station Site Eyed for Data Center Campus

United Kingdom

An industrial and data center campus has been proposed at the former Fawley Power Station site near Southampton, UK. Developer Fawley Waterside Limited plans to transform the site into a mixed-use industrial and commercial campus, with potential data center developments. The project would provide...

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Read Ares Increases Investment in Sabey Data Centers
Investment firm Ares Management has increased its stake in Sabey Data Centers. Sabey Corporation and National Real Estate Advisors said Ares Secondaries funds have expanded their investment in Sabe...
October 05, 2026

Ares Increases Investment in Sabey Data Centers

Ares Management Corporation

Investment firm Ares Management has increased its stake in Sabey Data Centers. Sabey Corporation and National Real Estate Advisors said Ares Secondaries funds have expanded their investment in Sabey Data Center Properties, bringing Ares’ total commitment to more than $500 million. Sabey currently...

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Read Applied Digital Adds 75MW to Ellendale Data Center Campus in North Dakota
Applied Digital has completed the second phase of Building 2 at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in Ellendale, North Dakota, adding 75MW of IT capacity across three 25MW data halls. The 150MW Building 2 ...
October 05, 2026

Applied Digital Adds 75MW to Ellendale Data Center Campus in North Dakota

Applied Digital

Applied Digital has completed the second phase of Building 2 at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in Ellendale, North Dakota, adding 75MW of IT capacity across three 25MW data halls. The 150MW Building 2 is now fully operational, bringing the campus to 250MW. The site is fully leased to CoreWeave and is...

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Read Google’s Global Data Center Design and Construction Head Joins Anthropic
Google’s former head of global data center design and construction, John M. Wilson, has joined Anthropic as a member of technical staff, leading EMEA capacity delivery after six years at Google. ...
October 05, 2026

Google’s Global Data Center Design and Construction Head Joins Anthropic

Google

Google’s former head of global data center design and construction, John M. Wilson, has joined Anthropic as a member of technical staff, leading EMEA capacity delivery after six years at Google. "Leading global infrastructure delivery across data centers and subsea programs taught me two enduring...

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Read New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M Over Unpermitted Vineland Generators
Newly obtained public records show that a 300-megawatt data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey, ran 62 unpermitted natural gas generators for nearly a year and released an estimated ...
October 04, 2026

New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M Over Unpermitted Vineland Generators

DataOne

Newly obtained public records show that a 300-megawatt data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey, ran 62 unpermitted natural gas generators for nearly a year and released an estimated 140 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides before state regulators intervened, according to an investi...

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Read NetworkOcean Runs Solar-Powered GPU Data Center on San Francisco Bay
San Francisco startup NetworkOcean says it has become the first company to run customer AI workloads from a solar-powered floating data center. The company operated a single Nvidia H100 GPU powered...
October 03, 2026

NetworkOcean Runs Solar-Powered GPU Data Center on San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco startup NetworkOcean says it has become the first company to run customer AI workloads from a solar-powered floating data center. The company operated a single Nvidia H100 GPU powered by a 20kW solar array during a trial in San Francisco Bay. The customer was not disclosed. NetworkO...

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Read Skybox and Prologis File Plans for Fourth Data Center in Hutto, Texas
US data center developer Skybox and real estate firm Prologis have filed plans for another data center near Austin, Texas. The companies filed an application with the Texas Department of Licensing ...
October 03, 2026

Skybox and Prologis File Plans for Fourth Data Center in Hutto, Texas

Skybox Datacenters

US data center developer Skybox and real estate firm Prologis have filed plans for another data center near Austin, Texas. The companies filed an application with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for Skybox Hutto 4. Located at 3399 County Road 132 in Hutto, Williamson County, Buil...

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Read CX Tech Files Plans For 1GW Data Center Campus At Scotland's Chapelcross
CX Tech Ltd has lodged a planning application for a 1 GW data center and technology campus at the former Chapelcross nuclear power station near Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, [Scotland](https://b...
October 03, 2026

CX Tech Files Plans For 1GW Data Center Campus At Scotland's Chapelcross

Scotland

CX Tech Ltd has lodged a planning application for a 1 GW data center and technology campus at the former Chapelcross nuclear power station near Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The company values the eight-building CX Technology Campus at £16.5 billion ($21.8 billion). The application, ...

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Read Nebius Signs 50MW Data Center Lease With AIB Data Centers
Neocloud provider Nebius has signed a 12-year capacity agreement with AIB Data Centers to lease 50MW at a data center in the southeastern US. The deal includes two five-year renewal options. Nebius...
October 02, 2026

Nebius Signs 50MW Data Center Lease With AIB Data Centers

Nebius

Neocloud provider Nebius has signed a 12-year capacity agreement with AIB Data Centers to lease 50MW at a data center in the southeastern US. The deal includes two five-year renewal options. Nebius will make prepayments to AIB, alongside project-level debt and equity, to help fund the data center...

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Read Crusoe Plans $4.8bn Data Center Campus in Jayton, Texas
Crusoe has filed plans for two data center buildings in Jayton, Texas. According to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, both facilities will be located along Country Roa...
October 02, 2026

Crusoe Plans $4.8bn Data Center Campus in Jayton, Texas

Crusoe

Crusoe has filed plans for two data center buildings in Jayton, Texas. According to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, both facilities will be located along Country Road 233 and P2390 at an unspecified address in Jayton, Kent County. Each data center will span 759,260 ...

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Read Zella DC Unveils Stackable Micro Data Center Modules
Micro data center company Zella DC has launched Zella Stack, a new range of stackable, self-contained data center modules designed for Edge deployments. Each module measures 1,300 x 700 x 580mm (51...
October 02, 2026

Zella DC Unveils Stackable Micro Data Center Modules

United States

Micro data center company Zella DC has launched Zella Stack, a new range of stackable, self-contained data center modules designed for Edge deployments. Each module measures 1,300 x 700 x 580mm (51.18 x 27.56 x 22.83in). Zella DC said the rugged, scalable modules combine air and liquid cooling in...

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Read Civo Plans 8MW AI Edge Data Center in Hertfordshire, UK
Cloud provider Civo plans to deploy 40 Edge data centers across the UK, starting with an 8MW facility in Hertfordshire. The sites will support sovereign AI compute, including Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL7...
October 02, 2026

Civo Plans 8MW AI Edge Data Center in Hertfordshire, UK

United Kingdom

Cloud provider Civo plans to deploy 40 Edge data centers across the UK, starting with an 8MW facility in Hertfordshire. The sites will support sovereign AI compute, including Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 systems. The Hertfordshire facility is being fitted out with 8MW of capacity and can scale to 38MW...

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Read Intro Group Commits $270m to Egypt’s Kemet Data Center
Egyptian conglomerate Intro Group plans to invest $270 million in the first phase of the Kemet Data Center project in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone. The 80MW facility will cover 80,000 sqm (860,...
October 01, 2026

Intro Group Commits $270m to Egypt’s Kemet Data Center

Intro Technology

Egyptian conglomerate Intro Group plans to invest $270 million in the first phase of the Kemet Data Center project in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone. The 80MW facility will cover 80,000 sqm (860,000 sq ft) and be developed in two phases. It is expected to be partially powered by solar energy. L...

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