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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 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 t...

August 01, 2026

Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

Locals continue to challenge County Meath development

EngineNode's proposed data center in County Meath is the subject of continued controversy, as locals argue that unauthorized development has already started on the site, while the company claims that the work is related to 'archaeological tests.' EngineNode says that the archaeological testin...

March 04, 2022

EngineNode

AWS says it will share its emissions data

In a bid to catch up with competitors Microsoft Azure and Google, AWS has announced the launch of a new free carbon tracker tool for customers. This tool, the 'Customer Carbon Footprint Tool' comes as part of its commitment to The Climate Pledge and will enable its cloud customers to track, ...

March 04, 2022

Amazon AWS

The Better Climate Challenge

The IPCC'S most recent report on climate change has once again warned that our ecosystem is at a crisis point, and without significant and real action, the situation will only worsen. Coinciding with the release of the IPCC report, QTS and Sabey announced they have joined the DOE's Better Clim...

March 04, 2022

QTS Data Centers

Plans are in the Works For a New Data Center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut

MyCitizenNews reports that O&G Industries is looking to develop a new data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The Torrington-based construction firm already owns the 25 acres of land it plans to develop the facility on. Although the company didn’t reveal the plans for the data center, i...

March 04, 2022

Connecticut

SWIFT's Switzerland data center and Russia

According to reports, a data center being used by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), of which 11,000 banks from over 200 countries are linked to, is being guarded by police. This news that the local Thurgau cantonal police have set up a perimeter around th...

March 04, 2022

Switzerland

PLDT Receives $1 billion Offers For Its Towers

PLDT is making great strides in its decision to dispose of its tower portfolio. The company's CEO, Alfredo Panlilio, has revealed that PLDT has received great offers from companies, with six firms now in a bid to trump the other. Panlilio did not reveal the potential buyers. He, however, noted...

March 04, 2022

ePLDT

Zayo Group is Acquiring Education Networks of America

Zayo Group has announced that it entered into a binding agreement to acquire Education Networks of America (ENA). ENA provides security services and managed connectivity to E-Rate-funded school districts. Zayo and ENA are now in the pole position to provide library, education, public sector, a...

March 04, 2022

Zayo

AWS Project Withdrawal Prompts Frederick County To Consider Amending Zoning Laws

Frederick County officials met this week to address a data center zoning law. They are looking to change a Maryland County’s zoning law to allow the development of data centers. This move happened after Amazon Web Services rescinded a project plan because of restrictive timelines. The official...

March 04, 2022

Maryland

CoreSite Is Developing a 34MW Facility in Silicon Valley

CoreSite has announced that it has gotten approval from Santa Clara’s Planning Commission for the development of a 200,000 square foot (18,500 square meters) 34MW data center in Silicon Valley. The facility is located at 2905 Stender Way. Coresite only got the approval after going through d...

March 04, 2022

CoreSite

Flexential Expanding Its Englewood Data Center in Denver

Flexential has announced its plans to expand the capacity of its Englewood data center in Denver, Colorado. The facility is located at 8636 S Peoria Street. Flexential says it will be adding 4.5MW capacity to the data center, bringing it to 11.25MW. The increase in capacity will be availabl...

March 04, 2022

Flexential Englewood

Pioneer Point Partners Closes €575 million ($640.9m) Fund

Pioneer Point Partners LLP has announced that it closed its maiden institutional fund. The fund is worth €575 million ($640.9m). The fund exceeded the company’s initial target of €500 million ($557m). Pioneer Point Partners attracted investments from 15 North American and European institutiona...

March 04, 2022

United Kingdom

DataBank Acquires Four CyrusOne Data Centers For $670M

DataBank has announced that it has completed and closed the acquisition of four data centers from CyrusOne. The data centers are all located in Houston, Texas. The deal was also worth $670 million. DataBank sees over 300,000 square feet of raised-floor data center capacity through the acquisit...

March 03, 2022

DataBank

ST Telemedia Global Data Centers to partner with Ayala Group

The Ayala Group, with its telco arm Globe Telecom, has entered a partnership with ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GCD), to construct and operate data center projects in the Philippines. The $350-million joint venture partnership will see STT GDC and the Ayala Group subscribe to new share...

March 03, 2022

Philippines

Development of Nautilus's Floating Data Center Back on Track

Nautilus Data Technologies has revealed that the construction of its floating data center in Limerick, Ireland is about to start. The company first announced plans for the data center two years ago after gaining approval. The data center construction was delayed due to the pandemic. However, d...

March 03, 2022

Republic of Ireland

Hines To Lease a Data Center in Hayward To Amazon

According to CoStar, Amazon has leased a new purpose-built data center under construction in California's East Bay area. The data center is at the upcoming Hayward Exchange @92 industrial complex in Hayward. Hines owns the property, and it started work on the site's redevelopment in May 2021. ...

March 02, 2022

Amazon AWS

Kazakhstan continues its crackdown on illegal bitcoin mines

Kazakhstan is continuing its crackdown on illegal Bitcoin mines, and has shutt down over a dozen facilities amid power outages. Together, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy, the Committee for Nuclear and Energy Supervision, local police, and other state body representatives worked to identify the c...

March 02, 2022

Kazakhstan

Protests continue at Manassas

In Northern Virginia, tensions are running high as locals continue to express their opposition to QTS’s proposals for a new data center campus in Prince William County. Although previously locals cited a number of reasons for opposition, including environmental concerns and a desire to preserv...

March 02, 2022

QTS Data Centers

Argo Infrastructure Partners Invests $500m in TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that Argo Infrastructure Partners has invested $500 million into its business. The move sees Argo Infrastructure Partners become the largest single equity investor in the firm. TierPoint will use the net proceeds from the transaction to expand the company and provide...

March 02, 2022

TierPoint

Data center on the way for vacant Beacon Falls land?

According to reports, a local construction company in Beacon Falls, Torrington-based O&G Industries, is proposing plans to build a data center on vacant land in the town. The company's subdivision company, Data Center, is set to take the lead on the project, which will involve building the...

March 01, 2022

Connecticut

Tencent becomes latest data center company to announce carbon-neutral pledge

Tencent has announced its plans to become carbon neutral by 2030. It is the latest to join the global movement pushing towards a more sustainable future. By the end of the decade, it has pledged carbon neutrality across its operations and throughout its supply chain, powering its operations e...

March 01, 2022

Tencent Cloud

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