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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 Vantage to break ground in Taipei
Vantage to break ground in Taipei
December 11, 2023

Vantage to break ground in Taipei

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is planning to expand data center operations into Taipei, Taiwan. The company announced this week that it is planning a new facility in Taipei called TPE1 data center and it is expected to be open in mid-2024.  This new facility is being constructed on a 2-acre site. It is...

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Read Nokia foresees revenue dip after losing multi-billion dollar AT&T contract
Nokia foresees revenue dip after losing multi-billion dollar AT&T contract
December 09, 2023

Nokia foresees revenue dip after losing multi-billion dollar AT&T contract

AT&T

Nokia has mentioned that it expects to see a dent in its revenues following AT&T's decision to award a lucrative Open RAN contract worth $14 billion to rival Ericsson. The company added that it expects revenue from AT&T in mobile networks to decrease over the next two to three years as...

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Read Crown Castle CEO announces retirement plans after investors call for change
Crown Castle CEO announces retirement plans after investors call for change
December 09, 2023

Crown Castle CEO announces retirement plans after investors call for change

Crown Castle

Crown Castle has announced that its CEO, Jay Brown has informed them of his decision to step down from the role of CEO earlier this week and will retire from the company next year. This news comes only a week after activist investor Elliott Investment Management issued a statement calling for ...

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Read Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc
Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc
December 09, 2023

Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc

KAO Data

UK operator Kao Data has partnered with Jisc to give the latter's customers access to its Harlow data center capacity. Through this partnership, users of Janet (the UK's national research and education network) will enable Jisc's 18 million+ user base to access capacity at the Harlow data camp...

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Read Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County
Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County
December 08, 2023

Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Data center firm Stack Infrastructure announced this week that it is expanding its campus in Virginia’s Prince William County. The company has purchased land from and adjacent to the Youth For Tomorrow non-profit in Bristow to expand its NVA02 campus. Tim Hughes, chief development officer, Sta...

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Read Green Mountain begins expansion efforts in London campus
Green Mountain begins expansion efforts in London campus
December 08, 2023

Green Mountain begins expansion efforts in London campus

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain this week announced that it has begun construction work for a new 14MW facility at the company’s LON1-East campus in Romford, London. This expansion is set in two phases, each phase totaling 7MW and across three data halls, inside the existing building. It will also offer more t...

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Read GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility
GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility
December 08, 2023

GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility

Malaysia

Chinese data center developer and operator GDS has raised MYR1.27 billion ($270m) in green financing for its Nusajaya Tech Park data center in Malaysia. The finance was secured from four financial institutions: UOB Malaysia, Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, and Sta...

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Read ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona
ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona
December 07, 2023

ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona

Arizona

Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASM International has announced it plans to invest €300 million over a five-year period to expand its R&D efforts in Arizona. The company mentioned that this new 20-acre facility, set to be located in Scottsdale, will create an additional 500 jobs in softw...

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Read Digital Realty plans new hyperscale JV with Blackstone
Digital Realty plans new hyperscale JV with Blackstone
December 07, 2023

Digital Realty plans new hyperscale JV with Blackstone

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty recently revealed plans to set up a joint venture with Blackstone-affiliated funds led by Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Tactical Opportunities. This joint venture worth $7 billion will be used to develop four hyperscale data center campuses in Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, Franc...

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Read Liberty Networks and Gold Data partner to develop new subsea cable
Liberty Networks and Gold Data partner to develop new subsea cable
December 06, 2023

Liberty Networks and Gold Data partner to develop new subsea cable

United States

Liberty Networks and Gold Data have entered a partnership with the aim to develop a new subsea cable system connecting the US and Latin America. This system scheduled to be ready for operation by 2026,  will be split into two segments: the Gold Data 1 system and Liberty Networks 1 system.  Ray...

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Read EE installs 4G mast in two remote Scottish Islands
EE installs 4G mast in two remote Scottish Islands
December 06, 2023

EE installs 4G mast in two remote Scottish Islands

Scotland

UK mobile operator EE has installed new 4G mobile masts in two remote Scottish islands; Out Skerries, one of the UK's most remote islands with a population of around 70, and another on Foulda, Shetlands. This is as a part of the Scottish Government’s £28.75 million Scottish 4G Infill program, ...

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Read ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on
ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on
December 06, 2023

ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on

American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation Kenya (ATC Kenya) has demanded a down payment of KES500 million ($3.26m) and KES150m ($978k) per month from Telkom Kenya to turn back on mast sites it switched off earlier this year.  Reports note that ATC had turned off 246 mast sites seven months ago and is yet to ...

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Read Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix
Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix
December 05, 2023

Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix

Equinix

Equinix announced this week that it signed a ten-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to procure solar energy in Portugal Sonnedix’s first Portuguese solar PV project, the 149MW Sonnedix Douro. Axel Thiemann, CEO of Sonnedix, said, “We are very pleased to be extending our relationship with Equi...

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Read Russian telco Tattelcom unveils new data center in Kazan
Russian telco Tattelcom unveils new data center in Kazan
December 05, 2023

Russian telco Tattelcom unveils new data center in Kazan

Russia / Россия

Russian ISP Tattelcom has launched a new data center facility in Kazan, in central Russia. The telco mentioned that this new 3,000 square meter facility will potentially host 400 racks and offer a 1.8MW capacity. The two phases of construction is scheduled to be completed by 2026. General dire...

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Read KevlinX names Eric Boonstra as new CEO
KevlinX names Eric Boonstra as new CEO
December 05, 2023

KevlinX names Eric Boonstra as new CEO

Europe

European data center operator KevlinX has appointed Eric Boonstra as CEO. Boonstra joins KevlinX in his new role from Iron Mountain where he was in charge of managing the business for five years.  Boonstra said, “There is a huge opportunity for a well-funded and experienced team to build out a...

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Read Extropic raises $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers
Extropic raises $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers
December 05, 2023

Extropic raises $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers

United States

Startup Quantum computing startup Extropic which was founded last year by former members of Alphabet’s quantum computing research team has raised $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers.  The company plans to build computers that allow generative AI to scale in an eff...

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Read Orange launches data center in Garborone, Botswana
Orange launches data center in Garborone, Botswana
December 05, 2023

Orange launches data center in Garborone, Botswana

Orange

Telco Orange recently unveiled a new data center in Gaborone, Botswana. The company posted on LinkedIn, “Hello from the new Orange Data Center at the Botswana Digital & Innovation Hub! This is the first Tier III data center in Botswana and third in Southern Africa.” According to ITWeb Afri...

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Read Evroc to build its first data center in Stockholm
Evroc to build its first data center in Stockholm
December 04, 2023

Evroc to build its first data center in Stockholm

Stockholm

New data center firm Evroc announced last week that it has signed an agreement with Arlandastad Group to select Stockholm as the location for its first facility and build it in 2024. The company also mentioned that it plans to invest €600 million in the project, which is one of ten it intends ...

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Read Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market
Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market
December 04, 2023

Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market

Malaysia

Malaysian telco Axiata Group Berhad  announced last week that it has entered into an unconditional sale and purchase agreement with Spectrlite UK Limited for the sale of Reynolds Holding Limited, which owns approximately 80 percent equity stake in Ncell Axiata Limited. The company mentioned th...

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Read DataVolt plans a new data center facility in Uzubekistan
DataVolt plans a new data center facility in Uzubekistan
December 04, 2023

DataVolt plans a new data center facility in Uzubekistan

Saudi Arabia

New Saudi firm DataVolt has revealed plans for a new data center campus in Uzbekistan and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Digital Technologies, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to deve...

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