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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 Teraco completes new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa
Teraco completes new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa
November 03, 2022

Teraco completes new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa

Teraco JB4

Teraco, recently acquired by Digital Realty, has announced the completion of the first phase of its JB4 hyperscale data center addition to the Bredell Campus in the Ekurhuleni area in east Johannesburg, South Africa.Comprising 30,000 sqm of building structure, 8,000 sqm of data hall space acr...

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Read Hrvatski Telekom signs wind PPA with Liburana
Hrvatski Telekom signs wind PPA with Liburana
November 03, 2022

Hrvatski Telekom signs wind PPA with Liburana

Croatia

Hrvatski Telekom has announced a ten-year virtual Power Purchase Agreement with Liburana doo. This vPPA, the first of its kind in Croatia, will see the construction of the 'Mazin Gračac' wind farm, which is forecast to produce 50 GWh per year.Speaking about the deal, Kostas Nebis, President of...

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Read Data Center Development Coming To Nanaimo, Canada After Officials Granted Rezoning Request
November 02, 2022

Data Center Development Coming To Nanaimo, Canada After Officials Granted Rezoning Request

Canada

Officials of Nanaimo city in British Columbia, Canada, have granted permission to rezone 2.3 hectares to give way for data center development. The land in question is located at 2086 and 2090 East Wellington Road. The rural area, which is primarily undeveloped, features two residential houses ...

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Read Prime DC commences work on Santa Clara site
Prime DC commences work on Santa Clara site
November 02, 2022

Prime DC commences work on Santa Clara site

Prime Santa Clara (Martin)

Prime Data Centers has begun work on its Santa Clara data center in California. Located at 2175 Martin Ave, the three-story facility is on a 1.6-acre plot and is designed as a turnkey build-to-suit facility offering 80,000 square feet (7,430 sqm) of purpose-built data center space and 9MW with...

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Read Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development
November 02, 2022

Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development

Madrid

Thor Equities has announced the acquisition of a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Madrid, Spain. The site is planned for a data center campus development. Swiss real estate investment company Stoneweg completed the sale on behalf of the Icona Capital Group to Thor. None of the companies reve...

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Read Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development
Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development
November 01, 2022

Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development

Northern Virginia

Today the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors is set to vote on a much-anticipated and controversial data center development, "the PW Digital Gateway", ​​which would introduce 26.7 million square feet of data center space​​ to 2,100 acres next to rural land of historical and cult...

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Read Metta DC Launches New Data Center in Jakarta, Indonesia
November 01, 2022

Metta DC Launches New Data Center in Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

A new Indonesian data center firm called Metta DC has opened a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. The facility is located in the Jababeka Industrial Estate. In addition, the three-story facility will offer up to 35MW of power upon completion. It also has a capacity for up to 3,000 racks. T...

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Read CyrusOne proposes data center outside of London
CyrusOne proposes data center outside of London
November 01, 2022

CyrusOne proposes data center outside of London

CyrusOne

CyrusOne is reportedly proposing a new facility located just outside of London in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, UK. The company filed its application in October with Buckinghamshire council, which outlined its plans for the 'Iver Heath Data Park,' a proposal to redevelop the Shannon Group head...

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Read PhonePe launches its first Green Data Center in India
PhonePe launches its first Green Data Center in India
November 01, 2022

PhonePe launches its first Green Data Center in India

India / Bhārata

PhonePe has announced that it has launched its first green data center in India. According to the company, this addition will open up new opportunities from a data management perspective while bolstering data security, power efficiency, and cloud solutions, made possible by PhonePe leveraging ...

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Read London Docklands proposal rejected
London Docklands proposal rejected
October 31, 2022

London Docklands proposal rejected

London

According to reports, a proposal for a new data center at the London Docklands has been rejected on the grounds that the proposals were "bulky" and could have a negative impact on the nearby Naval Row Conservation Area. Although council planning officers had recommended the proposal, which wou...

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Read Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash
Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash
October 31, 2022

Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash

Meta

Since Facebook became Meta, the company has tanked, losing $650 billion. In the wake of this huge loss, on Thursday, the giant's shares crashed 24% to $97.94, which is reportedly the lowest in nearly four years. This follows its historic loss in market value back in February, which saw $200bil...

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Read LCL switches diesel for HVO at its Brussels-West data center
LCL switches diesel for HVO at its Brussels-West data center
October 31, 2022

LCL switches diesel for HVO at its Brussels-West data center

Brussels

LCL has announced that it's replacing diesel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for its backup generators at its Brussels-West data center in Aalst, after investing in six new 2.25 MVA generators. The company is reportedly the first to do so in Belgium, and it aims to have all the generator...

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Read Blackstone Data Services Plans 10-12MW Cryptomine Data Center in Tazewell County, Virginia
October 31, 2022

Blackstone Data Services Plans 10-12MW Cryptomine Data Center in Tazewell County, Virginia

Virginia

Blackstone Data Services has announced that it is developing a new crypto-mining data center. The new facility will be located in the Bluestone Business and Technology Park shell building in Virginia’s Tazewell County. Blackstone plans to invest up to $18 million in developing the facility. Ch...

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Read Stonepeak Announces $570m Investment in CoreSite
Stonepeak Announces $570m Investment in CoreSite
October 31, 2022

Stonepeak Announces $570m Investment in CoreSite

CoreSite

Investment company Stonepeak has increased its investment in CoreSite by $570m. The data center company was acquired in 2021 by American Tower Corporation for $10 billion. After the acquisition, Stonepeak invested $2.5 billion in the data center company in the summer. Stonepeak’s new investmen...

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Read Piemonte Holdings' Elea Acquires TIM Brasil's Facility in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Piemonte Holdings' Elea Acquires TIM Brasil's Facility in Porto Alegre, Brazil
October 30, 2022

Piemonte Holdings' Elea Acquires TIM Brasil's Facility in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Elea Data Centers

Brazilian data center company Elea Digital has bought a data center facility in Porto Alegre from TIM Brasil. The facility is called POA2, and its first phase has a capacity for 500 racks. Elea Digital is owned by Piemonte Holdings, and it says it plans to expand the data center in the futu...

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Read NextDC Launches M3 Data Center in Melbourne
NextDC Launches M3 Data Center in Melbourne
October 30, 2022

NextDC Launches M3 Data Center in Melbourne

NEXTDC: M3West Footscray

NextDC has opened another data center in Melbourne, Australia. The facility sees the company more than double its existing capacity in Melbourne. M3 is located in West Footscray and spans 1 million square feet (100,000 square meters). It also offers 150MW of capacity. The facility offers 441,3...

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Read Ficolo Merging With Verne Global
Ficolo Merging With Verne Global
October 28, 2022

Ficolo Merging With Verne Global

Ficolo Oy

Finnish data center company Ficolo will be merging with Verne Global. The two firms are owned by Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9). The merger will see Ficolo now operate under the Verne Global brand. The CEO of Verne Global, Dominic Ward, said: “Ficolo’s three campuses add significant capa...

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Read AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development
AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development
October 28, 2022

AWS Buys 50+ acres in Thane, India For Possible Data Center Development

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web services has acquired a parcel of land in India. The company bought over 50 acres of land in Thane district, Mumbai for Rs 1,800 crore ($218 million). It is expected that AWS will build a data center on the site. The site was acquired from Ananta Landmarks, a subsidiary of real e...

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Read Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
October 28, 2022

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Sout...

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Read NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa
NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa
October 27, 2022

NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa

NTT

NTT has announced the opening of a new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Named the Johannesburg 1 Data Center, this new 12 MW facility will cover 6,000 sqm of IT space when fully built out, introduced to meet growing digital demand. Research shows that Africa is currently in the mids...

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