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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

New Jersey

Read OVH begins work on its new data center near Frankfurt, Germany
OVH begins work on its new data center near Frankfurt, Germany
September 12, 2022

OVH begins work on its new data center near Frankfurt, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

OVHcloud has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in Limburg, Germany, the company's second in the area. The facility, which will see an investment of around €100 million ($101m) over the next five years, will offer space for 40,000 servers on more than 6,000 square meters (64...

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Read Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas
Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas
September 12, 2022

Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas

Compass Datacenters

According to reports, Compass Datacenters is going to launch a $64 million data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas. Filed with the state of Texas, the project is known as Vallies ELT-1 and is set to commence at the end of September. Located at 441 North Austin Boulevard, the project s...

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Read PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely
PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely
September 12, 2022

PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely

Northern Virginia

Prince William County planners have recommended the approval of the PW Digital Gateway project, it has been announced. Subsequently, the controversial project is likely to go ahead. If approved, the project would see the rezoning of over 2,000 acres of land for up to 27.6 million square feet o...

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Read Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center
Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center
September 12, 2022

Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center

Nxtra Data Ltd

Nxtra has announced that it has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy, what it calls, low environmental impact fuel cell installation at one of its facilities. Its data center in Karnataka will be the target of the installation and will make Nxtra the first company in India to make such a dep...

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Read AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
September 09, 2022

AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center

AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has closed Japan’s first data center green loan as part of its new Green Financing Framework to finance its 110+MW West Tokyo data center, AirTrunk TOK2. The size of the loan has not yet been disclosed. In line with the company’s green financing framework, its p...

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Read Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
September 09, 2022

Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

Digital Realty Trust

Environmentalists are appealing against two data centers Interxion is planning to build in Dublin. The appeal, lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP) by John Conway and Louth Environmental Group, argues that there are a "disproportionate" number of data centers in the area and that the facilities'...

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Read The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor
The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor
September 09, 2022

The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor

YTL Johor

YTL Data Centre Holdings Pte Ltd and Sea Ltd recently held the ground-breaking ceremony for The Sea Data Centre, signifying the first phase of the 500MW YTL Green Data Center Park in Johor, Malaysia. The project represents an RM1.5 billion investment into the area over the next ten years, with...

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Read NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
September 08, 2022

NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

NTT

NTT has announced that it has begun construction on its Cyberjaya 6 data center in Malaysia, with an initial investment of more than $50 million. Set to cater to hyperscalers and high-end enterprises, the facility, when combined with the company's CBJ5 data center, will have a capacity of 22M...

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Read California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy
California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy
September 08, 2022

California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy

Verizon Wireless

Records have been broken in Sacramento, California, as temperatures hit 116F (46.7C) this week. In response, as reported by Baxtel earlier this week, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) – the overseer of the State's electricity generation, issued a Flex Alert, requesting energy us...

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Read Backblaze Expands Data Center Portfolio with Nautilus
Backblaze Expands Data Center Portfolio with Nautilus
September 08, 2022

Backblaze Expands Data Center Portfolio with Nautilus

Nautilus Stockton

Backblaze, a storage cloud platform, has contracted with Nautilus Data Technologies for 1 Megawatt deployment at their Stockton Data Center in California. The move comes as part of Backblaze's plan to expand its data center portfolio and provide more scalable, efficient, and affordable cloud s...

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Read Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022
Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022
September 07, 2022

Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022

Washington

According to reports, the first commercial underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by the end of 2022. Named the ​​"Jules Verne Pod" and created by Subsea Cloud, the 20ft pod will reportedly have space for 16 datacenter racks, accommodate 800 servers, scalable to 100,...

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Read Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta
Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta
September 07, 2022

Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta

Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced that it has begun work on its Jakarta data center in Indonesia. The facility, situated under 3km from its EDGE1 facility will have a capacity of 23MW and will be known as EDGE2.According to the company, the facility will be operated by PT. Ekagrata Data Gemilang (Ed...

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Read California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave
California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave
September 06, 2022

California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave

California

California temperatures have soared to a record high, placing serious pressure on the power grid, and causing state officials to urge residents to limit their power usage. According to reports, the heat wave is most seriously affecting the Central Valley, which is projected to reach 115 degree...

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Read Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy
September 06, 2022

Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently announced that its data center region in New Zealand (specific location not yet disclosed), will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity due to a partnership with Ecotricity, a sustainable electricity retailer. This means that the region will use solar, wind, and hy...

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Read TikTok requests clarification about Ireland's new data center policy statement
TikTok requests clarification about Ireland's new data center policy statement
September 06, 2022

TikTok requests clarification about Ireland's new data center policy statement

Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, the data center expansion debate is bubbling over. A contentious matter in recent years, due to energy grid and environmental concerns, many have called for a moratorium or stricter rules around expansion. There has also recently been confusion around the country's new data center ...

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Read Atman expands its Warsaw campus
Atman expands its Warsaw campus
September 06, 2022

Atman expands its Warsaw campus

Atman

Atman, a Polish data center operator, has announced that it is expanding one of its campuses in Warsaw. This expansion will take place at its Warsaw-1 campus at 21a Grochowska Street, with the addition of the F7 building. Atman F7 will reportedly offer 7.2MW of capacity ac...

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Read Vxchnge ceases operations
Vxchnge ceases operations
September 05, 2022

Vxchnge ceases operations

United States

US data center operator Vxchnge has quietly ceased operations after selling off a number of sites over the last few years to both Cologix and Element Critical. The news was first confirmed by DCD, who outlined that although there was still one facility in Durham, North Carolina that wasn’t par...

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Read iM Data Centers Joins Sustainability Consortium
iM Data Centers Joins Sustainability Consortium
September 05, 2022

iM Data Centers Joins Sustainability Consortium

Miami

iM Data Centers, a manufacturer of modular data centers, has announced that it is joining the Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) Climate Accord (ICA), a collaboration between digital infrastructure companies that have come together to push forward carbon neutrality initiatives. According to Dean ...

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Read Galaxy Backbone announces launch Tier IV data center
Galaxy Backbone announces launch Tier IV data center
September 05, 2022

Galaxy Backbone announces launch Tier IV data center

Nigeria

 The Galaxy Backbone (GBB) has announced that it is launching a Tier IV data center into the public and private sector space, in order to boost its digital infrastructure. In a statement, the agency said: “The infrastructure has been specifically built to respond to the desire of its growing b...

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Read Africa Data Centres To Add 30MW Capacity To Its Johannesburg Data Center
Africa Data Centres To Add 30MW Capacity To Its Johannesburg Data Center
September 05, 2022

Africa Data Centres To Add 30MW Capacity To Its Johannesburg Data Center

Teraco Johannesburg JB1

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has announced that it has started expansion work on its Samrand data center. The expansion will see ADC add 30MW of power to one of its Johannesburg data center campuses. Africa Data Centres (ADC) is pan-African technology group business of Cassava Technologies. It ow...

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