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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 Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain
Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain
July 21, 2021

Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain

Green Mountain AS

Azrieli Group, an Israeli real estate firm, has acquired 100% of Green Mountain, a Norwegian data center Company. The acquisition cost Azrieli NIS 2.8 billion ($849.2m). Azrieli noted that the acquisition would be self-financed, and it will be through debt raising and through an unsecured l...

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Read Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil
Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil
July 20, 2021

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the sec...

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Read Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat to develop $100m data center in Batam, Indonesia
Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat to develop $100m data center in Batam, Indonesia
July 20, 2021

Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat to develop $100m data center in Batam, Indonesia

etisalat and

According to Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat are joining forces to develop a new data center in northwest Indonesia. This announcement comes as the country undergoes a data center construction boom and is expected to reach a value of USD$ 3.07 b...

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Read GDS plans 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia
GDS plans 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia
July 20, 2021

GDS plans 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia

Carrier-Neutral Data Center

GDS has announced plans to build a 22,500 sqm (242,200 sq ft), 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. This move follows the firm acquiring land in the Nusajaya Tech Park, Johor. According to the company, it plans to complete the project's first phase in early 2024, with a capa...

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Read Rack Centre doubles its Lagos data center campus capacity
July 19, 2021

Rack Centre doubles its Lagos data center campus capacity

Rack Centre Limited

Rack Centre has doubled the capacity of its data center campus in Lagos through expansion. With the expansion, the facility now has 1.5MW of capacity. The expansion also sees Rack Centre add 6,500 square feet of white space to the facility. Rack Centre is also looking to expand the facility...

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Read Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India
Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India
July 16, 2021

Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure to develop data centers in India. The brand name of the joint venture is BAM Digital Realty.Although precise details around the project are yet to be released, reports indicate...

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Read Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online
Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online
July 16, 2021

Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has announced that its data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah is now  up and running. Although officially serving traffic, the site is still under construction, with a view to span to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m). At the peak of construction, the site employed a total of 1,250 ...

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Read New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney
New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney
July 16, 2021

New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney

Macquarie Data Centres

Macquarie Data Centres has announced plans for a new data center in Sydney, Australia. Based at the Macquarie Park campus, the facility, 3 Super West, if it goes ahead, will have a capacity of 32MW. The company expects the data center to be completed by 2023 The construct...

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Read Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report
Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report
July 16, 2021

Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

Digital Realty Trust

According to its latest ESG report, Digital Realty is meeting its sustainability targets in the push for carbon-neutrality. The company, as part of the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi), has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions by 24% by 2030.  It...

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Read IBM announces 21 sustainability goals
IBM announces 21 sustainability goals
July 15, 2021

IBM announces 21 sustainability goals

Kyndryl

IBM is one of the latest data center companies to commit itself to net-zero GHG emissions by 2030. In its most recent Environmental Report, the company set out twenty-one environmental sustainability goals and also outlined its involvement with the European Green Digital Coalition.As a foundin...

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Read NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus
NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus
July 15, 2021

NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus

NTT Phoenix Campus

NTT has revealed plans for its new 240MW data center campus in Mesa, Arizona. It has also broken ground on the site. The facility is on a 102-acre site, and it is located on Elliot Road Technology Corridor, Mesa, Arizona. It will have a 240MW capacity and 1.5 million square feet of floor space...

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Read DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center
DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center
July 14, 2021

DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

DataBank: DFW3

DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, just announced the expansion of its DFW3, Dallas Fort Worth Data Center. It is expanding to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure in the Dallas Fort Worth market. Th...

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Read Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley
Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley
July 14, 2021

Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley

Prime Santa Clara (Martin)

Prime Data Centers has announced that it is building a new 9MW data center on Martin Avenue in Santa Clara, California. With this new data center, it is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley as this is its second facility in Silicon Valley. Prime says it is strategically building the dat...

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Read Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center
Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center
July 14, 2021

Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center

Senegal

Senegal has announced that it is moving all government and data applications into a new government data center to achieve “digital sovereignty”. Named the Diamniadio National Datacenter and worth 46 billion CFA francs ($18.2 million), it was financed with a Chinese loan.The facility has a host...

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Read GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences
GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences
July 14, 2021

GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences

GI Partners

GI Partners has launched the GI Real Estate Essential Tech + Science Fund (ETS Fund), which will look to acquire data center properties and life sciences assets. The fund will also focus on always-on R&D facilities in the office and industrial sectors. Former president of Infomart, John...

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Read EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns
EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns
July 14, 2021

EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns

EngineNode

Another environmental controversy has arisen in Ireland, as Ireland’s planning board, An Bord Pleanála dismissed complaints by locals and environmental groups, granting EngineNode permission to build data center in Bracetown and Gunnocks, County Meath, Ireland. The building plan first submitte...

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Read Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico
Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico
July 13, 2021

Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico

Telmex Cancun

Telmex, a Mexican telco, has opened a new data center in Cancún, Mexico. The Company first announced that it was opening this data center in August 2020. Besides, according to El Economista, Telmex chose Cancún to access the Equinix-operated NAP of the Americas IEX in Miami via submarine cable...

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Read Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas
July 13, 2021

Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio

According to recent documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Microsoft has applied to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas. The data centers will have a total space of 350,000 square feet. It will also cost over $200 million. The construction of ...

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Read TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
July 13, 2021

TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin

Echelon Clondalkin

According to The Sunday Business Post, TikTok plans to lease space at the Echelon data center campus in Clondalkin for its new Irish data center. According to the different sources of the Sunday Business Post, TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, will use the Clondalkin campus as its m...

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Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
July 13, 2021

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

Amazon AWS

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway.This is not the on...

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