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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 Vertiv purchases liquid cooling business CoolTera
Vertiv purchases liquid cooling business CoolTera
December 04, 2023

Vertiv purchases liquid cooling business CoolTera

United States

Data center and digital infrastructure power and cooling company Vertiv recently purchased liquid cooling business CoolTera. Vertiv is now in charge of the provider of coolant distribution infrastructure, including certain contracts, patents, trademarks, and intellectual property from an affil...

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Read Ardent to purchase new data center facilities across US and UK
Ardent to purchase new data center facilities across US and UK
December 04, 2023

Ardent to purchase new data center facilities across US and UK

United States

Ardent Data Centers recently revealed its plans to acquire three data centers as part of a €110 million investment plan. The company mentioned it has successfully agreed letters of intent with two sites in the US and is the preferred bidder on a third in the UK. Once all three sites are acquir...

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Read Mitratel acquires over 800 towers from Gametraco for $113 million
Mitratel acquires over 800 towers from Gametraco for $113 million
December 03, 2023

Mitratel acquires over 800 towers from Gametraco for $113 million

Jakarta

Jakarta-based PT Dayamitra Telekomunikasi Tbk (Mitratel)  revealed last week that it recently acquired 803 towers from infrastructure operator PT Gametraco Tunggal for around $113 million.  The Telkom Indonesia subsidiary noted that this acquisition includes 1.327 tenants, confirming that 562 ...

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Read Norway’s Green Mountain completes first Tiktok data center
Norway’s Green Mountain completes first Tiktok data center
December 01, 2023

Norway’s Green Mountain completes first Tiktok data center

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has completed the data center building at the OSL2-Hamar campus in Norway, which it claims is Europe’s largest data center run on renewable energy and has officially handed it over to TikTok. The social media company is now in charge of delivering, installing, and testing server...

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Read Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility
Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility
December 01, 2023

Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility

Verne Global

UK and Nordic provider Verne Global has added liquid cooling to its underground Finnish data center campus in conjunction with Dell and Intel. Verne is now offering direct liquid cooling (DLC) for systems installed in the Rock data center, which occupies ex-military tunnels in the bedrock at P...

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Read CyrusOne launches fifth data center in Frankfurt
CyrusOne launches fifth data center in Frankfurt
December 01, 2023

CyrusOne launches fifth data center in Frankfurt

CyrusOne

CyrusOne has just launched its fifth data center in Frankfurt, FRA5  located in Hanau, 25km east of Frankfurt's city center. This new campus, spanning 18,000 square meters across two buildings will offer 54MW of IT capacity. The launch ceremony hosted by Carsten Schneider was attended by Lord ...

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Read Sines facility in Portuguese scandal also destroyed natural habitats
Sines facility in Portuguese scandal also destroyed natural habitats
December 01, 2023

Sines facility in Portuguese scandal also destroyed natural habitats

Portugal

The Sines data center campus in Portugal involved in the Portuguese government corruption scandal is reported to have also destroyed natural habitats protected by Portuguese and European legislation. A report by the INCF revealed Start Campus built its first data center on the site in Sines on...

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Read Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation
Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation
December 01, 2023

Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation

KAO Data

Kao Data recently completed work on its second data center in Harlow, UK and has noted that the facility is now ready for operations. According to a LinkedIn post shared by the company on November 28, the KLON-02  is a 10MW data center that has been designed and built "to the highest standards...

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Read Intel partners with Vertiv to develop two-phase liquid cooling in Gaudi3 AI accelerator
Intel partners with Vertiv to develop two-phase liquid cooling in Gaudi3 AI accelerator
December 01, 2023

Intel partners with Vertiv to develop two-phase liquid cooling in Gaudi3 AI accelerator

Intel

Intel's new Gaudi3 AI accelerator is set to have two-phase liquid cooling developed in partnership with Vertiv. The systems will have a pumped two-phase (P2P) cooling system designed to remove up to 160kW of heat, using water from 17°C up to 45°C (62.6°F to 113°F). An alternative for air-coole...

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Read DigitalBridge closes its digital infrastructure after raising $1.1billion
DigitalBridge closes its digital infrastructure after raising $1.1billion
December 01, 2023

DigitalBridge closes its digital infrastructure after raising $1.1billion

DigitalBridge

DigitalBridge has closed its digital infrastructure credit fund, DigitalBridge Credit (DBC), after raising $1.1 billion. This fund will be used to support the growth of companies within the digital infrastructure sector. Investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth...

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Read Meta unveils new Illinois data center
Meta unveils new Illinois data center
November 30, 2023

Meta unveils new Illinois data center

Illinois

Meta has finally launched its 2.3 million square feet DeKalb, Illinois, data center three years after construction began. According to the company, this construction took over $1 billion to complete and required 1,200 skilled workers. This site is expected to provide over 200 operational jobs ...

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Read Telefónica to cut jobs in Spain
Telefónica to cut jobs in Spain
November 30, 2023

Telefónica to cut jobs in Spain

Telefonica

Telefónica has revealed to the labor union representatives that it plans to cut jobs in Spain, according to the UGT union. The company did not specify how many jobs it intends to cut. However, the Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reports that there could be as many as 3,000 jobs. The company is cu...

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Read Broadcom reduces VMware workforce by over 1200
Broadcom reduces VMware workforce by over 1200
November 30, 2023

Broadcom reduces VMware workforce by over 1200

California

Broadcom recently disclosed 1,267 layoffs for VMware employees at the Palo Alto, California, headquarters only a day after the layoff plans were announced. This also comes one week after Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware.  A  letter from Jill Turner, Broadcom's vice president of hum...

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Read Climate groups to launch new Virginia data center pressure group on Friday
Climate groups to launch new Virginia data center pressure group on Friday
November 29, 2023

Climate groups to launch new Virginia data center pressure group on Friday

Virginia

A group of 20 environmental and climate groups will launch a coalition this week to rein in the data center industry across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition will call for limits to data center development at a press conference on Friday, December 1. The C...

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Read Amazon and Nvidia to build the world’s largest cloud AI supercomputer
Amazon and Nvidia to build the world’s largest cloud AI supercomputer
November 29, 2023

Amazon and Nvidia to build the world’s largest cloud AI supercomputer

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it is in partnership with GPU-maker Nvidia to launch the Project Ceiba supercomputer. This supercomputer is expected to be the world’s largest cloud AI supercomputer, featuring  16,384 GH200 NVL32 Grace Hopper Superchips. The system will also feature the A...

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Read DataBank raises capital for new data centers
DataBank raises capital for new data centers
November 29, 2023

DataBank raises capital for new data centers

DataBank

DataBank has raised $533 million of capital to build new data centers through debt and equity. This brings the total funds raised by the company this year to $1.6 billion, with  $715 million of secured notes issued in February and a $350 million credit facility announced later in March. DataBa...

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Read Ohio firefighters killed in a tower maintenance accident
Ohio firefighters killed in a tower maintenance accident
November 29, 2023

Ohio firefighters killed in a tower maintenance accident

Ohio

Concord-Green fire chief Ralph Stegbauer and fire captain Jeffery Skaggs have both passed away while carrying out tower maintenance outside their firehouse in Ohio. Both firefighters were working on the Fayette County, Ohio tower when the mechanical lift they were in overturned. This accident ...

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Read Musk to provide Israel with Starlink acces upon approval from Israel
Musk to provide Israel with Starlink acces upon approval from Israel
November 29, 2023

Musk to provide Israel with Starlink acces upon approval from Israel

Israel

Last month, Elon Musk mentioned that he would look into providing Gaza with its Starlink service to  "support connectivity to internationally recognized aid organizations in Gaza." In recent developments, Israel has responded to Musk saying Starlink's satellite network will only be allowed to ...

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Read Ericson partners with Ooredo to provide 4G network of oil companies
Ericson partners with Ooredo to provide 4G network of oil companies
November 29, 2023

Ericson partners with Ooredo to provide 4G network of oil companies

Africa

Ericsson recently announced that it is working with Qatari mobile operator Ooredoo to provide its customers in the oil and gas sector with rugged 4G network connectivity. The network will be deployed offshore to connect the oil and gas customer’s facilities with arriving ships. Kevin Murphy, V...

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Read Google’s Nevada facility to be powered by geothermal power
Google’s Nevada facility to be powered by geothermal power
November 29, 2023

Google’s Nevada facility to be powered by geothermal power

Google

Google recently announced that its data centers in Nevada will be powered by a new geothermal power plant. This project, originally announced by Google and Fervo in 2021, is a  5MW project that will use Google AI systems to help with its operations. Michael Terrell, senior director of energy a...

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