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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 Xavier Niel acquires 6% stake in Belgian telco Proximus
Xavier Niel acquires 6% stake in Belgian telco Proximus
November 15, 2023

Xavier Niel acquires 6% stake in Belgian telco Proximus

Belgium

Xavier Niel, the founder of French telecoms company Iliad, has acquired a six percent stake in Belgian telco Proximus through his holding company Carraun.The Belgian government has a majority stake of 53.51% in this telco, while the company holds 4.59 percent of its share capital. Niel said, "...

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Read Exa Infrastructure names Nick Read as interim CEO
Exa Infrastructure names Nick Read as interim CEO
November 14, 2023

Exa Infrastructure names Nick Read as interim CEO

EXA Infrastructure

Exa Infrastructure recently announced that former Vodafone chief executive Nick Read will lead the business with immediate effect. Read, appointed as chairman of Exa Infrastructure in June, will replace Martijn Blanken as chief executive on an interim basis. As part of the transition, Blanket ...

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Read Google to launch new cloud region in Saudi Arabia
Google to launch new cloud region in Saudi Arabia
November 14, 2023

Google to launch new cloud region in Saudi Arabia

Google

Google recently announced that it will be launching its Saudi Arabian cloud region this week. Anthony Cirot, Google Cloud’s EMEA South VP, posted on LinkedIn, “I'm thrilled to share an exciting milestone in Google Cloud's journey: the launch of our new cloud region in Saudi Arabia. This marks ...

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Read Teraco announces 30MW expansion of Brackenfell facility
Teraco announces 30MW expansion of Brackenfell facility
November 14, 2023

Teraco announces 30MW expansion of Brackenfell facility

Teraco Data Environments

Teraco has announced a 30MW expansion of its CT2 campus in Brackenfell as the second construction phase begins. The new capacity of this facility is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2025.  The Digital Realty-owned company completed the first phase of CT2 at the Brackenfell cam...

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Read CapitaLand India Trust secures $155m loan for data center development
CapitaLand India Trust secures $155m loan for data center development
November 14, 2023

CapitaLand India Trust secures $155m loan for data center development

India / Bhārata

Singapore's CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) has secured a Rs 1,300 crore ($155.9m) five-year construction loan to develop its data center facility in Navi Mumbai. India. This fund, secured by J.P. Morgan India, will be used to finance the first phase of construction of the data center. Sanjeev ...

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Read Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa
Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa
November 13, 2023

Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa

South Africa

Pan-African digital infrastructure firm Paratus has launched a new teleport in Pretoria, marking its second teleport in South Africa. Paratus announced the launch of the new Goedehoop Teleport in Doornkloof, some 50 miles north of Johannesburg. Managing director of Paratus South Africa, Kallie...

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Read Nvidia launches H200 GPU, its latest high-end GPU
Nvidia launches H200 GPU, its latest high-end GPU
November 13, 2023

Nvidia launches H200 GPU, its latest high-end GPU

United States

Nvidia has launched H200, its latest high-end GPU for training AI models. This new GPU, identical to the H100, has significant improvements as it features 41GB of HBM3e and a 4.8TBps memory bandwidth compared to the H100's 80GB of HBM3 and 3.5TBps of memory bandwidth. Ian Buck, vice president ...

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Read Digicel to deactivate 2G network in Trinidad and Tobago next year
Digicel to deactivate 2G network in Trinidad and Tobago next year
November 13, 2023

Digicel to deactivate 2G network in Trinidad and Tobago next year

South America

Digicel has confirmed its plans to deactivate its 2G network in Trinidad and Tobago on March 31, 2024, as it intends to focus strictly on its 3G, 4G, and 4G LTE services. Operators have also reportedly designed technical solutions to eliminate 2G and 3G-only devices. Reyanne Sobers, general ma...

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Read Liberty Latin America to sell telecom towers to PTI for $407m
Liberty Latin America to sell telecom towers to PTI for $407m
November 13, 2023

Liberty Latin America to sell telecom towers to PTI for $407m

France

Liberty Latin America (LLA) recently agreed to sell about 1,300 telecom towers to Phoenix Tower International (PTI) for $407 million. Tower sites to be monetized in this transaction include towers in locations across Panama, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and the British Virgin I...

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Read Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee
Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee
November 11, 2023

Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee

Tennessee

This week, Aphorio Carter Fund Management Company, the critical infrastructure and data center division of Carter Funds, announced that it had acquired a fully leased enterprise data center property in Collierville for about $13 million. John Regan, chief investment officer of Aphorio Carter, ...

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Read Upstack acquires technology advisory firm PCM
Upstack acquires technology advisory firm PCM
November 11, 2023

Upstack acquires technology advisory firm PCM

United States

Data center directory firm Upstack has acquired technology advisory firm Progressive Communications Management (PCM), which specializes in advising enterprise and midmarket organizations on cloud, network, and communications solutions. Following this acquisition, PCM co-founders Bob Matthews a...

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Read Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect
Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect
November 11, 2023

Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect

Washington

Australian infrastructure investment firm Palisade Infrastructure this week completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the equity interests in Mashell, Ranier's parent company. Following this acquisition, Rainier Connect has been rebranded as Lightcurve with immediate effect. Mike Reynolds, m...

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Read US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
November 10, 2023

US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

Lumen Technologies

The  US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is...

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Read Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises
Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises
November 10, 2023

Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises

Germany / Deutschland

IT services firm Kyndryl announced this week that it will be helping German cooperative bank Hausbank München to relocate two of its data centers from on-premise facilities to Kyndryl’s own facilities in Frankfurt.  Kyndryl will rebuild the dedicated server infrastructure, establish a moderniz...

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Read Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled
Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled
November 09, 2023

Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled

Idaho

The power utility Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), and the reactor company NuScale, have announced intentions to cancel the Carbon Free Power Project, a small modular reactor (SMR) project they planned to build at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). David Schlissel, director o...

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Read OData announces new data center facility in Santiago, Chile
OData announces new data center facility in Santiago, Chile
November 09, 2023

OData announces new data center facility in Santiago, Chile

ODATA SA

LatAm data center firm OData announced the launch of its second data center facility in Chile called the DC ST02, located in San Bernardo in the south of Santiago. This new addition to the Aligned-owned company’s portfolio offers 40.6MW across 366,000 square feet and features an on-site substa...

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Read Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans
Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans
November 09, 2023

Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans

Angola

Pan-African firm Paratus has secured a new debt facility worth $31 million from Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, and its fund manager, Ninety One. This credit facility dedicated to the expansion of its fiber and data center ...

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Read Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea
Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea
November 09, 2023

Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea

South Korea

South Korean technology firm Naver held an opening event for the first phase of its Sejong campus, its second major campus in Korea. This campus, currently spanning 290,000 square meters, is expected to reach 270MW of capacity at densities of 20kW and can reportedly hold 600,000 servers, runni...

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Read QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
November 08, 2023

QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys

QTS Data Centers

US data center firm QTS recently purchased Dutch data center management and operations company Zentrys. QTS intends to bring Zentrys employees on board over the next year and integrate the newly purchased company with its technology and processes.  Chad Williams, CEO of QTS, said, "We welcome ...

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Read OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore
OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore
November 08, 2023

OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore

OVH Group

European cloud and data center firm OVHcloud has launched a new data center in Singapore. The company said, “OVHcloud’s newest data center will feature an integrated water cooling system that is built into a vertical rack designed to facilitate cooling at the server level, eliminating the need...

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