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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 Colt DCS European operations go 100% green
Colt DCS European operations go 100% green
February 09, 2021

Colt DCS European operations go 100% green

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced that its operations in Europe and the UK are now powered by 100% renewable power. This represents 17 facilities in Europe and the UK. Colt Press Release on Feb 8th 2021:Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) today announced that its operations across the ...

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Read Digital Colony Has Raised $4.1 Billion for Its 2nd Fund
Digital Colony Has Raised $4.1 Billion for Its 2nd Fund
February 08, 2021

Digital Colony Has Raised $4.1 Billion for Its 2nd Fund

DigitalBridge

Digital Colony, an arm of Colony Capital Inc., held a first close of more than $4.1 billion for its second fund dedicated to global communications-infrastructure investments, according to a memo sent to investors obtained by Bloomberg News.Digital Colony, led by Colony Chief Executive Officer ...

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Read Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility
Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility
February 05, 2021

Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility

Digital Realty: SJC37

Digital Realty will add to its dominant position in the Silicon Valley data center market with a new 48 MW, 430,000 sqft, four-story data center. The first phase 8-megawatts of customer capacity is targeted for the third quarter of 2022.The facility's address is 641 Walsh Ave and is adjacent t...

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Read Bridge Data Centres Expands Footprint in Malaysia With Third Data Centre
Bridge Data Centres Expands Footprint in Malaysia With Third Data Centre
February 03, 2021

Bridge Data Centres Expands Footprint in Malaysia With Third Data Centre

Bridge Data Centres MY03

Bridge Data Centres has announced that the company is adding its third facility in Malaysia. The address is unknown, but the company states it till be in the Bukit Jalil region of Kuala Lumpur. The facility will be 16-megawatts and scheduled to be ready for service in Q2 2022. Bridge Press ...

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Read OVH Expands in Sydney and Singapore
OVH Expands in Sydney and Singapore
February 02, 2021

OVH Expands in Sydney and Singapore

OVH Sydney SYD-1

The company opened its second data center in Sydney, Australia, and doubled the capacity of its Singapore data center. The APAC region is now home to 3 of the 32 OVHcloud data centers across 4 continents.OVH Press Release on Feb 2nd, 2021: As part of its global growth strategy, OVHcloud Unveil...

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Read Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent
Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent
January 27, 2021

Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent

Vantage Data Centers

DENVER (January 27, 2021) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announced today that it doubled its size in terms of markets served and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent in 2020 with the company’s entrance into the European market an...

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Read Equinix to expand two data centers in Helsinki, Finland
Equinix to expand two data centers in Helsinki, Finland
January 25, 2021

Equinix to expand two data centers in Helsinki, Finland

Equinix Helsinki HE5

The company announced that it will add approximately 800 cabinets to its HE5 and HE7 International Business Exchange (IBX) sites in Helsinki at a cost of $38.8M (€32M). Equinix currently operates six data centers in Helsinki, all of which run on 100% renewable energy.Equinix Press Release on J...

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Read EdgeConneX Announces Second Data Center in Santiago Chile
EdgeConneX Announces Second Data Center in Santiago Chile
January 21, 2021

EdgeConneX Announces Second Data Center in Santiago Chile

Edgeconnex Santiago SCL01

EdgeConneX has added its 33rd data center market. The company has announced its new Santiago (SCL01) facility with 7MWs of data center capacity. As part of the launch, Oracle was identified as their anchor customer in the facility. The company is planning to build SCL02 on its Santiago campus,...

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Read Digital Fortress Acquires Three Atmosera Facilities in Portland
Digital Fortress Acquires Three Atmosera Facilities in Portland
January 19, 2021

Digital Fortress Acquires Three Atmosera Facilities in Portland

Digital Fortress

Digital Fortress has announced that it has acquired three facilities in Portland from Atmosera. Atmosera will now focus on building its Microsoft Azure services. With the acquisition, Digital Fortress now has 10 facilities across the United States. Digital Fortress was formed in 2012 from the ...

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Read Green Datacenter Invests in large Zurich Campus
Green Datacenter Invests in large Zurich Campus
January 18, 2021

Green Datacenter Invests in large Zurich Campus

Green Datacenter Dielsdorf Campus

Green Datacenter announced they will begin construction on a new data center campus North of Zurich in the town of Dielsdorf. The campus, named "Zurich Metro Campus", will have three data center buildings and will contain over 46,000 sqm (495,000 sq ft). There will also be three office buildin...

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Read Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin
Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin
January 15, 2021

Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty (DLR) has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas from San Francisco, California. DLR will maintain a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the world's leading technology hubs.Digital Realty already operates a significant data center foo...

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Read Northern Data acquires data center site in Northern Sweden fully powered by green energy
Northern Data acquires data center site in Northern Sweden fully powered by green energy
January 07, 2021

Northern Data acquires data center site in Northern Sweden fully powered by green energy

Northern Data AG

Frankfurt am Main – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87) acquires a data center facility in Northern Sweden to meet massive customer demand. The site currently consists of six data center halls on an area of 2.5 hectares and will now be further expanded by Northern Data following...

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Read Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa
Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa
January 05, 2021

Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa

Bluebird Quad Cities

Bluebird Press Release on January 5, 2021 COLUMBIA, MO – Bluebird Network – a communications infrastructure provider and data center operator – is excited to announce that effective December 31, 2020, it acquired the ColoHub Data Center—previously owned by Geneseo Communications—located in Bet...

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Read 1547 acquires the Pittock Block in Portland
1547 acquires the Pittock Block in Portland
January 05, 2021

1547 acquires the Pittock Block in Portland

Pittock Internet Exchange

1547 Critical Systems Realty has acquired the Pittock Block, a Portland carrier hotel from the Alco Investment Company. Don't call it a trend, but 1547 has targeted a couple of acquisitions that focus on carrier dense data centers. Last September 1547 acquired a Milwaukee carrier hotel, the We...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility
Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility
December 18, 2020

Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility

Vantage Zurich ZRH1

Vantage announced the completion of an 8-megawatt concrete shell in Winterthur, Switzerland which is Northeast of Zurich. The facility is Vantage's first greenfield EU hyperscale building that will be delivered as part of an aggressive $2 billion EU expansion announced in February 2020.  At fu...

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Read Cologix Starts Construction on Large Ashburn Data Center
Cologix Starts Construction on Large Ashburn Data Center
December 16, 2020

Cologix Starts Construction on Large Ashburn Data Center

Cologix: ASH1

Cologix has announced it broke ground on a large data center near the Equinix Ashburn campus. The Cologix campus will eventually be 1 million sqft and 120-megawatts. The two-story first phase will be 350,000 sqft spread across 16 data halls. Later phases call for the removal of the church and ...

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Read DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers
DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers
December 15, 2020

DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers

DataBank

DataBank has closed deal to acquire 45 of Zayo's data centers across 20 markets in the US and UK. A second closing for zColo’s data centers in France is expected to be completed in Q1 2021. The deal instantly transforms Databank into a large player in the colocation market. With zColo's facili...

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Read AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities
AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities
December 10, 2020

AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities

AirTrunk Singapore SGP1

On the same day, AirTrunk launched into two new markets, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Macquarie-owned AirTrunk is known for building large data centres in Australia and the new sites are no exception.  Singapore SGP1 is a 6o megawatt and 20,000 square metres of floor space. The facility is in...

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Read Stream Expands in Elk Grove
Stream Expands in Elk Grove
December 09, 2020

Stream Expands in Elk Grove

Stream Chicago II

Stream has announced that is expanding in the Chicago metro. The new building will be near the company's first data center in Elk Grove and will have 130,000 sqft of raised floor and 32-megawatts at full build-out. The first phase will begin in February 2021 and will finish in Q3 with 4 MW ini...

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Read Advania Data Centers Rebrands to atNorth
Advania Data Centers Rebrands to atNorth
December 08, 2020

Advania Data Centers Rebrands to atNorth

atNorth

Advania Data Centers, a high-density computing technology company headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, announced today that it had changed its name and will now be known as atNorth. Among the other changes will be its logo, tagline, and domain name to atnorth.com. "Rebranding is a logical step...

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