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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 PG&E Announces $73bn Grid Infrastructure Upgrade Plan
PG&E Announces $73bn Grid Infrastructure Upgrade Plan
September 29, 2025

PG&E Announces $73bn Grid Infrastructure Upgrade Plan

California

California’s biggest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), has revealed a new $73 billion spending program to upgrade its grid infrastructure to meet the surging demand from artificial intelligence and cloud computing.The investment is expected to support up to 10GW of new data...

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Read Top Data Center News from 22nd-27th September, 2025
Top Data Center News from 22nd-27th September, 2025
September 29, 2025

Top Data Center News from 22nd-27th September, 2025

United States

Nscale Raises $1.1bn from Backers AI data center developer Nscale has raised $1.1 billion to help fund its data center build-out in the UK and beyond in a Series B round led by Aker ASA, and participation from the likes of Blue Owl, Dell, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Nokia, Nvid...

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Read ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana
ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana
September 29, 2025

ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana

Munich-München

AAAS Energy, a Dutch energy company, has partnered with ChillMine, a US cloud computing firm, to develop a solar-powered data center campus in Botswana. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to “establish a world-class facility designed to serve AI computing, global hyperscalers, and...

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Read Poland to Invest $548m in collaboration with IRIS²
Poland to Invest $548m in collaboration with IRIS²
September 27, 2025

Poland to Invest $548m in collaboration with IRIS²

Poland

The Polish Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy has announced its intent to build a data center, buy six satellites and build a ground station to service them in Poland, at a combined cost of PLN2 billion ($548 million). The investment is part of Poland’s National Reconstruction Plan (the KPO...

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Read Blue Owl Partners with QIA for New Data Center Platform
Blue Owl Partners with QIA for New Data Center Platform
September 27, 2025

Blue Owl Partners with QIA for New Data Center Platform

Qatar

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Blue Owl Capital Inc. this week announced the companies have entered into a strategic partnership agreement with the aim of "creating a digital infrastructure platform." The platform is intended to “accelerate global compute available to leading hyperscaler...

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Read CoreSite Launches Third New York Data Center
CoreSite Launches Third New York Data Center
September 27, 2025

CoreSite Launches Third New York Data Center

CoreSite

US data center firm CoreSite this week announced the completion of its newest facility, NY3 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The purpose-built data center, located adjacent to CoreSite’s existing NY2 facility at 2 Emerson Lane, adds more than 138,000 sq ft (12,820 sqm) to CoreSite’s greater New York f...

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Read Cryptominer CleanSpark Secures $200m in Credit Facility
Cryptominer CleanSpark Secures $200m in Credit Facility
September 27, 2025

Cryptominer CleanSpark Secures $200m in Credit Facility

United States

Cryptominer CleanSpark this week announced it was increasing its Bitcoin-backed credit facility with Coinbase Prime by $100m. The funds will be “strategic capital expenditures,” including expanding CleanSpark's energy portfolio, scaling its Bitcoin mining operations, and investing in high-perf...

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Read Data Center Development in Wisconsin delayed
Data Center Development in Wisconsin delayed
September 26, 2025

Data Center Development in Wisconsin delayed

Wisconsin

A data center development in Menomonie, Wisconsin, has been delayed. In a meeting on September 22, Mayor Randy Knaack said that he had drafted a memo to developer Balloonist LLC stating that the city was no longer interested in pursuing the project.“I’m not thrilled about the data center comin...

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Read Yandex to Launch Availability Zone at Data Center in Vladimir, Russia
Yandex to Launch Availability Zone at Data Center in Vladimir, Russia
September 26, 2025

Yandex to Launch Availability Zone at Data Center in Vladimir, Russia

Russia / Россия

Yandex Cloud will launch another Russian availability zone in 2026, based at a new data center.  The facility will have a capacity of more than 40MW and a claimed PUE of 1.1, achieved through the use of free-cooling technology throughout the data center.In a blog post announcing the news, Ivan...

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Read Data Center Campus Planned for Villena, Spain
Data Center Campus Planned for Villena, Spain
September 26, 2025

Data Center Campus Planned for Villena, Spain

Spain

A data center and logistics park could be coming to Villena, Spain by the developer of the industrial area Casa del Padre in Villena, L14 REIS, and the City Council of Villena. The Logistics Data Campus Villena aims to transform the Casa del Padre industrial area into a park for data centers, ...

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Read Michigan’s 123Net Adds 4MW to Detroit Facility
Michigan’s 123Net Adds 4MW to Detroit Facility
September 26, 2025

Michigan’s 123Net Adds 4MW to Detroit Facility

Michigan

Michigan-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) 123Net has expanded its data center in Detroit. Located at 24700 Northwestern Highway in the Southfield area of Detroit, DC1 offers 80,000 sq ft (7,432 sqm) of colocation space. The site has up to 20MW of available utility power.  The expansion re...

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Read Beyond the Machines: Roles, Risks, and Realities in Data Centers
Beyond the Machines: Roles, Risks, and Realities in Data Centers
September 26, 2025

Beyond the Machines: Roles, Risks, and Realities in Data Centers

United States

Data centers are self-run facilities, fully powered by automation. This is necessary to ensure that uptime numbers are accurate at all times. A crucial part of the data center infrastructure has also been designed to operate quietly in the background, leaving the core of these facilities,t and...

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Read Nscale Raises $1.1bn from Backers
Nscale Raises $1.1bn from Backers
September 26, 2025

Nscale Raises $1.1bn from Backers

Nscale

AI data center developer Nscale has raised $1.1 billion to help its build-out in the UK and beyond in a Series B round led by Aker ASA, and participation from the likes of Blue Owl, Dell, Fidelity Management & Research Company, G Squared, Nokia, Nvidia, Point72, and T.Capital.“AI is reshap...

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Read BluSky AI to Lease Land in Utah for Data Center Site
BluSky AI to Lease Land in Utah for Data Center Site
September 26, 2025

BluSky AI to Lease Land in Utah for Data Center Site

Utah

Nascent AI cloud firm BluSky AI Inc this week announced the execution of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to lease approximately 16,000 square feet (1,485 sqm) at 1358 N 200 W, Nephi, in Juab County.“This location represents a strategic milestone in our multi-state infrastructure roadmap,”...

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Read Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra
Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra
September 25, 2025

Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a deal with green steel company Stegra for the supply of low-carbon steel for use within its data centers.  The agreement will see Stegra deliver green steel, which it claims is up to 95 percent less carbon-intensive than conventional steel, to Microsoft's data center equi...

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Read EcoDataCenter Breaks Ground on Borlänge Facility
EcoDataCenter Breaks Ground on Borlänge Facility
September 25, 2025

EcoDataCenter Breaks Ground on Borlänge Facility

EcoDataCenter (EcoDC AB)

EcoDataCenter has broken ground on a new data center in Borlänge, Sweden, marking the beginning of construction on 20 hectares of land formerly occupied by a paper mill. At completion, the first phase of the facility will have access to 250MW of energy, with the company’s LinkedIn post stating...

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Read Warburg Pincus Break Ground on 80MW Facility in South Korea
Warburg Pincus Break Ground on 80MW Facility in South Korea
September 25, 2025

Warburg Pincus Break Ground on 80MW Facility in South Korea

South Korea

Investment firm Warburg Pincus this week announced that it has partnered with DC Connects, a South Korean data center developer, and Wide Creek AMC, a Seoul-based asset manager, to acquire a greenfield site in Yongin City and develop an 80MW data center.Dongkun Cho, principal of Warburg Pincus...

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Read Edged Opens Data Center in New Albany, Ohio
Edged Opens Data Center in New Albany, Ohio
September 24, 2025

Edged Opens Data Center in New Albany, Ohio

Edged Energy

Data center operator Edged recently celebrated the opening of its newest data center in New Albany. Tthe two-story facility delivers 24MW of capacity across 206,000 sq ft (19,140 sqm).“This project would not have been possible without the support of the City of New Albany, who has been unwaver...

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Read TDF Launches Data Center in French Polynesia
TDF Launches Data Center in French Polynesia
September 24, 2025

TDF Launches Data Center in French Polynesia

TDF

French broadcast infrastructure firm TDF last week announced the opening of its data center at the Pic Rouge area of the capital, Papeete. The new facility “meets the growing demand for sovereign and high-performance digital services in French Polynesia,” according to TDF. The Bank of Polynesi...

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Read ASP Data Center Acquires Former Factory Site outside Bergen
ASP Data Center Acquires Former Factory Site outside Bergen
September 24, 2025

ASP Data Center Acquires Former Factory Site outside Bergen

Norway

Norwegian firm ASP Data Center recently announced the acquisition of a former factory used by local clothing firm Dale of Norway with plans to turn it into an AI data center. The first phase of development will see the company relaunch the site as a 20MW data center. The project will see aroun...

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