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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 H5 expands its San Antonio data center
H5 expands its San Antonio data center
November 21, 2023

H5 expands its San Antonio data center

H5 Data Centers

H5  this week announced the phase three expansion of its 100 Taylor Street facility, adding an additional 340 cabinets and up to 1.5MW of additional UPS capacity. This site, located at 100 Taylor Street, was acquired by H5 in 2018 and was previously owned by the Texas ISP Taylor Telecom. It is...

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Read DXC Technology to move 1,000 customers to Amazon
DXC Technology to move 1,000 customers to Amazon
November 21, 2023

DXC Technology to move 1,000 customers to Amazon

DXC Technology

DXC Technology announced this week that it is set to move about 1,000 of its biggest IT outsourcing customers to Amazon Web Services (AWS), who will then migrate their workload due to the expanded relationship between both companies. AWS will also serve as DXC’s primary cloud provider and dive...

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Read Skybox plans new data center facility in Dallas, Texas
Skybox plans new data center facility in Dallas, Texas
November 21, 2023

Skybox plans new data center facility in Dallas, Texas

Skybox Datacenters

Skybox Datacenters announced this week that it is planning a new 300MW, 1 million square feet data center facility known as PowerCampus Dallas in Texas. This 115-acre site is located in Lancaster, south of Dallas, and will feature an on-site substation. The company said on LinkedIn, “Skybox Da...

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Read OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and colleagues join Microsoft
OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and colleagues join Microsoft
November 20, 2023

OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and colleagues join Microsoft

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has recruited Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and other OpenAI researchers who left the startup over the weekend to head a new advanced AI research team.  The OpenAI board abruptly fired Altman, saying he was "not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its abi...

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Read OpenAI president Greg Brockman quits as the company fires CEO
OpenAI president Greg Brockman quits as the company fires CEO
November 20, 2023

OpenAI president Greg Brockman quits as the company fires CEO

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAI's co-founder and president, Greg Brockman, has quit the company after the board suddenly fired CEO Sam Altman last week. Brockman, who was initially made to step down as board chairman, has left the company. The board is yet to disclose the exact reason for firing Altman as the company ...

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Read Green Mountain plans 10MW data center at Oslo campus
Green Mountain plans 10MW data center at Oslo campus
November 20, 2023

Green Mountain plans 10MW data center at Oslo campus

Green Mountain AS

Norway’s Green Mountain announced this week that it was granted approval to develop a new building at its data center campus outside Oslo, Norway. This planned facility will be a three-story, 9,600 square-meter building at its Enebakk campus, and construction is expected to start soon and be c...

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Read OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman fired from the company
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman fired from the company
November 19, 2023

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman fired from the company

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of the artificial intelligence startup as the board denounces confidence in his leadership. In a statement released by the company, the board noted that it “no longer has confidence in his ability to lead.”  Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technol...

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Read Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert
Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert
November 18, 2023

Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert

London

Building consultancy Ridge recently acquired London-based Concert, a data center-focused consulting company, to boost its business in that sector. Both companies finalized this acquisition on November 3, but the terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  Concert will operate under its curre...

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Read Telenor to sell salellite business to Space Norway for $217.1 million
Telenor to sell salellite business to Space Norway for $217.1 million
November 18, 2023

Telenor to sell salellite business to Space Norway for $217.1 million

Telenor Group

State-majority-owned Telenor has agreed to sell its subsidiary Telenor Satellite to state-owned Space Norway for NOK 2.36 billion ($217.1m). To finance this acquisition, Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Jan Christian Vestre said the government will propose to the Parliament that Space...

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Read Court approves Cyxtera sale to Brookfield
Court approves Cyxtera sale to Brookfield
November 18, 2023

Court approves Cyxtera sale to Brookfield

Cyxtera Technologies

The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey this week approved the sale of substantially all of the Cyxtera assets to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners for $775 million. Both companies expect this deal to be finalized by the first quarter of 2024. Nelson Fonseca, Cyxtera CEO said, ...

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Read Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco
Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco
November 17, 2023

Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco

Texas

Data Clean Corporation has acquired Texas-based critical environment cleaning company Sealco LLC, marking its second acquisition since it was bought by Angeles Equity Partners in November 2022. Frank Spelman, managing director at Angeles Equity Partners said, “Sealco is arguably one of the mos...

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Read Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain
Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain
November 17, 2023

Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain

Spain

Fibra Medios Telecom announced the launch of a new data center facility in Murcia, Spain, this week. This new facility known as the CPD Titan facility spans across 1,400 square meters and can host up to 120 cabinets across nine data rooms. This new facility also features two fiber entry vaults...

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Read EcoDataCenter raised €170 million in debt financing
EcoDataCenter raised €170 million in debt financing
November 17, 2023

EcoDataCenter raised €170 million in debt financing

EcoDataCenter (EcoDC AB)

Swedish data center firm EcoDataCenter has raised €170 million ($184.3m) in debt financing from a consortium of banks comprising KfW IPEX and Kommunalkredit as global coordinators and mandated lead arrangers, and Investec and NIBC as mandated lead arrangers. This fund will be used to “enhance ...

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Read Digital Edge secures $335m green loan for Seoul project
Digital Edge secures $335m green loan for Seoul project
November 16, 2023

Digital Edge secures $335m green loan for Seoul project

Digital Edge DC

APAC-focused operator Digital Edge has secured its first green loan worth $335 million to support the first phase of the previously announced 100MW data center project in Seoul (SEL2), South Korea. Once completed, the SEL2 will be the largest commercial data center project in South Korea, and ...

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Read CyrusOne completes its first data center in Spain
CyrusOne completes its first data center in Spain
November 16, 2023

CyrusOne completes its first data center in Spain

CyrusOne

Colocation company CyrusOne recently completed the shell and core of its first data center in Spain and threw a traditional flag-flying ceremony to celebrate it. The MAD1 facility, situated on a five-acre site, is a two-story facility with an IT capacity of 18MW across 6,000 square meters. Thi...

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Read DataBank plans 192MW data center facility in Virginia
DataBank plans 192MW data center facility in Virginia
November 16, 2023

DataBank plans 192MW data center facility in Virginia

DataBank

DataBank announced it has acquired 85 acres of land in Culpeper, Virginia, to construct a new data center campus, which will host up to three two-story data centers offering 1.4 million square feet of space. The new facility will use DataBank’s recently announced Universal Data Hall Design (UD...

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Read Digital Realty and Realty Income Corporation form a data center JV in Northern Virginia
Digital Realty and Realty Income Corporation form a data center JV in Northern Virginia
November 16, 2023

Digital Realty and Realty Income Corporation form a data center JV in Northern Virginia

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty and Realty Income Corporation established a joint data center venture in Northern Virginia. Following their agreement, the real estate investment firm invested $200 million and will get an 80 percent equity interest in two data centers currently under construction in Northern Vi...

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Read American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria
American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria
November 15, 2023

American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria

American Tower Corporation

American Tower's African subsidiary, ATC Africa, recently signed a communication agreement with MTN Nigeria focused on 'driving sustainable networks.' Following this agreement, ATC Africa will facilitate new tenancies for MTN Nigeria over a multi-year period, starting in the second half of nex...

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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 CyrusOne files to invest $15m in new San Antonio data center
CyrusOne files to invest $15m in new San Antonio data center
November 15, 2023

CyrusOne files to invest $15m in new San Antonio data center

CyrusOne

Colocation company CyrusOne has filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to build a new data center for the 'CyrusOne SAT 8 & 9' project in San Antonio, Texas. The application notes that the company intends to invest $15 million in building a two-story data center and of...

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