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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

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Read Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin
Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin
March 21, 2023

Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin

Amazon AWS

In Dublin, Ireland, AWS has announced it is turning to HVO for its backup generators at its data centers. It will work with companies like Certa in Ireland to help develop a global supply chain, in order to create a more "accessible, steady, and sustainable supply of HVO." Further, it is inves...

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Read Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company
Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company
March 21, 2023

Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company

London

Akamai Technologies, an American provider of content delivery services, and Ondat, a provider of cloud storage, have signed a binding agreement. The transaction is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2023, and Akamai anticipates no major changes to its annual financial forecast. The a...

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Read Cologix to bring AWS outposts to Vancouver data centers
Cologix to bring AWS outposts to Vancouver data centers
March 21, 2023

Cologix to bring AWS outposts to Vancouver data centers

Cologix

Cologix has announced that customers can now deploy AWS Outposts at its VAN3 digital edge data center. The facility is a 42,000-square-foot data center, the region’s largest neutral data center. Through this addition, customers in Cologix’s Vancouver data centers will be able to connect to AW...

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Read Recent Tower Sales Generate $220 Million For PLDT
Recent Tower Sales Generate $220 Million For PLDT
March 21, 2023

Recent Tower Sales Generate $220 Million For PLDT

ePLDT

Under an agreement with Frontier Tower Associates Philippines for a sale and leaseback, PLDT has consented to sell slightly over 1,000 communication towers. The agreement, which would likely cost the Filipino telecom company $220 million, continues the company's plan to market its tower assets...

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Read AWS Wavelength Zone is Being Implemented by BT in Manchester
AWS Wavelength Zone is Being Implemented by BT in Manchester
March 21, 2023

AWS Wavelength Zone is Being Implemented by BT in Manchester

Amazon AWS

Wavelength Zones are being implemented across the UK by UK telecom BT in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), beginning in Manchester. Wavelength gives users access to cloud services in a local AWS Region and embeds Amazon compute and storage capabilities at the edge of 5G networks fo...

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Read OpsRamp to be Bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
OpsRamp to be Bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
March 21, 2023

OpsRamp to be Bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett-Packard

OpsRamp, a provider of IT operations management services, will be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the company has announced. OpsRamp, situated in San Jose, California, controls, automates, and monitors IT infrastructure. Due to the purchase, the IT operations management business ...

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Read Amazon announces further staff cuts
Amazon announces further staff cuts
March 20, 2023

Amazon announces further staff cuts

Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is to make further cuts to its workforce. Its total for the previous round of cuts reached 18,000; the new round is pegged to reach 9,000. The divisions set to be hit with cuts include: AWS,  PXT [People Experience and Technology Solutions],  Advertising, and  Twi...

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Read Teraco announces solar farm investment plans
Teraco announces solar farm investment plans
March 20, 2023

Teraco announces solar farm investment plans

Teraco Data Environments

Teraco has announced plans to invest in a solar farm located in the City of Ekurhuleni in eastern Johannesburg, South Africa. This investment is in 100MW utility-scale solar farms, which are currently under development and located with the data center, which is reportedly close to signing a w...

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Read Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil
Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil
March 20, 2023

Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

Eveo has announced that its new data center in the state of Paraná has gone live. Named PR1, this new facility is located in Curitiba, Brazil. Specifics regarding the capacity and size of the facility are yet to be shared. That being said, the company said that it had been built to Tier III st...

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Read 49% of Chilean GTD's Data Center Division Will be Purchased by Macquarie
49% of Chilean GTD's Data Center Division Will be Purchased by Macquarie
March 20, 2023

49% of Chilean GTD's Data Center Division Will be Purchased by Macquarie

Macquarie Data Centres

The Australian investment firm Macquarie Capital made a non-binding bid that Chilean telecoms company GTD accepted to purchase 49% of a new subsidiary that includes all data centers in Chile, Peru, and Colombia. Moreover, property designated for future data centers is included in the sale. No ...

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Read Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council
Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council
March 20, 2023

Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council

Northern Virginia

Leesburg may create a data center alley. Last Tuesday, the Town Council authorized water and sewer connections for two two-story data centers proposed for the Compass Creek retail development along the Dulles Greenway north of Microsoft's data center facility. A 400,000-square-foot data center...

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Read Launch of The Indian Edge Platform by MetaEdge
Launch of The Indian Edge Platform by MetaEdge
March 20, 2023

Launch of The Indian Edge Platform by MetaEdge

India / Bhārata

A brand-new Edge data center platform has launched in India. This month, MetaEdge debuted to serve Edge clients in tier-two cities nationwide. It was initially only available in three of India's largest metropolises. The firm has debuted in Indore, Mumbai, and Delhi by offering colocation, bar...

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Read Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit
Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit
March 20, 2023

Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit

Rostelecom

Rostelecom intends to increase investment in the company's Rostelecom Armenia business subsidiary (formerly GNC-ALFA). Rostelecom instead intends to increase its investment in the business. That signals a U-turn on the company's part, which had appeared poised to sell its subsidiary to Electri...

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Read Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network
Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network
March 20, 2023

Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network

Germany / Deutschland

Data Grid Network has purchased a teleport outside of Hannover, Germany. This week, Data Grid, a Commercis firm, revealed that it had acquired the TechnoPark facility between the villages of Hamelin and Aerzen and teleport operator Onlime GmbH. The Talia Communications division of Commercis wi...

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Read Quantum Computer Purchased by OVHcloud
Quantum Computer Purchased by OVHcloud
March 20, 2023

Quantum Computer Purchased by OVHcloud

OVH Group

A French data center company OVHcloud purchased a quantum computer for internal usage. The technology was created by the French company Quandela, and a photonic processor powers the 2-qubit MosaiQ computer. Delivery is anticipated for this year's fall. No purchasing price was made public. OVH ...

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Read Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
March 17, 2023

Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

Equinix

Equinix, in another move in alignment with its sustainability goals, has announced the opening of a rooftop urban farm at its PA10 data center in Paris, France. Promoting circular economy principles, the company will use its servers' waste heat to heat the greenhouse, which was built by Reid ...

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Read Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve
Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve
March 17, 2023

Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has signed up for the Swiss Winter Reserve Plan, through which it will provide its supplemental power capacity to the Swiss energy reserve, in line with the Federal Council's ordinance. The ordinance includes measures to prevent winter power shortages and will run until A...

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Read Britain's swimming pools to be heated with waste data center heat with Deep Green technology
Britain's swimming pools to be heated with waste data center heat with Deep Green technology
March 17, 2023

Britain's swimming pools to be heated with waste data center heat with Deep Green technology

United Kingdom

In Exmouth, Devon, a small Edge data center, named the "digital boiler" has been installed at a local leisure center by UK startup, Deep Green, to heat the swimming pool. While initially, the company planned to target seven swimming pools across the UK with the boilers, this has now been incre...

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Read Yettel and CETIN sign solar PPA
Yettel and CETIN sign solar PPA
March 17, 2023

Yettel and CETIN sign solar PPA

Bulgaria

Yettel Bulgaria and CETIN Bulgaria, part of the PPF Telecom Group, have announced the signing of a 10-year solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Electrohold. Through this deal, the company will offtake energy from an upcoming unnamed 123 MW photovoltaic plant. This will reportedly cover al...

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Read AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe
AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe
March 17, 2023

AWS announces plans to switch to HVO fuel across Europe

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will be transitioning away from diesel to Hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) to power its backup generators in Sweden. Reports are that HVO has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 percent through the fuel life cycle when c...

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