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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 Bite Lithuania announces opening of new data center
Bite Lithuania announces opening of new data center
September 20, 2022

Bite Lithuania announces opening of new data center

Lithuania

Bite Lithuania has announced that it has opened a new data center outside Vilnius in Lithuania, taking the company's total data center operations to six. According to the telco, the facility is Tier III certified, and powered by renewable energy. Speaking about the expansion, Gintas Butėnas, C...

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Read New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water
New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water
September 20, 2022

New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water

Microsoft Azure

We are living in an era where water stress and water scarcity are serious global issues that are only worsening. A total of 25% of the world's population is facing water stress and scarcity, and it's forecast that by as early as 2025, this could increase to 50% and by ​​2050, as much as 75% of...

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Read AWS files to build data center in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas
AWS files to build data center in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas
September 19, 2022

AWS files to build data center in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its filing to build a new facility in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas. The data center will reportedly span 30,000 square foot (2,790 sq m), and work will commence early next year, with a view for completion in 2024. The facility is known as ​​the Ezell Drive Campus and accord...

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Read Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil
Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil
September 19, 2022

Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

Brazilian telco Um Telecom has announced that it is investing R$40 million (US$7.6m) in a new data center in Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The facility, which is expected to achieve Tier III certification, will be based at the Technological Park of Electronics and Associated ...

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Read Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025
Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025
September 19, 2022

Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025

California

Zscaler has announced that it has achieved carbon neutral status, and said that it intends to reach net zero emissions by 2025. However, the company has not published a link to the emissions and carbon accounting data underlying this claim along with the announcement, and the data has not yet ...

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Read Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich
Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich
September 16, 2022

Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich

Equinix

Equinix has announced the expansion of one of its data centers in Zurich, Switzerland. Its ZH4 IBX facility, located at Josefstrasse 225, will see the addition of 850 square meters (9,150 sq ft) of whitespace and more than 200 cabinets.The facility first opened in 2010, and since then, it has...

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Read Green Mountain to expand its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway
Green Mountain to expand its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway
September 16, 2022

Green Mountain to expand its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has announced that it is expanding its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway by constructing a new two-story 20MW building. With an investment of €100 million ($99.9m), the first phase will reportedly be operational and ready for service in March of next year.The company has outlined ...

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Read GDS Looking To List on The Singaporean Stock Exchange
GDS Looking To List on The Singaporean Stock Exchange
September 15, 2022

GDS Looking To List on The Singaporean Stock Exchange

GDS Services Ltd

According to Bloomberg, Chinese data center company GDS is mulling over a secondary stock exchange listing in Singapore. The company is already listed on the US and Hong Kong stock exchanges. According to reports, the company has talked with advisers about a plan to list on the Singapore excha...

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Read Xcel property in Becker, Minnesota to house big data center project?
Xcel property in Becker, Minnesota to house big data center project?
September 15, 2022

Xcel property in Becker, Minnesota to house big data center project?

Minnesota

A $1 billion data center project could be on the way to Becker, Minnesota, as Xcel Energy Inc. announces plans to sell 348 acres of land at its Sherco location to an unknown data center company. This company is currently going by the name Elk River Technologies and was reportedly incorporated ...

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Read DITO Opens New Data Center in Batangas, The Philippines
September 14, 2022

DITO Opens New Data Center in Batangas, The Philippines

Philippines

Philippines telecommunication company DITO Telecommunity has opened a data center in Batangas City. DITO did not reveal the specifications for the data center, but it had a launch ceremony for the facility. From indications, the data center was developed in conjunction with Udenna- its pare...

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Read Cape Verde data center to be completed by the end of the year
Cape Verde data center to be completed by the end of the year
September 14, 2022

Cape Verde data center to be completed by the end of the year

Africa

Cape Verde’s new data center is set to be completed by the end of 2022; it has been announced. According to reports, the first phase of construction of the Cabo Verde Technology Park’s main building is 85 percent complete and ready for operation by 2022’s end. The project, supported by African...

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Read Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
September 14, 2022

Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

Digital Realty Trust

In Virginia, a former Digital Realty data center is gearing up for a dramatic transformation. Located in Herndon, the company’s old data center will become an agricultural facility, specifically a vertical farm. Vertical farms have similar power, water, and air conditioning requirements to dat...

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Read Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy
Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy
September 14, 2022

Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy

Novva Data Centers

Novva Data Centers has announced plans for a new 275,000 square foot, 100MW data center based in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility will be located on a 20-acre campus with an injection of $400 million and will reportedly be built with sustainability in mind. Renewable energy will be sourc...

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Read ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea
ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea
September 14, 2022

ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

ESR Cayman and Stack Infrastructure have partnered to develop a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. Both companies announced the joint venture to develop a 48MW data center in Incheon. The companies plan to break ground on the data center in Q1 2023. The facility is also scheduled to be com...

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Read Data centers to receive VAT exemption in Thailand to energize investment
Data centers to receive VAT exemption in Thailand to energize investment
September 13, 2022

Data centers to receive VAT exemption in Thailand to energize investment

Thailand / Prathet Thai

In a move intended to encourage greater investment in data centers in Thailand, the Thai cabinet has approved the draft Royal Decree regarding data centers receiving a tax (VAT) exemption. At present, Thai VAT is levied at the rate of 7%.The decision, made to facilitate the country becoming a ...

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Read Khazna and BEEAH Group to build data center and explore alternative energy sources
Khazna and BEEAH Group to build data center and explore alternative energy sources
September 13, 2022

Khazna and BEEAH Group to build data center and explore alternative energy sources

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Khazna Data Centers has formed a joint venture with BEEAH Digital, BEEAH Group’s digital transformation and future technology business, to build a data center in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and explore alternative sources of energy to power its operations. The joint venture, On...

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Read Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
September 13, 2022

Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes

California

As heat extremes in California continue, Twitter has reportedly been left without one of its key data centers in Sacramento. First reported by CNN, an internal company memo outlined that the company experienced the loss of its Sacramento data center region on September 5th, with Carrie Fernand...

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Read Evocative: Company Consolidates Brands to One
Evocative: Company Consolidates Brands to One
September 13, 2022

Evocative: Company Consolidates Brands to One

Evocative

San Jose, CA, –Evocative, a global provider of Internet infrastructure,  announces today that the company has consolidated its portfolio to one brand: Evocative. Evocative enables enterprise organizations with a full suite of digital transformation solutions including colocation, network, bar...

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Read Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon
Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon
September 12, 2022

Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon

Flexential

Flexential has announced that it is developing a data center facility outside Portland, Oregon. The development will see the company erect two new buildings in conjunction with T5. According to Flexential, the facility is located adjacent to its Hillsboro 3 data center at 5419 NE Starr Blvd...

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Read Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas
Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas
September 12, 2022

Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas

Aligned: DFW-01

Aligned has plans for a massive expansion at its Plano data center campus in the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas. The Dallas Morning News was the first to report the development. Aligned already filed with the Plano planning commission to develop a second building on its Plano campus. The c...

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