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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

New Jersey

Read GLP launches new global data center business, Ada Infrastructure
GLP launches new global data center business, Ada Infrastructure
September 25, 2023

GLP launches new global data center business, Ada Infrastructure

Ada Infrastructure

APAC logistics real estate firm GLP recently unveiled Ada Infrastructure, a new global data center business, and detailed its development pipeline across Europe, APAC, and South America. The DC campus launches with 850 megawatts of secured IT capacity across Japan, the UK, and Brazil, and repo...

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Read Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland
Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland
September 25, 2023

Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently commenced plans to develop plans for a new Irish data center campus near Jigginstwon in Naas. Following reports by Kildare Nationalist, Microsoft has begun consultations with authorities for the proposed development of one of the two sites marked for DC usage in the Council’...

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Read GLP Unveils Ada Infrastructure: An Ambitious Data Center Initiative Spanning Multiple Continents
GLP Unveils Ada Infrastructure: An Ambitious Data Center Initiative Spanning Multiple Continents
September 22, 2023

GLP Unveils Ada Infrastructure: An Ambitious Data Center Initiative Spanning Multiple Continents

Ada Infrastructure

GLP, a prominent APAC logistics real estate company, has launched Ada Infrastructure. The new company focuses on data center projects outside of China, with a current secured IT capacity of 850MW across Japan, the UK, and Brazil. The company has roadmapped an expansion to nearly 1.5 Gigawatts....

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Read QTS to establish operations in York County, South Carolina
QTS to establish operations in York County, South Carolina
September 22, 2023

QTS to establish operations in York County, South Carolina

QTS Data Centers

The South Carolina Office of the Governor confirmed that DC firm QTS will establish operations in York Country, marking the company’s entry into the state. This comes after news of a major data center project in York County dubbed ‘Project Cobra’ surfaced in June 2023.Gov. Henry McMaster celeb...

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Read Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto
Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto
September 22, 2023

Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has established a data center in Toronto, Canada. This week, the company revealed the dispatch of the first 8MW phase of the 56MW Ontario campus. First Gulf, a Toronto-based developer, collaborated with Stack to execute the initial 8MW data center by refurbishing an existi...

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Read DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization
DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization
September 22, 2023

DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization

DataBank

DigitalBridge Group recently revealed the completion of DataBank's recapitalization. The Group announced that DigitalBridge received an additional funding of $219 million, bringing the total costs of the recapitalization to $2.2 billion. This completed recapitalization will bring about a separ...

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Read STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase
STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase
September 20, 2023

STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK, a leading global developer and operator of data centers and the digital infrastructure partner to the most cutting-edge businesses in the world, announced the completion of the first phase at its flagship campus in Toronto. The first phase of the campus, with a total capacity of 56MW, i...

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Read Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia
Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia
September 20, 2023

Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia

Virginia

Chirisa Investments has secured financing for constructing a data center in Chester, Virginia. Chirisa received $200 million in construction funding to build CoreWeave's 242,000-square-foot turnkey data center, according to Commercial Observer. According to CO sources, an undisclosed Brookfiel...

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Read Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center
Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center
September 20, 2023

Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center

Berlin

The construction of a 100MW data center in Berlin, Germany, has received planning approval. This week, the German consulting and services firm Prea announced that it has received approval to construct a new data center in Berlin in collaboration with the Dutch developer Van Caem.Four four-stor...

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Read New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama
New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama
September 19, 2023

New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama

Alabama

The University of Alabama (UA) will receive a new data center to house supercomputers. The UA System Board of Trustees has approved the first phase of construction for a new high-performance computing (HPC) data facility on the Tuscaloosa campus.The initiative is predicted to need $96 million ...

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Read DataVolt intends to construct a data facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
DataVolt intends to construct a data facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
September 19, 2023

DataVolt intends to construct a data facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

DataVolt, a new Saudi company, is planning a data center campus outside Dhaka, Bangladesh. Local media report that the company intends to invest $100 million to construct a data center on three acres of land in the Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in the Kaliakair district of Gazpur. The announcement ...

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Read KKR is to pay $807 million for a stake in SingTel's regional data centre operation
KKR is to pay $807 million for a stake in SingTel's regional data centre operation
September 19, 2023

KKR is to pay $807 million for a stake in SingTel's regional data centre operation

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

On Monday, SingTel announced that KKR will buy a 20% share in its regional data center business for $806.87 million. SingTel and KKR said in a joint statement that the agreement values SingTel's regional data center business at $4.03 billion and will be utilized to develop in Southeast Asian c...

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Read Colt Data Centre Services to launch in Chennai, expand Mumbai operations with $750m
Colt Data Centre Services to launch in Chennai, expand Mumbai operations with $750m
September 18, 2023

Colt Data Centre Services to launch in Chennai, expand Mumbai operations with $750m

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) of the United Kingdom intends to open a new unit in Chennai and invest $750 million to expand the capacity of its first unit in Mumbai, according to a senior company official. In five to seven years, India is anticipated to account for one-third of the company's...

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Read Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus
Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus
September 18, 2023

Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus

Compass Hoffman Estates

Compass Datacenters has acquired the former Sears headquarters, spanning 197 acres in the Chicago area, for $194 million. As Sears continues to downsize its operations, Compass plans to replace the existing 2.4 million square-foot campus with data centers, reflecting the growing demand for clo...

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Read EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers
EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers
September 18, 2023

EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX, a provider of Hyperscale Data Center Solutions, revealed a $ 403,8 million contract in Sustainability-Linked Senior Facilities to expedite its growth strategy and green initiatives for its Jakarta, Indonesia, data center footprint. This transaction, according to EdgeConneX, will in...

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Read Nigeria's NIPSS requests that customs establish a data facility
Nigeria's NIPSS requests that customs establish a data facility
September 18, 2023

Nigeria's NIPSS requests that customs establish a data facility

Nigeria

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies suggests the Nigeria Customs Service create a trade modeling data center. They have also advocated for establishing a pension institute for retired officials. NIPSS Director General Prof. Ayo Omotayo made this assertion during a courtesy ...

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Read Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility
Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility
September 15, 2023

Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers, an industry leader in designing, constructing, and operating multi-tenant data centers, has announced its expansion into Umatilla, Oregon. Sabey has acquired 60 acres to construct an ultramodern 100+ MW data center campus.SDC Umatilla will feature award-winning, hyper-effic...

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Read Colt DCS establishes its inaugural data facility in India
Colt DCS establishes its inaugural data facility in India
September 15, 2023

Colt DCS establishes its inaugural data facility in India

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opened its first Indian data center last week. Colt DCS's flagship data center in Navi Mumbai enters the booming Indian data center market, expected to reach 1.318 GW by 2024. Colt DCS hopes to meet the growing demand from hyperscale cloud service providers and ...

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Read Oracle will deploy database servers in Azure facilities
Oracle will deploy database servers in Azure facilities
September 15, 2023

Oracle will deploy database servers in Azure facilities

Oracle

Oracle will host its Exadata database-optimized server and Real Application Clusters in Microsoft Azure data centers under a contract. The businesses now offer "Oracle Database@Azure," so Oracle and Azure clients can mix their data with Microsoft's apps and infrastructure via the Azure interfa...

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Read EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center
EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center
September 14, 2023

EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has shared that it has secured $403.8 million in sustainability-linked financing (SLF). This loan is for its 120MW data center campus development in Jakarta, Indonesia.The deal leverages EdgeConneX's Sustainability Strategy and will reportedly use offshore US dollar borrowing. It re...

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