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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 Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp
Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp
September 17, 2025

Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a ten-year partnership with Belgian water technology company Shayp to support the launch of its corporate water efficiency platform, Shayp 4IMPACT, designed to deliver verifiable and auditable water savings. It will commence with deployments across schools and public build...

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Read Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany
Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany
September 16, 2025

Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is set to develop a data center on a 26-hectare site, around one kilometer (0.6 miles) south of Heppendorf, Germany.Elsdorf is in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis area in North Rhine-Westphalia, just west of Cologne. Positioned in the west of Germany, Microsoft is already developing data centers...

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Read Nvidia to Invest $5bn in Intel
Nvidia to Invest $5bn in Intel
September 16, 2025

Nvidia to Invest $5bn in Intel

United States

Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel as part of an agreement to jointly develop custom data center and personal computing hardware. Both companies would work to connect Nvidia and Intel architectures using Nvidia’s NVLink technology, with Intel set to build custom x86 CPUs that will integrat...

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Read Google Opens Hertfordshire Data Center
Google Opens Hertfordshire Data Center
September 16, 2025

Google Opens Hertfordshire Data Center

Google

Google is opening a new data center in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, today as part of what it says is a £5 billion ($6.81bn) investment in the UK over the next two years.  It is part of a string of investments unveiled by US companies in UK digital infrastructure this week, timed to coincide w...

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Read EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland
EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland
September 16, 2025

EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland

EdgeConneX

ASX-listed real estate firm Stockland announced it had formed an exclusive arrangement with EdgeConneX to establish a partnership to develop, own, and operate a data center portfolio, and was “exploring opportunities across Stockland’s logistics pipeline.”This partnership will combine “Stockla...

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Read BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers
BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers
September 15, 2025

BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers

United Kingdom

Power technology firm ABB is investing $110 million in manufacturing over the next three months to support growth in industries such as data centers. This investment is to “expand R&D and manufacturing of its advanced electrification solutions,” as customers “focus on improving energy effi...

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Read Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025
Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025
September 15, 2025

Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025

United Kingdom

Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC ExpansionVantage Data Centers has raised $1.6 billion to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt FinancingEcoDataCenter has secured €60...

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Read Intel Announces Leadership Shuffle
Intel Announces Leadership Shuffle
September 13, 2025

Intel Announces Leadership Shuffle

United States

Intel has announced a leadership shuffle, the largest change being the departure of Michelle Holthaus, chief executive of Intel Products, who will remain as a “strategic advisor over the coming months.”Kevork Kechichian will join Intel as executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s...

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Read Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal
Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal
September 13, 2025

Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal

Digital Realty Trust

Global colocation data center developer Digital Realty has signed a solar supply agreement with US Independent Power Producer (IPP) Soltage for 13.4MW of capacity from a portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois. The deal is Digital Realty’s second community solar-linked agreement with...

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Read Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta
Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta
September 12, 2025

Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta

Atlanta

The City of Alpharetta last week announced that Equifax was investing $25 million to expand its Alpharetta campus, located in Fulton County. The expansion includes the renovation of the third floor of the JV White 1 building, converting it from a data center into collaborative office space. “T...

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Read Helen Seeking Data Center partners
Helen Seeking Data Center partners
September 12, 2025

Helen Seeking Data Center partners

Finland

Helen, one of Finland's largest energy companies, has announced that it is open to supporting data center operators in joining its “comprehensive energy system” in Helsinki, where facilities can be connected to the city’s advanced district heating and cooling network."The synergy benefits of d...

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Read New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center
New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center
September 12, 2025

New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center

Chicago

A new liquid-cooled data center is being developed in downtown Chicago, Illinois by HydraVault, a new data center developer. The developer says the facility will be “designed from the ground up” for AI and financial systems.The 20MW two-story facility, located at 2538 South Wabash Avenue, will...

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Read LG to Provide Cooling Equipment to Datavolt’s Neom Facility
LG to Provide Cooling Equipment to Datavolt’s Neom Facility
September 12, 2025

LG to Provide Cooling Equipment to Datavolt’s Neom Facility

DataVolt

LG Electronics this week announced a strategic partnership to provide cooling solutions for an AI data center under development in Oxagon, the industrial hub of Saudi Arabia’s Neom City project.“We are building a new generation of net-zero, AI-ready data centers designed for performance, scale...

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Read Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion
Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion
September 12, 2025

Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has raised $1.6 billion to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.“This significant investment marks a pivotal milestone in our APAC growth journey,” said Jeremy Deutsch, presiden...

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Read Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract
Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract
September 12, 2025

Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract

United Kingdom

The UK government's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Google Cloud a £400 million ($542.12m) contract. Google is to deliver a UK sovereign cloud capability to give the MoD a secure cloud platform. The offering will be built on Google Distributed Cloud Air-Gapped.“Google Cloud is dedicated ...

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Read Portus Data Centers Names Falk Weinreich as CEO
Portus Data Centers Names Falk Weinreich as CEO
September 11, 2025

Portus Data Centers Names Falk Weinreich as CEO

Portus Data Centers

Portus Data Centers has secured a new Chief Executive Officer. This week, it announced the appointment of Falk Weinreich as its new Group CEO."Portus Data Centers has quickly positioned itself as one of the most important providers in the regional colocation sector," Weinreich said. "We want t...

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Read Google Cloud to Provide AI and Cloud Services to Eneva
Google Cloud to Provide AI and Cloud Services to Eneva
September 11, 2025

Google Cloud to Provide AI and Cloud Services to Eneva

Google

Brazilian power generation firm Eneva has partnered with Google Cloud to use its cloud, data, and AI technologies to optimize its operations across the Brazilian market. Accenture migrated Eneva's infrastructure to Google Cloud to improve its access to data across the enterprise as a part of t...

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Read OpenAI Considers Data Center in South Korea
OpenAI Considers Data Center in South Korea
September 11, 2025

OpenAI Considers Data Center in South Korea

South Korea

OpenAI is considering developing a data center in South Korea.  OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, said the company was open to partnerships regarding data center construction. He added that the ChatGPT-maker could expand its cooperation with the likes of Samsung and SK Telecom, and ...

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Read Google Behind West Memphis Data Center Project in Arkansas
Google Behind West Memphis Data Center Project in Arkansas
September 10, 2025

Google Behind West Memphis Data Center Project in Arkansas

Google

Google has confirmed it is behind a data center project in West Memphis, Arkansas. Dubbed Project Pyramid, plans were submitted earlier this year to develop a five-building data center campus on a 1,178-acre property on the south side of Bollinger Road in West Memphis, Crittenden County. The c...

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Read Legal & General Closes €600m Digital Infrastructure Fund
Legal & General Closes €600m Digital Infrastructure Fund
September 10, 2025

Legal & General Closes €600m Digital Infrastructure Fund

KAO Data

Kao Data investor Legal and General (L&G) has closed a €600 million ($706m) fund that will invest in digital infrastructure projects in Europe and the UK. This is “a key milestone in L&G’s asset management strategy to expand its private markets proposition,” the company said. A second ...

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