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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 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 t...

August 01, 2026

Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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Top Data Center News for 17th-22nd August, 2026

Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma **Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 506...

August 24, 2026

United States

Magnora Secures Grid Connection For Hämeenlinna Data Center In Finland

European data center developer Magnora has secured a firm grid connection for its Hämeenlinna data center project in Finland. The 150,000 sqm (1.61 million sq ft) facility is being developed with Northern Europe Energy Group (NEEG), with Magnora holding a 70 percent stake. The grid connection is ...

August 24, 2026

Finland

Switch Files Plans For Data Center Campus At Former Pittsburgh Race Track

Switch has filed plans for a new three-building data center campus in Big Beaver Borough, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The proposed Big Beaver Data Center/Switch Pit 01-03 will feature three facilities, each covering 201,690 sq ft (18,737 sqm). Planning documents indicate a combined backup gene...

August 24, 2026

Switch

Zerra DC Files Plans For Large Data Center Campus In Queensland, Australia

A large data center campus is planned for Queensland, Australia, with Zerra DC proposing the Western Downs Digital Park, a digital, energy, and computing hub in regional Queensland. The project, filed with the Western Downs Regional Council, could include up to four phases of AI-ready data center...

August 24, 2026

Australia

Raeden Says Michigan Moratorium Unlawfully Halted Gibraltar Data Center Project

Data center developer Raeden has sued Gibraltar, Michigan, arguing that the city’s recently imposed moratorium unlawfully blocked its proposed 100MW data center. Raeden, backed by landowner Cal Realty, said the facility at the former McLouth Steel site was permitted under existing zoning rules. T...

August 24, 2026

Michigan

Fort Peck Tribes Ban Talks With Data Center Developers In Montana

The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board has banned tribal governments from discussing data center projects with developers. The board, representing the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes, cited concerns over the potential environmental impact of data centers. Chairman Floyd Azure said three developers had...

August 22, 2026

Montana

20 Markets Hold 60% Of Hyperscale Data Center Capacity – Synergy

Only 20 state or metro markets account for 60% of global hyperscale data center capacity, according to Synergy Research Group. Northern Virginia leads with 11% of the total, followed by Beijing at 6%. The US dominates the top 20, with 15 markets, while four are in APAC and one is in Europe: Dubli...

August 22, 2026

Hyperscale Data, Inc.

Nvidia Backs Data Center-Powered Land Company Cloverleaf

Nvidia has taken a minority stake in powered land provider Cloverleaf Infrastructure and will support the company’s data center development. Cloverleaf’s projects will use Nvidia’s DSX reference design, which is optimized for the company’s latest CPU-GPU racks, Spectrum-X networking, and storage ...

August 21, 2026

NVIDIA

Rocket Lab Has No Plans To Enter The Orbital Data Center Market

Rocket Lab has no plans to enter the orbital data center market, despite growing interest in space-based computing. CEO Peter Beck said the company sees an opportunity in orbital data centers but would focus on providing launch and solar services rather than operating the facilities itself. "I...

August 21, 2026

United States

Harworth Signs Exclusivity Deal With Data Center Provider For UK Site

UK property firm Harworth Group is close to selling another powered land site to a major data center provider. The company has signed an exclusivity agreement with an unnamed provider for a site with an accepted power connection and strong planning prospects. Harworth’s data center landbank now t...

August 21, 2026

United Kingdom

STT GDC Exits Planned Vietnam Data Center Project

Vietnamese telecoms firm VNG is set to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres’ (STT GDC) 65 percent stake in a planned data center project in Ho Chi Minh City. VNG will pay VND480 billion ($18.3m) for full control of VTH Software Development, which owns the 25,465 sqm (274,100 sq ft) site plann...

August 21, 2026

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Bloom Launches Power Connect Platform To Accelerate Data Center Time-To-Power

US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy has launched Power Connect, a new deployment platform designed to cut on-site power installation times by more than 40 percent. The system shifts most installation work to the factory, arriving pre-connected, pre-wired, and tested to simplify on-site deployment...

August 20, 2026

United Kingdom

BBT Group Launches Data Center At Hospital In Bad Mergentheim, Germany

The Barmherzige Brüder Trier (BBT) Group has opened a new 78kW data center at Caritas Hospital in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. The €3.6m ($4.1m) facility will support the digital and AI needs of Caritas, as well as other regional hospitals and elderly care facilities. “With today’s commissioning ...

August 20, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Data Center Rumored To Be Coming To Hofheim, Germany

A large data center is rumored to be planned for Hofheim, Hesse, following the sale of a 10-hectare (24-acre) site to an undisclosed buyer. Local media reported that Amazon bought the land, but Hofheim authorities denied this, while Amazon declined to comment. The town’s mayor confirmed the sale...

August 20, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

100MW Data Center Proposed In Allentown, Pennsylvania

A 100MW data center is being proposed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. J.G. Petrucci has submitted plans for a 146,000 sq ft (13,565 sqm) facility and on-site substation at 1024 N. Bradford Street. Construction could begin in early 2027, with the facility potentially operational later that year. The s...

August 20, 2026

Pennsylvania

Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma

Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial Park in Owasso. “The Tulsa Regional Chamber is thrilled that Google is deepening its footprint i...

August 19, 2026

Google

Landlord Sells eStruxture-Occupied Data Center In Toronto, Canada

A data center leased by colocation provider eStruxture in Toronto, Canada, has been sold by its landlord. Granite REIT sold the 41,200 sq ft (3,825 sqm) property at 20 Pullman Court in Scarborough for CA$16.5m ($11.89m). The deal closed last month, though the buyer was not disclosed. A Toronto...

August 19, 2026

Canada

Nigeria’s Danfodiyo University Data Center Damaged In Storm

A university data center in Nigeria was damaged by a thunderstorm on August 15. Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto shut down network services after lightning damaged two inverters at its data center. The inverters have since been repaired, with services expected to resume on August 18. Usma...

August 19, 2026

Nigeria

Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport

Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructure as part of the airport’s development plan. DXN is expected to deliver the data center by the end o...

August 19, 2026

Australia

Helios plans Data center Development on 860 Hectares in Finnish Lapland

Nordic energy company Helios is planning a data center project in Finnish Lapland. The company has submitted a zoning request for a proposed facility in the Koivu area of Tervola, covering around 860 hectares. The site is about 20km (12.4 miles) from Tervola’s municipal center. The application wa...

August 18, 2026

Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy

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