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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 Grid Telecom and Tamares Telecom partner on cable landing station in Cyprus
Grid Telecom and Tamares Telecom partner on cable landing station in Cyprus
August 25, 2024

Grid Telecom and Tamares Telecom partner on cable landing station in Cyprus

Europe

IPTO subsidiary Grid Telecom and Israeli firm Tamares Telecom have signed a Heads of Agreement to both participate in the joint venture Tamares Telecom Cyprus.  The venture will establish a carrier-neutral, open-access hub with interconnection data center facilities to connect the island to Gr...

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Read DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany
DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany
August 23, 2024

DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany

Germany / Deutschland

The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is setting up a Joint Operational Edge (JOE) cloud in Germany in an attempt to expand DISA cloud offerings outside of the US. According to DISA, JOE is an "interconnected and integrated mesh of large form factor Edge computing platforms, install...

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Read UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down
UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down
August 23, 2024

UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down

United Kingdom

The UK's Post Office chief transformation officer, Chris Brockleby, has stepped down from his post following delays in replacing the controversial Horizon IT system. He will depart from the Post Office on September 6, with Andy Nice set to take on the role on an interim basis.  Nice was previo...

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Read Tet plans new data center outside Riga
Tet plans new data center outside Riga
August 23, 2024

Tet plans new data center outside Riga

Latvia

 Latvian telco Tet has announced plans to invest €30 million ($33.2m) in developing the facility in Salaspils, to the south of the capital city. The construction on the new data center is planned to start at the end of 2024 for a 2028 completion with Tet's construction subsidiary Citrus Soluti...

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Read Eight Windstream switch and data center sites portfolios up for sale
Eight Windstream switch and data center sites portfolios up for sale
August 23, 2024

Eight Windstream switch and data center sites portfolios up for sale

United States

 A portfolio of eight switch and data center sites in the US are up for sale. The sites are located in eight cities across seven states, totaling 379,000 square feet (35,210 sqm) spread across 26 acres. The facilities are located in Lexington, Kentucky; Texarkana and Sugar Land, Texas; Colorad...

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Read Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
August 23, 2024

Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

Northern Virginia

A report from Synergy Research Group found that just twenty state or metro markets account for 62 percent of the world’s current hyperscale data center capacity. Northern Virginia tops this list while the Greater Beijing Area takes the second place, with both making up 22 percent of global hyp...

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Read IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center
IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center
August 22, 2024

IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center

Switzerland

IonQ last week announced the delivery of an ion trap to its European quantum data center in the QuantumBasel business park. It's specialists working out of the company’s Basel, Switzerland headquarters will be on site to receive the quantum processor and continue the build and commissioning of...

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Read Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia
Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia
August 20, 2024

Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia

South Asia

Singapore's Singtel and the Bridge Alliance are set to launch a GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering in Southeast Asia. In February 2024 when the company first announched the launch, it mentioned that Singtel’s GPUaaS will be powered by Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU-powered clusters that are opera...

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Read Swiss startup to use metal foam for cooling data centers
Swiss startup to use metal foam for cooling data centers
August 20, 2024

Swiss startup to use metal foam for cooling data centers

United States

 Swiss company Apheros this week raised $1.85 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Founderful to help commercialize its metal foam product. The foam is meant to cover the chip, which helps dissipate the heat generated during use through its large surface area. The company not...

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Read Sapeon Korea and Rebellions to merge operations
Sapeon Korea and Rebellions to merge operations
August 19, 2024

Sapeon Korea and Rebellions to merge operations

South Korea

Two Korean AI chip startups with wealthy backers have decided to merge on an equity value ratio of 1:2.4, respectively. The new company will retain the name Rebellions, and be run by Rebellions’ CEO Park Sung-hyun.  Sapeon counts SKT, SK Square, and SK Hynix as investors. The company launched ...

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Read Talen Energy looks to sell nuclear powered facility in Pennsylvania
Talen Energy looks to sell nuclear powered facility in Pennsylvania
August 18, 2024

Talen Energy looks to sell nuclear powered facility in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Independent power firm Talen Energy is looking to pivot away from crypto mining operations to supply power to data center developers instead and has confirmed its plans to sell its stake in the Bitcoin mining center located at its Pennsylvania nuclear power plant. The company first announced i...

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Read OADC unveils new data center in DR Congo
OADC unveils new data center in DR Congo
August 18, 2024

OADC unveils new data center in DR Congo

Open Access Data Centres (OADC)

Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has unveiled its new data center in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has launched the first phase of OADC Texaf Digital - Kinshasa, a joint venture between OADC and TEXAF. Mohammed Bouhelal, managing director of OADC Texaf DRC, s...

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Read Bridge Data Centres acquires land in Johor, Malaysia for $22.4million
Bridge Data Centres acquires land in Johor, Malaysia for $22.4million
August 18, 2024

Bridge Data Centres acquires land in Johor, Malaysia for $22.4million

Bridge Data Centres

APAC data center operator Bridge Data Centres has acquired 20 acres of land in the Mukim of Plentong, District of Johor Bahru, State of Johor  from real estate and construction holding company Paragon Globe Bhd (PGB)  for a cash consideration of RM99 million ($22.4m). This is the second land d...

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Read Google to invest $1bn Dallas data centers expansion
Google to invest $1bn Dallas data centers expansion
August 18, 2024

Google to invest $1bn Dallas data centers expansion

Google

Google has announced new data center investment plans for Dallas as it revealed plans to invest $1 billion in Texas this year through its data center campuses in Midlothian and Red Oak.  The company said the investment would take its spending in the Lone Star State to $2.7 billion. Google said...

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Read Quantum Circuits raises over $60m Series B funding round
Quantum Circuits raises over $60m Series B funding round
August 18, 2024

Quantum Circuits raises over $60m Series B funding round

United Kingdom

Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI) has closed its Series B funding round which raised over $60 million to further its development of quantum technology in an investment round led by Arch Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Hither Creek Ventures. The Yale spin out was founded in 20...

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Read Texas Instruments awarded $1.6bn in US CHIPS funding
Texas Instruments awarded $1.6bn in US CHIPS funding
August 18, 2024

Texas Instruments awarded $1.6bn in US CHIPS funding

Texas

The US Department of Commerce has signed a memorandum of terms with Texas Instruments that could see the company awarded $1.6 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding which would support Texas Instrument’s plans to invest $18bn in the construction of two fabs in Sherman, Texas, and one in Lehi...

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Read Blueprint plans data center outside Austin, Texas
Blueprint plans data center outside Austin, Texas
August 18, 2024

Blueprint plans data center outside Austin, Texas

Texas

Taylor City Council last week granted unanimous approval to give Austin-based Blueprint Projects tax breaks on a proposed data center project in the city of Taylor.  The company plans to use land owned by the Taylor Economic Development Corp. at 1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Williamson ...

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Read Natron Energy to invest $1.4 billion on a giant factory in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Natron Energy to invest $1.4 billion on a giant factory in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
August 18, 2024

Natron Energy to invest $1.4 billion on a giant factory in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

North Carolina

Sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy plans to spend $1.4 billion on a 1.2 million square foot (111,500 sqm) facility, at the Kingsboro CSX Select Megasite which is expected to produce 24GW of batteries annually at full capacity and lead to 1,000 jobs.  “Today is a momentous day for Na...

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Read Meta signs new solar PPA in US
Meta signs new solar PPA in US
August 17, 2024

Meta signs new solar PPA in US

United States

Meta has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to procure the output of two solar farms in the US, currently in development in Louisiana and Illinois. Construction is underway at RWE’s 274MWac County Run Solar in Illinois and 100MWac Lafitte Solar in Louisiana, both are due to go live in lat...

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Read Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center
Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center
August 17, 2024

Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center

Equinix

Colocation firm Equinix is exploring deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at its data center in Dublin, Ireland. A spokesperson for the company noted that while a temporary demonstration pod was deployed at one of the company's sites on tour from ESB and GeoPura, is not a permanent deployment.  P...

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