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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 Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers
Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers
April 09, 2024

Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

Singapore

Alibaba has revealed that it is now slashing its prices by as much as 59 percent for customers "from the US to Singapore." This comes shortly after  the company's March 2024 announcement that it would be cutting cloud costs for its Chinese customers by up to 55 percent with the hope of winnin...

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Read Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months
Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months
April 09, 2024

Cloudflare suffers second power outage in Oregon in six months

CloudHQ

Content Delivery Network (CDN) company Cloudflare suffered a second data center power failure at its core facility in Portland, Oregon, within six months. As a result of the first incident which happened in November, Cloudflare introduced ‘Code Orange’; a new process where the company shifts m...

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Read Crown Castle announces new CEO
Crown Castle announces new CEO
April 09, 2024

Crown Castle announces new CEO

Crown Castle

Crown Castle has announced Steven J. Moskowitz as president and CEO, bringing an end to Crown Castle's search for a successor to former CEO Jay Brown, who announced his departure in December. Anthony Melone acted as interim CEO from January 16, 2024. “I have long admired Crown Castle’s quality...

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Read Quinbrook to start work on Australia data center
Quinbrook to start work on Australia data center
April 09, 2024

Quinbrook to start work on Australia data center

Australia

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced that it is set to start work on a AU$2.5 billion ($1.7bn) data center campus in Queensland, Australia. The first phase of development at the campus, known as Supernode, will see a 250MW battery energy storage system (BESS) installed at the site. ...

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Read Tape Ark migrates tape-based sports broadcast to Google Cloud
Tape Ark migrates tape-based sports broadcast to Google Cloud
April 08, 2024

Tape Ark migrates tape-based sports broadcast to Google Cloud

Google

Tape Ark has moved a significant collection of tape-based sports video footage to Google Cloud. The cloud ingest of the collection measures over 40 petabytes of video footage. By moving it to the cloud, the broadcaster will be able save time and money on the maintenance of the collection inclu...

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Read Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions
Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions
April 08, 2024

Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

Singapore

Singaporean real-estate firm Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Limited (APS)  this week announced plans to acquire a 100 percent stake in Taiwanese sustainable data solutions provider, Mobii Genius Co., Ltd., for US$150 million. “Creating green data processing and storage facilities is of par...

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Read Meta shares details of upgraded MTIA AI chips
Meta shares details of upgraded MTIA AI chips
April 08, 2024

Meta shares details of upgraded MTIA AI chips

United States

Meta has shared details about the next generation of its Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA), custom-made chips designed for specific Meta AI workloads. The company said the latest version of its chips shows significant performance improvements over the MTIA v1 and is already being ...

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Read T-Systems to manage mainframe infrastructure for KMD
T-Systems to manage mainframe infrastructure for KMD
April 08, 2024

T-Systems to manage mainframe infrastructure for KMD

Denmark

T-Systems has been selected to operate the mainframe infrastructure of Danish IT service provider KMD from 2025 in a contract which is the largest the company has won yet in Denmark. While T-Systems handles the operation and maintenance of KMD's mainframes, KMD will be able to focus on develop...

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Read Edge Centres purchases QuadraNet
Edge Centres purchases QuadraNet
April 08, 2024

Edge Centres purchases QuadraNet

Edge Centres

Edge data center firm Edge Centres has acquired US colocation and bare metal provider QuadraNet, sucessfully adding 10 facilities to its US footprint. QuadraNet says it has more than 1,000 active customers and facilities located in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New Jersey, Rest...

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Read IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York
IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York
April 06, 2024

IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York

Kyndryl

IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have launched a quantum computer at RPI’s campus in New York. A chapel that the university repurposed in the 1960s, the quantum computer is be positioned next to a stained glass window and serves as a focal point of RPI’s new Curtis Priem Quantum ...

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Read AI data center project proposed in Michigan
AI data center project proposed in Michigan
April 06, 2024

AI data center project proposed in Michigan

Michigan

An unnamed company is reportedly looking at building an ‘AI data center’ on 280 acres on Yore Avenue near Lake Michigan College. Further details are unavailable at this time. Benton Charter Township is a charter township in Berrien County, Michigan, located on the east side of Lake Michigan."I...

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Read Civo to abolish data egress fees for customers unconditionally
Civo to abolish data egress fees for customers unconditionally
April 06, 2024

Civo to abolish data egress fees for customers unconditionally

United Kingdom

UK cloud services provider Civo has said that it will abolish all data egress fees for customers, an offer which goes beyond that which is being proposed by the hyperscalers. The company said in a statement: “The end of all egress fees on Civo comes with no requirements or limits, with busines...

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Read Amazon launches Deadline Cloud
Amazon launches Deadline Cloud
April 05, 2024

Amazon launches Deadline Cloud

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a cloud-based rendering service called Deadline Cloud which will enable users to deploy and scale up graphics and handle visual effects (VFX) rendering on AWS cloud infrastructure. This rendering service is aimed at customers in media and entertainment, a...

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Read Casa Systems to sell assets after filing for Chapter 11
Casa Systems to sell assets after filing for Chapter 11
April 05, 2024

Casa Systems to sell assets after filing for Chapter 11

United States

Communications equipment company Casa Systems has agreed to sell multiple assets this week after the company said it has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  “Like many in our sector, Casa has experienced a significant decline in r...

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Read Oracle and Palantir to team up on cloud and AI solutions
Oracle and Palantir to team up on cloud and AI solutions
April 05, 2024

Oracle and Palantir to team up on cloud and AI solutions

Oracle

Oracle and Palantir are teaming up on secure cloud and AI solutions aimed at governments and businesses globally. They will be combining Oracle's distributed cloud and AI infrastructure with Palantir's AI and decision acceleration platforms. In addition, Palantir will be moving its Foundry wor...

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Read Telecom Italia to receive a €1 billion payout
Telecom Italia to receive a €1 billion payout
April 05, 2024

Telecom Italia to receive a €1 billion payout

Rome

Telecom Italia (TIM) is set for a €1 billion ($1.1bn) payout after it won its 15-year dispute with the Italian government. A court in Rome ordered the government to pay the sum after TIM sought to recover the license fee it was required to pay to the state in 1998, the year after the telecoms ...

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Read Amtrak selects nstruction company for Delaware center
Amtrak selects nstruction company for Delaware center
April 05, 2024

Amtrak selects nstruction company for Delaware center

Delaware

Inter-city rail service Amtrak has selected a construction company for its Unified Operations Center (UOC) Facility Project, which will include a data center, in Wilmington, Delaware.  “One of our primary goals for the Renaissance Centre building is to create a new Amtrak Unified Operations Ce...

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Read nLighten acquires seven data center from sister company
nLighten acquires seven data center from sister company
April 05, 2024

nLighten acquires seven data center from sister company

EXA Infrastructure

European Edge firm nLighten has acquired seven data centers from sister company Exa Infrastructure in a move which positions it as a "frontrunner" in the European data center market, while allowing Exa to focus on its terrestrial and subsea fiber network. This expansion brings nLighten's total...

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Read SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility
SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility
April 04, 2024

SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility

Indiana

The South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix has confirmed earlier reports about building an advanced chip packaging facility in Indiania as it revealed its plans  to invest $3.87 billion in the plant which will produce next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM), the highest-performing Dynamic...

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Read Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit
Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit
April 04, 2024

Telia Company completes sale of Danish business unit

Sweden

Swedish telco Telia Company has confirmed in a new announcement that the sale of its Danish business unit to local energy and Internet firm Norlys has been finalized for DKK 6.25 billion ($900 million), on a cash and debt-free basis. “The sale of our Danish business marks a significant milesto...

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