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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

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Read Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding
Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding
December 14, 2023

Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding

Singapore

Singapore-based Seraya Partners has closed an $800 million fund dedicated to digital infrastructure and energy transition investments. Half of the fund has already been dedicated to three companies: data center operator Empyrion DC, offshore wind vessel operator Cyan Renewables, and solar, win...

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Read Penta Infra extends data center footprint to Hamburg
Penta Infra extends data center footprint to Hamburg
December 14, 2023

Penta Infra extends data center footprint to Hamburg

Penta Infra

Penta Infra announced this week that it is looking to extend its footprints to Germany and has begun constructing a new colocation data center in Hamburg. Once completed, this facility will offer 4.4MW across 2,500 square meters of white space. It will also be able to offer heat re-use as the ...

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Read Arcus unveils new European data center platform
Arcus unveils new European data center platform
December 13, 2023

Arcus unveils new European data center platform

Europe

Arcus Infrastructure Partners has recently launched a new European data center platform. This comes as the company announces the purchase of Internet Port Hamburg (IPHH), a regional data center operator and Internet service provider, and the launch of Portus Data Centers. Adriaan Oosthoek, cha...

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Read Microsoft to use renewable natural gas in San Jose facility
Microsoft to use renewable natural gas in San Jose facility
December 13, 2023

Microsoft to use renewable natural gas in San Jose facility

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently revealed its plans to use renewable natural gas (RNG) made from food waste to help power a microgrid that provides resilience at its San Jose data center. Fuel cell provider Enchanted Rock is in charge of this project and announced in 2022 that the microgrid would use biogas...

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Read Meta signs renewable energy deal in Arizona
Meta signs renewable energy deal in Arizona
December 13, 2023

Meta signs renewable energy deal in Arizona

Arizona

Social network company Meta announced this week that it has signed a new renewable energy deal in Arizona with Ørsted to support its Mesa data center with new solar energy from the Salt River Project. Following this contract, the social network company will receive most of the output of Ørsted...

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Read County’s planning staff recommends denial of massive data center project again
County’s planning staff recommends denial of massive data center project again
December 13, 2023

County’s planning staff recommends denial of massive data center project again

Compass Datacenters

The Prince William County staff have again recommended the denial of all three rezoning requests associated with the PW Digital Gateway data center project. This comes after two rejections of the rezoning requests by QTS and Compass in recent months.  County staff said in a report, “At this po...

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Read European Commission to provide €1.2 billion for cloud and Edge efforts
European Commission to provide €1.2 billion for cloud and Edge efforts
December 12, 2023

European Commission to provide €1.2 billion for cloud and Edge efforts

Europe

The European Commission will provide €1.2 billion ($1.29bn) in state funding for cloud computing and Edge development. The IPCEI Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI CIS) was notified by all seven Member States: France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and ...

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Read Oracle plans significant expansion globally
Oracle plans significant expansion globally
December 12, 2023

Oracle plans significant expansion globally

Oracle

Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison revealed this week that the company is planning to expand its data center footprint significantly in the near future. He mentioned that Oracle is in the process of expanding 66 of its existing cloud data centers and building 100 new cloud data centers. Elli...

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Read Equinix to roll out support for liquid cooling at over 100 facilities
Equinix to roll out support for liquid cooling at over 100 facilities
December 12, 2023

Equinix to roll out support for liquid cooling at over 100 facilities

Equinix

Colocation firm Equinix announced this week that it plans to expand support for liquid cooling technologies – including direct-to-chip – to more than 100 of its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in more than 45 metros globally. Tiffany Osias, VP of global colocation at Equinix...

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Read atNorth plans new facility with heat reuse in Finland
atNorth plans new facility with heat reuse in Finland
December 11, 2023

atNorth plans new facility with heat reuse in Finland

atNorth

Nordic data center provider atNorth has announced that a new 60MW hyperscale facility which will provide heat to the community, will open soon in Finland. The provider mentioned that this FIN04 site in Kouvala, 140km northeast of Helsinki, has an immediate power supply of 60MW and could expand...

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Read Oracle unveils new cloud region in Columbia
Oracle unveils new cloud region in Columbia
December 11, 2023

Oracle unveils new cloud region in Columbia

Oracle

Oracle has announced the opening of an Oracle Cloud Region in Bogotá, Colombia, using a data center belonging to its partner, telecoms company Claro. The company mentioned that it is the first major cloud provider to establish a public cloud region in the country. Germán Borromei, managing dir...

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Read Charter Communications to invest in Texas network expansion
Charter Communications to invest in Texas network expansion
December 11, 2023

Charter Communications to invest in Texas network expansion

Charter Communications (Spectrum)

Charter Communications has announced that it will be investing over $1.3 billion in Texas as part of its network expansion through its Spectrum brand. The telco will pour the funds into expanding its network coverage in areas of the state that are currently underserved.  Charter Communications...

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Read Vantage to break ground in Taipei
Vantage to break ground in Taipei
December 11, 2023

Vantage to break ground in Taipei

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is planning to expand data center operations into Taipei, Taiwan. The company announced this week that it is planning a new facility in Taipei called TPE1 data center and it is expected to be open in mid-2024.  This new facility is being constructed on a 2-acre site. It is...

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Read Nokia foresees revenue dip after losing multi-billion dollar AT&T contract
Nokia foresees revenue dip after losing multi-billion dollar AT&T contract
December 09, 2023

Nokia foresees revenue dip after losing multi-billion dollar AT&T contract

AT&T

Nokia has mentioned that it expects to see a dent in its revenues following AT&T's decision to award a lucrative Open RAN contract worth $14 billion to rival Ericsson. The company added that it expects revenue from AT&T in mobile networks to decrease over the next two to three years as...

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Read Crown Castle CEO announces retirement plans after investors call for change
Crown Castle CEO announces retirement plans after investors call for change
December 09, 2023

Crown Castle CEO announces retirement plans after investors call for change

Crown Castle

Crown Castle has announced that its CEO, Jay Brown has informed them of his decision to step down from the role of CEO earlier this week and will retire from the company next year. This news comes only a week after activist investor Elliott Investment Management issued a statement calling for ...

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Read Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc
Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc
December 09, 2023

Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc

KAO Data

UK operator Kao Data has partnered with Jisc to give the latter's customers access to its Harlow data center capacity. Through this partnership, users of Janet (the UK's national research and education network) will enable Jisc's 18 million+ user base to access capacity at the Harlow data camp...

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Read Green Mountain begins expansion efforts in London campus
Green Mountain begins expansion efforts in London campus
December 08, 2023

Green Mountain begins expansion efforts in London campus

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain this week announced that it has begun construction work for a new 14MW facility at the company’s LON1-East campus in Romford, London. This expansion is set in two phases, each phase totaling 7MW and across three data halls, inside the existing building. It will also offer more t...

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Read GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility
GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility
December 08, 2023

GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility

Malaysia

Chinese data center developer and operator GDS has raised MYR1.27 billion ($270m) in green financing for its Nusajaya Tech Park data center in Malaysia. The finance was secured from four financial institutions: UOB Malaysia, Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, and Sta...

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Read Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County
Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County
December 08, 2023

Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Data center firm Stack Infrastructure announced this week that it is expanding its campus in Virginia’s Prince William County. The company has purchased land from and adjacent to the Youth For Tomorrow non-profit in Bristow to expand its NVA02 campus. Tim Hughes, chief development officer, Sta...

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Read ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona
ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona
December 07, 2023

ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona

Arizona

Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASM International has announced it plans to invest €300 million over a five-year period to expand its R&D efforts in Arizona. The company mentioned that this new 20-acre facility, set to be located in Scottsdale, will create an additional 500 jobs in softw...

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