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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 Digital Realty plans new hyperscale JV with Blackstone
Digital Realty plans new hyperscale JV with Blackstone
December 07, 2023

Digital Realty plans new hyperscale JV with Blackstone

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty recently revealed plans to set up a joint venture with Blackstone-affiliated funds led by Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Tactical Opportunities. This joint venture worth $7 billion will be used to develop four hyperscale data center campuses in Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, Franc...

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Read Liberty Networks and Gold Data partner to develop new subsea cable
Liberty Networks and Gold Data partner to develop new subsea cable
December 06, 2023

Liberty Networks and Gold Data partner to develop new subsea cable

United States

Liberty Networks and Gold Data have entered a partnership with the aim to develop a new subsea cable system connecting the US and Latin America. This system scheduled to be ready for operation by 2026,  will be split into two segments: the Gold Data 1 system and Liberty Networks 1 system.  Ray...

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Read EE installs 4G mast in two remote Scottish Islands
EE installs 4G mast in two remote Scottish Islands
December 06, 2023

EE installs 4G mast in two remote Scottish Islands

Scotland

UK mobile operator EE has installed new 4G mobile masts in two remote Scottish islands; Out Skerries, one of the UK's most remote islands with a population of around 70, and another on Foulda, Shetlands. This is as a part of the Scottish Government’s £28.75 million Scottish 4G Infill program, ...

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Read ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on
ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on
December 06, 2023

ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on

American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation Kenya (ATC Kenya) has demanded a down payment of KES500 million ($3.26m) and KES150m ($978k) per month from Telkom Kenya to turn back on mast sites it switched off earlier this year.  Reports note that ATC had turned off 246 mast sites seven months ago and is yet to ...

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Read Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix
Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix
December 05, 2023

Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix

Equinix

Equinix announced this week that it signed a ten-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to procure solar energy in Portugal Sonnedix’s first Portuguese solar PV project, the 149MW Sonnedix Douro. Axel Thiemann, CEO of Sonnedix, said, “We are very pleased to be extending our relationship with Equi...

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Read Russian telco Tattelcom unveils new data center in Kazan
Russian telco Tattelcom unveils new data center in Kazan
December 05, 2023

Russian telco Tattelcom unveils new data center in Kazan

Russia / Россия

Russian ISP Tattelcom has launched a new data center facility in Kazan, in central Russia. The telco mentioned that this new 3,000 square meter facility will potentially host 400 racks and offer a 1.8MW capacity. The two phases of construction is scheduled to be completed by 2026. General dire...

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Read KevlinX names Eric Boonstra as new CEO
KevlinX names Eric Boonstra as new CEO
December 05, 2023

KevlinX names Eric Boonstra as new CEO

Europe

European data center operator KevlinX has appointed Eric Boonstra as CEO. Boonstra joins KevlinX in his new role from Iron Mountain where he was in charge of managing the business for five years.  Boonstra said, “There is a huge opportunity for a well-funded and experienced team to build out a...

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Read Extropic raises $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers
Extropic raises $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers
December 05, 2023

Extropic raises $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers

United States

Startup Quantum computing startup Extropic which was founded last year by former members of Alphabet’s quantum computing research team has raised $14.1 million in seed funding to build physics-based AI computers.  The company plans to build computers that allow generative AI to scale in an eff...

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Read Orange launches data center in Garborone, Botswana
Orange launches data center in Garborone, Botswana
December 05, 2023

Orange launches data center in Garborone, Botswana

Orange

Telco Orange recently unveiled a new data center in Gaborone, Botswana. The company posted on LinkedIn, “Hello from the new Orange Data Center at the Botswana Digital & Innovation Hub! This is the first Tier III data center in Botswana and third in Southern Africa.” According to ITWeb Afri...

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Read Ardent to purchase new data center facilities across US and UK
Ardent to purchase new data center facilities across US and UK
December 04, 2023

Ardent to purchase new data center facilities across US and UK

United States

Ardent Data Centers recently revealed its plans to acquire three data centers as part of a €110 million investment plan. The company mentioned it has successfully agreed letters of intent with two sites in the US and is the preferred bidder on a third in the UK. Once all three sites are acquir...

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Read Evroc to build its first data center in Stockholm
Evroc to build its first data center in Stockholm
December 04, 2023

Evroc to build its first data center in Stockholm

Stockholm

New data center firm Evroc announced last week that it has signed an agreement with Arlandastad Group to select Stockholm as the location for its first facility and build it in 2024. The company also mentioned that it plans to invest €600 million in the project, which is one of ten it intends ...

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Read Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market
Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market
December 04, 2023

Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market

Malaysia

Malaysian telco Axiata Group Berhad  announced last week that it has entered into an unconditional sale and purchase agreement with Spectrlite UK Limited for the sale of Reynolds Holding Limited, which owns approximately 80 percent equity stake in Ncell Axiata Limited. The company mentioned th...

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Read Vertiv purchases liquid cooling business CoolTera
Vertiv purchases liquid cooling business CoolTera
December 04, 2023

Vertiv purchases liquid cooling business CoolTera

United States

Data center and digital infrastructure power and cooling company Vertiv recently purchased liquid cooling business CoolTera. Vertiv is now in charge of the provider of coolant distribution infrastructure, including certain contracts, patents, trademarks, and intellectual property from an affil...

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Read DataVolt plans a new data center facility in Uzubekistan
DataVolt plans a new data center facility in Uzubekistan
December 04, 2023

DataVolt plans a new data center facility in Uzubekistan

Saudi Arabia

New Saudi firm DataVolt has revealed plans for a new data center campus in Uzbekistan and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Digital Technologies, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to deve...

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Read Mitratel acquires over 800 towers from Gametraco for $113 million
Mitratel acquires over 800 towers from Gametraco for $113 million
December 03, 2023

Mitratel acquires over 800 towers from Gametraco for $113 million

Jakarta

Jakarta-based PT Dayamitra Telekomunikasi Tbk (Mitratel)  revealed last week that it recently acquired 803 towers from infrastructure operator PT Gametraco Tunggal for around $113 million.  The Telkom Indonesia subsidiary noted that this acquisition includes 1.327 tenants, confirming that 562 ...

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Read Norway’s Green Mountain completes first Tiktok data center
Norway’s Green Mountain completes first Tiktok data center
December 01, 2023

Norway’s Green Mountain completes first Tiktok data center

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has completed the data center building at the OSL2-Hamar campus in Norway, which it claims is Europe’s largest data center run on renewable energy and has officially handed it over to TikTok. The social media company is now in charge of delivering, installing, and testing server...

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Read Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility
Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility
December 01, 2023

Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility

Verne Global

UK and Nordic provider Verne Global has added liquid cooling to its underground Finnish data center campus in conjunction with Dell and Intel. Verne is now offering direct liquid cooling (DLC) for systems installed in the Rock data center, which occupies ex-military tunnels in the bedrock at P...

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Read CyrusOne launches fifth data center in Frankfurt
CyrusOne launches fifth data center in Frankfurt
December 01, 2023

CyrusOne launches fifth data center in Frankfurt

CyrusOne

CyrusOne has just launched its fifth data center in Frankfurt, FRA5  located in Hanau, 25km east of Frankfurt's city center. This new campus, spanning 18,000 square meters across two buildings will offer 54MW of IT capacity. The launch ceremony hosted by Carsten Schneider was attended by Lord ...

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Read Sines facility in Portuguese scandal also destroyed natural habitats
Sines facility in Portuguese scandal also destroyed natural habitats
December 01, 2023

Sines facility in Portuguese scandal also destroyed natural habitats

Portugal

The Sines data center campus in Portugal involved in the Portuguese government corruption scandal is reported to have also destroyed natural habitats protected by Portuguese and European legislation. A report by the INCF revealed Start Campus built its first data center on the site in Sines on...

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Read Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation
Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation
December 01, 2023

Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation

KAO Data

Kao Data recently completed work on its second data center in Harlow, UK and has noted that the facility is now ready for operations. According to a LinkedIn post shared by the company on November 28, the KLON-02  is a 10MW data center that has been designed and built "to the highest standards...

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