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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 Microsoft withdraws plans for Czech data center
Microsoft withdraws plans for Czech data center
October 24, 2023

Microsoft withdraws plans for Czech data center

Microsoft Azure

Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly canceled plans for a data center in Prague in the Czech Republic due to  "complex bureaucracy and long wait times for decisions." An E15 source noted, "A certain small hope is still alive, but rather it is wishful thinking of the managers of the domestic bra...

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Read Telehouse, NLP launches time-as-a-service offering
Telehouse, NLP launches time-as-a-service offering
October 24, 2023

Telehouse, NLP launches time-as-a-service offering

Telehouse

Data center provider Telehouse International Corporation together with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's National Metrology Institute has launched a time-as-a-time service offering called NPLTime Certified. This service functions to provide businesses with a synchronized time si...

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Read Atos signs IT contract with Special Olympics
Atos signs IT contract with Special Olympics
October 24, 2023

Atos signs IT contract with Special Olympics

England

Atos has signed an agreement with non-profit sports organization Special Olympics Games for the provision of IT services until 2027. Atos is now in charge of handing and maintaining the organization’s Games Management System, its software, IT security services and innovations; infrastructure s...

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Read ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio
ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio
October 23, 2023

ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio

London

Asset management firm Intermediate Capital Group recently completed a £125 million purchase of offices and data center portfolio in London leased to UK telco Vodafone. The 260,000 square feet portfolio comprises five data centers which was initially acquired from British Land who announced the...

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Read Principal reaches final close of €300m Euro DC fund
Principal reaches final close of €300m Euro DC fund
October 23, 2023

Principal reaches final close of €300m Euro DC fund

Europe

Principal Asset Management announced this week that it closed its European data center fund, which is dedicated to acquiring data center assets in Europe, had reached a final close total of €297 million. About 60 percent of the fund is allocated to the core European markets of Germany, Netherl...

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Read BAM Digital Realty names CB Velayuthan as new CEO
BAM Digital Realty names CB Velayuthan as new CEO
October 23, 2023

BAM Digital Realty names CB Velayuthan as new CEO

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty joint venture Digital Connexion has named CB Velayuthan as its new CEO and he has taken over leadership of Brookfield/Digital/Reliance Jio joint venture previously known as BAM Digital Realty. Velayuthan said to the media, “India is one of the most dynamic markets in our industr...

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Read Elea Digital launches 2.5MW expansion of its RJO1 data center
Elea Digital launches 2.5MW expansion of its RJO1 data center
October 23, 2023

Elea Digital launches 2.5MW expansion of its RJO1 data center

Elea Data Centers

Brazilian data center provider Elea Digital has launched an expansion of its data center after investing R$100 million to add 500 square meter space and 2.5MW of IT capacity to its Rio de Janeiro data center dubbed RJO1.With this expansion, the facility’s total capacity is now 5MW, enabling it...

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Read Microsoft, Shizen Energy sign 20-year solar PPA
Microsoft, Shizen Energy sign 20-year solar PPA
October 20, 2023

Microsoft, Shizen Energy sign 20-year solar PPA

Microsoft Azure

Shizen Energy Inc. announced its latest 20-year virtual VPPA with Microsoft to supply renewable energy from a 25MWac solar farm in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. This agreement between both companies marks Microsoft’s first PPA in Japan. Sizen is also constructing a solar farm, which will rep...

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Read Microsoft to build data center automation and robotics team
Microsoft to build data center automation and robotics team
October 20, 2023

Microsoft to build data center automation and robotics team

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently revealed plans to build a team dedicated to researching data center automation and robotics. The tech giant has also posted a job listing for a hardware automation team manager specializing in robotics.The job listing states, "As the Team Manager - Hardware Robotics, for our...

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Read Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone
Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone
October 20, 2023

Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

Spain

The Spanish government opened the latest phase of its €1 billion funding project aimed at rolling out 5G Standalone (SA) to rural areas across the country to reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas, as almost a fifth of the country’s population live in the rural areas. In this ...

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Read ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin
ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin
October 19, 2023

ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin

Croatia

Croatian ICT solutions provider Cratis revealed that it will launch a new data center this month in Varazdin, north of Zagreb, in partnership with local polyethylene films, bags, and packaging manufacturer Muraplast.This new DC North facility will offer 2.8MW across six data rooms – each 340 s...

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Read IRS, Microsoft disagree over alleged tax debt
IRS, Microsoft disagree over alleged tax debt
October 19, 2023

IRS, Microsoft disagree over alleged tax debt

Microsoft Azure

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleges that tech giant Microsoft owes the US government about $28.9 billion in taxes, penalties, and interest. However, Microsoft has denied these charges and intents to "vigorously contest" them. Microsoft revealed in an SEC filing that it received a Notice...

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Read Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility
Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility
October 19, 2023

Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility

Brazil / Brasil

Teccloud recently expanded the installed capacity at its data center in Porto Alegre, Brazil, through a R$2 million investment. The Brazilian firm awarded the design certification to GetNet, both businesses being a part of the Correa da Silva group.Teccloud did not state the capacity of its tw...

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Read Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore
Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore
October 18, 2023

Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore

Equinix

An outage at an Equinix data center on Saturday brought DBS and Citibank banking services in Singapore offline. This outage also affected other services in its Asian region including the Philippines, Hong Kong and India as people complained about having issues with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsAp...

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Read UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
October 18, 2023

UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition

Microsoft Azure

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finally approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of famous video games publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. This comes after an initial blockage of the deal over concerns relating to the impact of this acquisition on competition...

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Read Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December
Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December
October 18, 2023

Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December

California

A recent filing with the California Employment Development Department has revealed that Chip designer Qualcomm intends to cut its workforce significantly. The filing noted that Qualcomm is cutting 1,258 jobs in San Diego and Santa Clara, California, to reduce costs. The job cuts are to begin b...

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Read Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO
Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO
October 18, 2023

Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO

Sweden

Swedish telco Telia Company has named Patrik Hofbauer as its new president and CEO, bringing the company's search for a CEO since July to an end. The board of directors agreed with the decision to appoint Hofbauer, and he will be leaving his role as CEO of the gambling firm Svenska Spel to beg...

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Read Web Werks & Iron Mountain acquire 4 acres in Chennai for DC construction
Web Werks & Iron Mountain acquire 4 acres in Chennai for DC construction
October 17, 2023

Web Werks & Iron Mountain acquire 4 acres in Chennai for DC construction

Web Werks

Web Werks and Iron Mountain recently purchased a four-acre parcel of land in the Ambattur area of Chennai, India for the construction of two data center campuses. These parcel will support two buildings called  CHE-1 and CHE-2 which will be built to Tier III standards and will support a total ...

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Read Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO
Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO
October 17, 2023

Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO

Switch Datacenters Amsterdam BV

US data center company Switch has named Madonna Park as its chief financial officer, replacing Gabe Nacht. Park is now in charge of managing the company’s finances and leading the accounts, finance, internal audit and investor relations teams. Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy said, "Madonna will...

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Read Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK
Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK
October 17, 2023

Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK

United Kingdom

Redcar & Cleveland Council granted Wilton Data Center an outline consent for a new data center campus at the Wilton International Park, just outside Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, UK. Wilton intends to construct 150,000 square meter of data center space on a 32-acre plot. The company di...

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