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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 Belgian data center company KevlinX receives investment from Macquarie
Belgian data center company KevlinX receives investment from Macquarie
September 07, 2023

Belgian data center company KevlinX receives investment from Macquarie

Macquarie Data Centres

Macquarie has made an investment in a Belgian data center developer. Allen & Overy announced this week that it advised Macquarie Capital on its investment in KevlinX Holding B.V. Allen & Overy reported that KevlinX HoldCo is creating a data center in Brussels via its indirect subsidiar...

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Read Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome
Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome
September 07, 2023

Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty plans to extend its operations into Italy and has already purchased land in Rome, the country's capital. Following the purchase of land in Rome and the subsequent pre-development planning for it, the company announced its entry into the Italian market last week.The ROM1 data cen...

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Read ServerDomes plans dome-shaped data facilities across Mexican fiber line
ServerDomes plans dome-shaped data facilities across Mexican fiber line
September 07, 2023

ServerDomes plans dome-shaped data facilities across Mexican fiber line

México

US university subsidiary  ServerDomes will build aluminum dome data centers along a new Mexican fiber route. ServerDomes, a 2017 geodesic design from Portland, has partnered with Mexican infrastructure provider Fermaca Infraestructura.Fermaca will have exclusive rights to create ServerDomes-de...

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Read Nestlé sells Swiss data center to local real estate firm
Nestlé sells Swiss data center to local real estate firm
September 06, 2023

Nestlé sells Swiss data center to local real estate firm

Switzerland

The multinational food conglomerate Nestlé has sold a Swiss data center. This week, Baker McKenzie Switzerland revealed that it advised Nestlé Global Real Estate on the transfer of its data center and office property to Orllati Real Estate SA. The site at Rte de Buyère 4 in Bussigny, canton of...

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Read LyonTech La Doua data center construction commences in France
LyonTech La Doua data center construction commences in France
September 06, 2023

LyonTech La Doua data center construction commences in France

France

Work has begun on the LyonTech La Doua Calculation and Data Center (CCDD) project in Villeurbanne, France. The University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, collaborating with the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (Lyon INSA) on the facility, has begun earthwork and structural development....

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Read Sydney, Australia data facility occupied by TPG Telecom available for purchase
Sydney, Australia data facility occupied by TPG Telecom available for purchase
September 06, 2023

Sydney, Australia data facility occupied by TPG Telecom available for purchase

Australia

TPG Telecom is selling part of its Sydney, Australia, data center and office space. Interest submissions can be submitted to Colliers for 30 Ross Street in the Forest Lodge neighborhood until October 3. The building is an "infrastructure-quality asset" with a working data center and extra offi...

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Read Principal buys a pair of telco-occupied facilities in Dublin, Ireland
Principal buys a pair of telco-occupied facilities in Dublin, Ireland
September 06, 2023

Principal buys a pair of telco-occupied facilities in Dublin, Ireland

Vodafone

Principal Asset Management bought two data centers located in Dublin, Ireland, that are leased. Principal European Data Centre Fund I has made its fourth and fifth investments in Europe, this time in the capital of Ireland, according to IPE Real Assets and PropertyEU. The company has acquired ...

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Read I Squared Capital's nLighten buys Proximity, a UK-based edge company
I Squared Capital's nLighten buys Proximity, a UK-based edge company
September 06, 2023

I Squared Capital's nLighten buys Proximity, a UK-based edge company

Proximity Data Centres

nLighten, a European Edge data center company, has acquired the United Kingdom's Proximity Data Centres. The agreement's terms were not disclosed. nLighten, owned by I Squared Capital, plans to retain its data center operations in the country.Proximity, founded in 2020, administers ten regiona...

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Read Arm might be worth up to $52 billion after its IPO
Arm might be worth up to $52 billion after its IPO
September 06, 2023

Arm might be worth up to $52 billion after its IPO

1025Connect

Arm intends to price its initial public offering (IPO) between $47 and $51 per share, which could generate up to $4.9 billion for SoftBank. The IPO would value the semiconductor designer up to $52 billion, exceeding the $32 billion SoftBank paid for in 2016 but falling short of the $64 billion...

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Read Google signs first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Ireland
Google signs first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Ireland
September 05, 2023

Google signs first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Google has announced that it has signed its first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Ireland. The 14-year agreement is with Power Capital Renewable Energy for 58MW of new-to-the grid capacity from the Tullabeg Solar Farm in County Wexford.The solar project, currently under construction, spans 2...

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Read Google shares plans for $600M data center in Red Oak, Texas
Google shares plans for $600M data center in Red Oak, Texas
September 05, 2023

Google shares plans for $600M data center in Red Oak, Texas

Hyperscale Data Center

Google has shared further expansion plans, with the announcement of a new $600 million data center in Red Oak, near Dallas. The new facility will become the company’s second in the state of Texas. Back in 2020, the company purchased 165 acres of land in the area, which is believed to be the lo...

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Read Meta confirms $700m Minnesota data center venture
Meta confirms $700m Minnesota data center venture
September 05, 2023

Meta confirms $700m Minnesota data center venture

Meta

Social network Meta is supporting a new Minneapolis data center project. Late last week, a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission document confirmed Meta's $700 million Minneapolis data center project. Xcel Energy announced an 'enterprise data center' project with a Fortune 100 company in Novem...

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Read Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund collaborates with GDS for Batam data center facility
Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund collaborates with GDS for Batam data center facility
September 05, 2023

Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund collaborates with GDS for Batam data center facility

GDS Services Ltd

GDS has established a joint venture with the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), the country's sovereign wealth fund. In order to test fuel cell power supply options for its upcoming data center in Singapore, the company is also collaborating with SK Ecoplant.This week, the Chinese data cent...

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Read Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin
Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin
September 05, 2023

Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin

VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Virtus Data Centers plans to construct a new 300MW campus outside Berlin in Germany. This week, the company, a division of STT GDC, announced the Wustermark Megacampus in Brandenberg, west of the capital.The first phase of the campus in the municipality of Wustermark will encompass 3.7 million...

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Read Huawei opens cloud data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Huawei opens cloud data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
September 05, 2023

Huawei opens cloud data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Huawei has announced the opening of a new cloud data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The facility will reportedly support government services in the Kingdom, allowing for AI applications and language models in Arabic. Through the move, the Chinese tech giant will grow its online service offeri...

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Read Bharti Airtel acquires stakes in two renewable energy projects to power data centers
Bharti Airtel acquires stakes in two renewable energy projects to power data centers
September 05, 2023

Bharti Airtel acquires stakes in two renewable energy projects to power data centers

Nxtra Data Ltd

Bharti Airtel has announced that it will purchase 23,000 Mwh (Megawatt hour) of renewable energy by the fourth quarter of FY24 to power its data center company, Nxtra. It is facilitating this by acquiring stakes in two renewable energy companies, Continuum Green India and Vibrant Energy Holdin...

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Read Indian real estate developer Anant Raj proposes 300MW data center footprint
Indian real estate developer Anant Raj proposes 300MW data center footprint
September 05, 2023

Indian real estate developer Anant Raj proposes 300MW data center footprint

India / Bhārata

The Indian real estate development company Anant Raj will enter the data center industry. The company announced on its social media and local publications that it will invest $1.2 billion to develop up to 300MW capacity in the county. The company has set up Anant Raj Cloud Pvt. Ltd. as a subsi...

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Read EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona
EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona
September 05, 2023

EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX plans to establish a new data center facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to expand its presence there. According to BizJournal, the company has applied for Mesa's administrative and design reviews to construct a multi-phased campus near Elliot Road and Loop 202. EdgeConneX wants to build ...

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Read Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas
Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas
September 04, 2023

Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has made its first land purchases in Texas, both in San Antonio. The San Antonio Report reads, based on public records from Bexar County, that Vantage has acquired 89 acres of land in San Antonio spread across two separate parcels.On August 9, the firm purchased 31 acres a...

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Read Southeast Nebraska 911 services went down after Lincoln data center fire
Southeast Nebraska 911 services went down after Lincoln data center fire
September 04, 2023

Southeast Nebraska 911 services went down after Lincoln data center fire

Nebraska

On Saturday, September 2, a fire at a data center in Lincoln, Nebraska, shut down 911 services in the state's southeast. According to reports, the data center in issue was a Windstream facility in Lincoln. A transformer shorted and exploded due to a fire in the data center, cutting power to th...

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