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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 Virginia's Reston data center is now owned by Edge Centres
Virginia's Reston data center is now owned by Edge Centres
June 21, 2023

Virginia's Reston data center is now owned by Edge Centres

Edge Centres

Edge Centres has acquired a data center facility in Reston, Virginia. According to the company, the newly-acquired carrier hotel establishment, renamed EC104, features 1MW of scalability and 20 individual carriers. The data center is at 11513 Sunset Hills Road in Fairfax County, although the c...

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Read STT GDC Philippines will increase the capacity of three data centers
STT GDC Philippines will increase the capacity of three data centers
June 21, 2023

STT GDC Philippines will increase the capacity of three data centers

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Globe Telecom announced on Tuesday that its joint venture with Ayala Corporation and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centers would increase its capacity by 5.2MW by the end of the third quarter of this year. The expansion of ST Telemedia Global Data Centers Philippines (STT GDC Philip...

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Read Scaleway of Iliad will turn its data center unit into a separate entity, Opcore
Scaleway of Iliad will turn its data center unit into a separate entity, Opcore
June 21, 2023

Scaleway of Iliad will turn its data center unit into a separate entity, Opcore

OpCore

The French cloud and data center organization Scaleway separates its data center division into a separate businesses. President and former CEO of Scaleway, Arnaud de Bermingham, announced on Linkedin that he would oversee the new 46-person unit. In response to a commentator's inquiry about whe...

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Read ST Telemedia opens STT Jakarta 1 data center
ST Telemedia opens STT Jakarta 1 data center
June 21, 2023

ST Telemedia opens STT Jakarta 1 data center

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has announced the launch of its STT Jakarta 1. This facility is the first building to be completed at the company's data center campus, which is being developed with Triputra Group and global investment company Temasek via a JV. At full build-out, the campus w...

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Read NetActuate completes infrastructure and connectivity upgrades Santiago data center in Chile
NetActuate completes infrastructure and connectivity upgrades Santiago data center in Chile
June 20, 2023

NetActuate completes infrastructure and connectivity upgrades Santiago data center in Chile

NetActuate

NetActuate has announced the completion of a second round of infrastructure and connectivity upgrades at its Santiago data center in Chile to increase the availability of virtual servers and high bandwidth services. Its Santiago facility is now the third location to receive an anycast platfor...

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Read Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield
Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield
June 20, 2023

Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield

Compass Datacenters

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will acquire Compass Datacenters with the company's current investor, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. This week, Brookfield Infrastructure, its financial partners, and longtime investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan revealed that they had officially agreed t...

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Read 365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion
365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion
June 20, 2023

365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion

365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers is constructing an additional data center space at its Tampa, Florida, site. The Tampa Internet Exchange and 25 carriers are housed in the Franklin Exchange building at 655 North Franklin Street, the campus location. The company's current market footprint will double due to t...

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Read The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts
The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts
June 20, 2023

The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts

Hawaii

Despite budget cutbacks, Hawaii's government will proceed with a proposed data center relocation. Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii had to make use of his line-item override to cut the General Appropriations Bill of 2023 and balance Hawaii's fiscal strategy with $500 million in budget cuts, but he ret...

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Read Secure IT Environments provides the ICU of a UK hospital with a micro data center
Secure IT Environments provides the ICU of a UK hospital with a micro data center
June 20, 2023

Secure IT Environments provides the ICU of a UK hospital with a micro data center

United Kingdom

Secure I.T. Environments, a provider of modular data centers, has delivered a micro data center to a healthcare facility in London, United Kingdom. The intensive care unit (ICU) at Barnet Hospital got the 42U Micro Data Centre 3 this past week. The encapsulated facility has a maximum load capa...

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Read NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia
NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia
June 20, 2023

NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia

NEXTDC

NextDC has announced that it has completed construction at its S3 data center in Sydney, Australia, following AU$1 billion (US$685m) of investment, two months ahead of schedule. Construction first began at the facility in March 2021, with the first phase completed last year, in August. The se...

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Read Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand
Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand
June 19, 2023

Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand

Sify Technologies

Sify has announced that it is expanding its data center capacity, outlining that it will add around 350 MW over the next few years. Already the company already has 11 facilities located in Chennai, Mumbai, Noida, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, together totaling 100 MW. However, now, in re...

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Read In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault
In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault
June 19, 2023

In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault

Republic of Ireland

Following concern being raised over the dangers posed by continued data center expansion, Ireland’s Labour Party has joined the call to halt data center building and, instead, introduce a temporary surcharge.Speaking about this, Labour leader and climate spokesperson Ivana Bacik, said that the...

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Read Six letters of intent to acquire the business delivered to Cyxtera
Six letters of intent to acquire the business delivered to Cyxtera
June 19, 2023

Six letters of intent to acquire the business delivered to Cyxtera

Cyxtera Technologies

Data center company Cyxtera is being seriously considered for acquisition by at least six parties. This month, struggling Cyxtera filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to continuous losses and impending debt maturities. The organization is seeking a buyer or new investor. The company has contact...

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Read Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center
Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center
June 19, 2023

Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center

United States

The FBI has awarded Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. a contract to manage its data centers. Edgewater recently disclosed that it had been granted a five-year, $138 million license to support the Information Technology Infrastructure Division (ITID) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

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Read MTP opens Mexico City facility
MTP opens Mexico City facility
June 19, 2023

MTP opens Mexico City facility

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

México Telecom Partners (MTP), a Mexican telecommunications company, has opened a new data center in Mexico City. The entity owned by DigitalBridge reportedly put in $17.5 million in the endeavor. Location and infrastructure specifications were not disclosed. The facility is not intended for h...

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Read Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data center
Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data center
June 19, 2023

Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data center

Cisco Systems

Cisco has announced its plans to establish a new data center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The facility, the company said, will help customers protect their users, infrastructure, and investments against threat actors. Dedicated to cloud-delivered security, the facility is pegged to p...

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Read Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto
Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto
June 19, 2023

Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto

Skybox Datacenters

City Council took action to move the development process along almost a year after it was revealed that Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters and its San Francisco-based partner Prologis Inc. bought more than 220 acres in Hutto. At a meeting on June 15, officials granted preliminary approval to anne...

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Read Plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire, UK return following legal challenge
Plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire, UK return following legal challenge
June 19, 2023

Plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire, UK return following legal challenge

United Kingdom

Following a successful legal challenge, Link Park Heathrow’s plans for a new data center in Buckinghamshire are going ahead. First filed in December 2020, the company was seeking to demolish the existing buildings at its site on Thorney Mill Road in Iver to develop a 55,000 sqm (592,000 sq ft)...

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Read Cologix completes its Scalelogix Data Center
Cologix completes its Scalelogix Data Center
June 16, 2023

Cologix completes its Scalelogix Data Center

Cologix

Cologix has announced the completion of its new 120 MW facility in Data Center Alley, Ashburn, Virginia. The three-story data center spans 455,000 sqft, and has already been pre-leased, to a tenant described as a 'major global technology company.'According to reports, the Scalelogix ASH1 faci...

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Read Microsoft's Mount Pleasant data facility projected to produce 200 jobs during the first phase
Microsoft's Mount Pleasant data facility projected to produce 200 jobs during the first phase
June 16, 2023

Microsoft's Mount Pleasant data facility projected to produce 200 jobs during the first phase

Microsoft Azure

200 people are anticipated to work at the Microsoft facility in Mount Pleasant during its initial phase, according to an executive summary provided to the village's Plan Commission. When completed, the data center will provide 460 employees, including 330 first-shift positions and 130 second-s...

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