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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

New Jersey

Read Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers
Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers
May 18, 2023

Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers

China

Atlas and Shenzhen Hicloud Data Center Technology (Hicloud) have announced their partnership to explore reducing data center energy consumption. Through this deal, Atlas, an international group providing blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service, is now the first commercial Web3 user of the Under...

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Read Sonic Edge partners with Deep Green to launch 50 HPC/EdgePods across the UK
Sonic Edge partners with Deep Green to launch 50 HPC/EdgePods across the UK
May 18, 2023

Sonic Edge partners with Deep Green to launch 50 HPC/EdgePods across the UK

United Kingdom

Sonic Edge has announced a partnership with Deep Green to launch 50 HPC/EdgePods at locations across the UK this year and in early 2024. According to the company, these 50 deployments will range from 50kW to 2MW, while the partnership with Deep Green will power them with low-cost, carbon-free ...

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Read QTS begins work on Phoenix data center
QTS begins work on Phoenix data center
May 18, 2023

QTS begins work on Phoenix data center

QTS Data Centers

QTS has begun construction work on its Phoenix, Arizona data center PHX2 DC5. The company reportedly broke ground on the facility in March; it is set to span 337,330 sq ft (31,339 sqm) on 85 acres, offering 42 MW of capacity. The company shared that on March 21, it hosted a groundbreaking eve...

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Read Water requirements for Meta’s Toledo town data center released
Water requirements for Meta’s Toledo town data center released
May 18, 2023

Water requirements for Meta’s Toledo town data center released

Meta

Details regarding Meta's water consumption at a planned data center in Toledo have been released, revealing that yearly the facility will guzzle an estimated 660 million gallons of water. The facility was given the green light by Castilla-La Mancha back in March as a PSI, due to the economic i...

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Read QuiX Quantum Along With QMware Are Constructing a Quantum Data Facility in Enschede
QuiX Quantum Along With QMware Are Constructing a Quantum Data Facility in Enschede
May 18, 2023

QuiX Quantum Along With QMware Are Constructing a Quantum Data Facility in Enschede

Netherlands

QuiX Quantum, a Dutch company specializing in quantum computing, plans to construct a data center at its headquarters in Enschede. The partnership between the business and QMware, announced this week, will create the "first fully integrated, hybrid quantum-classical platform." The native quant...

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Read BlackLine Launches Data Center, Expands APAC
BlackLine Launches Data Center, Expands APAC
May 18, 2023

BlackLine Launches Data Center, Expands APAC

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

BlackLine, Inc., a leader in accounting automation software, revealed it is expanding its operations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by establishing a new office and unveiling a data center in Sydney. BlackLine has relocated its APAC regional headquarters to new offices on Sydney's Castlerea...

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Read AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers
AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers
May 18, 2023

AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers

Maine

A Maine data center has been set up by an AI and quantum computing startup to house quantum computers. This week, Eternal Mind, Inc. conducted a grand opening ceremony at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. WagmTV reports that the company occupies the former Air Force data center at...

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Read Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission
Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission
May 18, 2023

Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

Aligned

Planning approval has been given for Aligned Data Centers to build a data center on the enormous Quantum Loophole campus in Frederick County, Maryland. Last week, the Frederick County Planning Commission authorized the initial site plan for the Quantum Loophole campus's first data center. The ...

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Read DRFortress Completes Fourth Major Data Center Development
DRFortress Completes Fourth Major Data Center Development
May 18, 2023

DRFortress Completes Fourth Major Data Center Development

DRFortress Honolulu

This week, DRFortress, the foremost carrier-neutral data center and cloud platform in Hawaii, announced that it has wrapped up the fourth expansion of its data center facility in Honolulu, which will be available for service on June 1, 2023. With this most recent expansion, the facility's 65,0...

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Read Host Networks Acquired by Edge Centres
Host Networks Acquired by Edge Centres
May 18, 2023

Host Networks Acquired by Edge Centres

Edge Centres

Edge Centres, an Australian data center company, bought Queensland-based Host Networks. The terms of the agreement announced this week were not disclosed. As part of the agreement, Edge Centres will take over a 550kW, 130-rack facility in Brisbane's Eight Mile Plains area that can be expanded...

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Read UK High Court Judges Invested in a Data Center Project Suspected of Tax Evasion
UK High Court Judges Invested in a Data Center Project Suspected of Tax Evasion
May 18, 2023

UK High Court Judges Invested in a Data Center Project Suspected of Tax Evasion

United Kingdom

Two British High Court justices were investors in a contested data center project allegedly used as a tax scheme. The Financial Times discovered the investment, along with several other investments made by judges in similar ventures. The money invested by Justices Simon Bryan and Martin Griffi...

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Read AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York
AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York
May 17, 2023

AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

New York

AT&T has announced its plans to procure solar energy from five projects in Upstate New York from DSD Renewables (DSD). The deal will see AT&T serve as an anchor tenant subscriber for a five-project community solar portfolio; the company will offtake 15.5MW of the larger 24.1MW portfoli...

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Read Financial Concerns Caused Surfline Ghana to Close Data Center
Financial Concerns Caused Surfline Ghana to Close Data Center
May 17, 2023

Financial Concerns Caused Surfline Ghana to Close Data Center

Ghana

Surfline Communications, a Ghanaian 4G LTE company, has been compelled to close its data center and radio access network (RAN) due to financial difficulties. The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana revealed to the Daily Graphic that the company was experiencing significant financi...

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Read The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction
The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction
May 17, 2023

The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction

Massachusetts

Newburyport, Massachusetts's mayor, Sean Reardon, seeks to reconstruct the city data center for $925,000. The proposal is part of Reardon's $134 million five-year capital improvement plan beginning in 2024, which includes the construction of a reservoir pipeline, the enhancement of downtown li...

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Read T-Mobile to Extend Data Center in Prague, Czechia
T-Mobile to Extend Data Center in Prague, Czechia
May 17, 2023

T-Mobile to Extend Data Center in Prague, Czechia

T-Mobile

T-Mobile is expanding its data center in Prague, Czech Republic. In "response to high demand" for data center services, the telecommunications company disclosed that it had begun construction on a new wing of its DC7 facility in the Prague 15 neighborhood. The four new data halls will have a t...

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Read Area31 Invests $67.5m in Depok Data Facility
Area31 Invests $67.5m in Depok Data Facility
May 16, 2023

Area31 Invests $67.5m in Depok Data Facility

Indonesia

D-Insights reports that data center operator Area31 plans to spend $67.5 million on its Depok, Indonesia, data facility over the next 5 years.  The data center is located in the Cimanggis neighborhood of Depok, West Java. The first development phase has been concluded, and 600 racks have been ...

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Read Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island
Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island
May 16, 2023

Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island

France

The island of Reunion will receive a new carrier-neutral data center. Local conglomerate Océinde is scheduled to construct a data center in the French department in the Indian Ocean, as first reported by DC Mag. Last week, construction began on the new facility in the Le Port Commune in the is...

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Read Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks
Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks
May 15, 2023

Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks

Northern Virginia

A poll of Northern Virginia residents by the National Parks Conservation Association has found that the majority oppose the development of data centers near public land, including national parks. The survey polled 300 voters from several Northern Virginia jurisdictions.Of those polled, 77% sup...

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Read Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston
Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston
May 15, 2023

Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston

Houston

Netrality Data Centers has announced that it is expanding capacity at its Houston data center at 1301 Fannin Street. The company has shared that it will add two new data center halls spanning 17,000 square feet and offering over 2.5 megawatts of critical capacity.Due to come online at the end ...

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Read Proteus's underwater lab and data center get the green light
Proteus's underwater lab and data center get the green light
May 15, 2023

Proteus's underwater lab and data center get the green light

Caribbean

Proteus’s underwater lab and accompanying data center have been given the green light. This follows the signing of a deal with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which saw the two agree a 2026 deployment and to conduct research together.The lab would span 2,000 sq ft (...

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