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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

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Read NetActuate announces expansion in Africa
NetActuate announces expansion in Africa
April 13, 2023

NetActuate announces expansion in Africa

NetActuate

NetActuate has announced that it has launched a new data center location in Accra, Ghana, the company's second in the continent. The facility reportedly houses five submarine cable connections, equipment for all the major carriers and ISPs, and direct connectivity to GIX (Ghana Internet Excha...

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Read AXA IM Sells Data4 to Brookfield
AXA IM Sells Data4 to Brookfield
April 13, 2023

AXA IM Sells Data4 to Brookfield

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

The European data center company Data4 was acquired by Brookfield Infrastructure. AXA IM Alts confirmed the sale this week, but the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The news comes weeks after it was reported that Brookfield was in 'exclusive negotiations' to acquire a majority stak...

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Read Cloud Computing Adoption Drives Growth of India's Data Center Market
Cloud Computing Adoption Drives Growth of India's Data Center Market
April 13, 2023

Cloud Computing Adoption Drives Growth of India's Data Center Market

India / Bhārata

India's data center construction market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.76% from 2022-2028, according to a report by Arizton. Adopting advanced technological solutions such as IoT, big data, and AI drives demand cloud services across various industries. Major cloud service providers in Ind...

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Read iXAfrica to Expand Services as Lion Investment Bidco Acquires Majority Stake
iXAfrica to Expand Services as Lion Investment Bidco Acquires Majority Stake
April 13, 2023

iXAfrica to Expand Services as Lion Investment Bidco Acquires Majority Stake

Africa

Lion Investment Bidco, a subsidiary of a private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in iXAfrica, a data center operator in Kenya. The transaction was completed for an undisclosed amount and marks Bidco's entry into the data center industry. XAfrica was founded in 2018 and operates data...

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Read GI Partners Acquires Ashburn Facility From Digital Realty
GI Partners Acquires Ashburn Facility From Digital Realty
April 13, 2023

GI Partners Acquires Ashburn Facility From Digital Realty

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has sold GI Partners a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. According to Dgtl Infra, Digital Realty has sold the property at 43915 Devin Shafron Drive in Loudoun County to a private equity company. The single-story, 9 MW, 132,280 square foot building, also known as Building A, purp...

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Read SBI Crypto sues Riot-owned data center
SBI Crypto sues Riot-owned data center
April 12, 2023

SBI Crypto sues Riot-owned data center

Riot Platforms

SBI Crypto Co. is reportedly pursuing litigation against the Riot Blockchain-owned-Whinstone US data center based in Rockdale, Texas. The bitcoin mining company outlined in its lawsuit, filed April 6th, that the data center breached its Hosting Service Agreement, alongside other charges includ...

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Read Optical Networks confirms data center plans and rebrands
Optical Networks confirms data center plans and rebrands
April 12, 2023

Optical Networks confirms data center plans and rebrands

Peru

Optical Networks has announced that it is rebranding as Win Empresas. This pursuit of a commercial restructuring, is aimed at bolstering its presence in the corporate telecoms market through enhancing association with Win, its telecoms arm. Further to this, it restated its intentions to open t...

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Read Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK
Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK
April 12, 2023

Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK

Vodafone

Vodafone has announced that it is deploying solar panels at a mobile telephone exchange site in Gloucester, England, to cover approximately 12% of the site’s annual energy consumption requirements. This is in line with its wider energy efficiency goals and 2027 net-zero pledge.The telecoms pr...

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Read Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia
Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia
April 12, 2023

Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia

Spain

Together with the Parc de l'Alba Consortium (comprising Catalan Land Institute -INCASÒL- and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council), Panattoni has announced plans to develop the largest ever data center campus in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, following the purchase of a 60,000 sqm plot of...

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Read Varonis opens Australia data center in line with national data sovereignty rules
Varonis opens Australia data center in line with national data sovereignty rules
April 12, 2023

Varonis opens Australia data center in line with national data sovereignty rules

Australia

Varonis has announced that it has opened its first data center in Australia to support Varonis' customers and to better demonstrate compliance with national data sovereignty rules, a regulatory trend which is on the rise.Varonis outlined that in light of a wave of ransomware attacks on Austral...

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Read Microsoft Submits Plans For a Six-Building Data Center Facility in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Microsoft Submits Plans For a Six-Building Data Center Facility in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
April 12, 2023

Microsoft Submits Plans For a Six-Building Data Center Facility in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed plans to construct a new data center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. This week, the Norfolk District of the US Army Corps of Engineers got a joint license application for Federal and State clearances from the corporation. According to the application – labeled LYH03 Bailey...

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Read Liquid Intelligent Technologies Will Provide Zambia With a Brand-new Data Center
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Will Provide Zambia With a Brand-new Data Center
April 12, 2023

Liquid Intelligent Technologies Will Provide Zambia With a Brand-new Data Center

Africa

To accelerate the country's digital transformation, the Zambian government has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to establish a new data center. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating this was signed by both sides. This is a positive move since the data center will also handl...

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Read Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership
Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership
April 11, 2023

Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership

Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced that it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, which aims to encourage organizations to voluntarily utilize green power for the benefit of the planet and human health. Through signing up for the Green Power Partnership...

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Read Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray
Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray
April 11, 2023

Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

Singapore

When it comes to data center cooling, everyone's on the hunt for the latest innovative, efficient tech; and at Singapore's Nanyang Technical University (NTU), its research team is working on the latest solution. The group proposes cooling servers by spraying chips with fluid; dielectric fluid,...

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Read "Shut it all down": Machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky sounds alarm on AI evolution
"Shut it all down": Machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky sounds alarm on AI evolution
April 11, 2023

"Shut it all down": Machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky sounds alarm on AI evolution

Microsoft Azure

As AI continues its rapid evolution, machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky is sounding the alarm, arguing that AI should not only be paused, as recommended by the Future of Life Institute, but stopped entirely. Yudkowsky has been a vocal critic of AI for over two decades, and says that...

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Read BDX breaks ground on CGK3A data center
BDX breaks ground on CGK3A data center
April 11, 2023

BDX breaks ground on CGK3A data center

BDx Data Centers

Big Data Exchange (BDx) Indonesia has announced that it has broken ground on its new 15MW CGK3A facility in South Jakarta, Indonesia. The facility will see an investment of $150 million, offering 14,127 sqm (152,000 sq ft) of space. Big Data Exchange (BDx) Indonesia's groundbre...

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Read 5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia
5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia
April 11, 2023

5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia

Northern Virginia

In Stafford County, Stafford Technology LC, a company affiliated with US real estate firm Peterson, has outlined plans to develop a 5.5 million sq ft data center park. In order to accommodate the 25-building data center campus, the company is seeking to rezone 524 acres in the Falmouth Electio...

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Read Astra Establishes a Partnership With Equinix For a Data Center in Jakarta
Astra Establishes a Partnership With Equinix For a Data Center in Jakarta
April 11, 2023

Astra Establishes a Partnership With Equinix For a Data Center in Jakarta

Equinix

Astra has joined Equinix's plans to develop a data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This week, Astra and the colocation company announced a new joint venture, with Equinix holding 75 % of the new endeavor. The initial proposal for this joint venture is to build and operate a JK1 International ...

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Read Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion
Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion
April 11, 2023

Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion

Vodafone

Reportedly, Vodafone Group is contemplating proposals for its Spanish business, which could fetch as much as $4 billion. As first revealed by Bloomberg, potential purchasers, including Apollo Global Management, are showing interest in the operator's Spanish unit. According to sources familiar ...

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Read Half of Iliad Group's Polish Network Business Sold For $415m
Half of Iliad Group's Polish Network Business Sold For $415m
April 10, 2023

Half of Iliad Group's Polish Network Business Sold For $415m

OpCore

For $415 million, French telecom Iliad has finalized the sale of a 50% share in its Polish wholesale business, Polski Swiatlowod Otwarty (PŚO). With this change, PŚO will be able to improve its fiber network nationwide and connect approximately six million homes. With the deal, PŚO will run th...

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