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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 Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
November 24, 2022

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have ...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
November 24, 2022

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County
AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County
November 24, 2022

AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County

Amazon AWS

AWS’s Warrenton data center proposals have been ‘indefinitely postponed’ by Virginia’s Fauquier County officials following a unanimous vote. The original proposal outlined plans for a 220,000-square-foot (20,400 sqm), single-story data center in Warrenton at the intersection of Blackwell Road...

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Read Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo
Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo
November 24, 2022

Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is developing a new data center in Tokyo called TY15. The company first announced the facility earlier in the month. Equinix revealed that the data center is scheduled to be in operation in H1 2024. The facility will also have a capacity of around 1,200 cabinet...

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Read Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m
Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m
November 24, 2022

Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m

Amazon AWS

According to the Worcester Business Journal, Amazon has acquired two data centers in Massachusetts. The company bought the two properties in Westborough and Grafton in Worcester County for $26.7m from State Street Corp. Amazon bought 600 and 800 Friberg Parkway in Westborough for $11.6 mill...

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Read Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK
Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK
November 24, 2022

Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in the UK in London and Manchester. The data center firm revealed that it had launched a new data center in Manchester called MA5. It is also expanding its LD7 and LD8 facilities in London. The Managing Director of Equi...

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Read Former Large Turkey Farm in Loudoun County Seeks Rezoning for Potential Data Center
November 23, 2022

Former Large Turkey Farm in Loudoun County Seeks Rezoning for Potential Data Center

Northern Virginia

The owners of a former turkey farm in Leesburg, Northern Virginia, have plans to rezone part of the land for data center development. According to BizJournal, Orme Farm LLC, owners of up to 376 acres of land in Leesburg, Loudoun County, is working with an affiliate of real estate company Van M...

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Read Patria Investments Looking To Sell Odata For $1.8 Billion
Patria Investments Looking To Sell Odata For $1.8 Billion
November 23, 2022

Patria Investments Looking To Sell Odata For $1.8 Billion

ODATA SA

According to Estado, Brazilian private equity firm Patria Investments is looking to sell its data center unit Odata. The Brazilian data center firm was established in 2015 and it offers colocation services from three data centers in Brazil and one each in Mexico and Colombia. Odata is value...

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Read KKR, PAG, and EQT Remain in The Race To Acquire Global Switch as Stonepeak and Gaw Dropout
KKR, PAG, and EQT Remain in The Race To Acquire Global Switch as Stonepeak and Gaw Dropout
November 23, 2022

KKR, PAG, and EQT Remain in The Race To Acquire Global Switch as Stonepeak and Gaw Dropout

Global Switch

According to Bloomberg, PAG, KKR, and EQT have been selected as the final bidders for Global Switch. Per Bloomberg, the companies are mulling over the best financing structures to seek the acquisition of the London-based firm. However, the publication noted that the initial bids didn’t meet Gl...

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Read Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India
Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India
November 23, 2022

Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Hyderabad, India. The company’s statement reads: “Today we are announcing the general availability of the 30th AWS Region, Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, with three Availability Zones and the ap-south-2 API name. The new Hyderabad Regi...

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Read Airtel’s Nxtra begins work on new data center in Kolkata
Airtel’s Nxtra begins work on new data center in Kolkata
November 23, 2022

Airtel’s Nxtra begins work on new data center in Kolkata

Nxtra Data Ltd

Nxtra Data, a Bharti Airtel subsidiary, has announced that it has broken ground on a new data center in Kolkata, India. The facility, expected to go live in 2024, will see an investment of Rs 600 Crore ($74.4m), spanning 150,000 sq ft (13,900 sqm) and will be located in Kolkata’s Bengal Silic...

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Read DigitalBridge Acquires Major Stake in AIMS DC
DigitalBridge Acquires Major Stake in AIMS DC
November 23, 2022

DigitalBridge Acquires Major Stake in AIMS DC

DigitalBridge

DigitalBridge Group has announced the acquisition of Malaysian data center company AIMS DC. The company also announced that it had formed a new Edge data center platform with a focus on high-growth markets in Southeast Asia. DigitalBridge expects the acquisition deal to close in Q2 2023 fol...

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Read Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
November 22, 2022

Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit

France

As data demand continues to surge and countries ponder different ways to reach their respective climate goals, the European Commission has announced that it’s launching a feasibility study into putting data centers into orbit. Thales Alenia Space, an aerospace company has been chosen to lead t...

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Read Fujitsu to trial a private 5G network and robot datacenter inspector at data center
Fujitsu to trial a private 5G network and robot datacenter inspector at data center
November 22, 2022

Fujitsu to trial a private 5G network and robot datacenter inspector at data center

Fujitsu

Currently, Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation Fujitsu has a lot in the works. It’s trialing a private 5G network at a data center so that a robot can carry out data center inspections and report on any anomalies it finds. ...

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Read Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?
Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?
November 22, 2022

Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?

JLL

Data privacy regulations are tightening across the world. In recent weeks, following data breaches, there have been numerous reports of countries proposing tighter privacy laws. The proposed Digital India Act, for example, would see India strengthen privacy and data localization regulations; e...

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Read Helios Announces Acquisition of Major Stakes in Maroc DC and IXAfrica
November 22, 2022

Helios Announces Acquisition of Major Stakes in Maroc DC and IXAfrica

Africa

Helios Investment Partners has acquired two data center firms. The Africa-focused investment company also acquired majority stakes in Kenya’s IXAfrica and Morocco’s Maroc Datacenter (MDC). The company said in a statement that IXAfrica and MDC are in the correct position to play significant ...

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Read VueNow InfoTech Signs MoU Worth $1.6bn To Develop 750 Edge Data Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India
November 22, 2022

VueNow InfoTech Signs MoU Worth $1.6bn To Develop 750 Edge Data Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India

India / Bhārata

VueNow Infotech has announced that it has signed an MoU with the government of Uttar Pradesh, India. The deal will see VueNow develop the infrastructure for up to 750 Edge data centers in the state. The MoU is worth 13,500 crores (~US$1.6bn). VueNow Infotech Pvt Ltd’s MD, Sukhvinder Singh Khar...

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Read New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
November 22, 2022

New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

Meta

Meta has announced that it is deploying a new network timing protocol, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which will keep each server in its data centers on the same time. Servers must be coordinated, otherwise, users can experience delays, errors, and outages.In contrast to Network Time Protocol...

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Read New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating
New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating
November 21, 2022

New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating

Denmark

As part of the EU's Fit for 55 legislative package, it is pushing for data centers to be connected to surrounding district heating networks to use surplus heat. A new report from the Cool-Data project has comprehensively reviewed the rules and incentives around waste-heat recovery by data cent...

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Read 600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition
600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition
November 21, 2022

600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition

London

Leading environmental group CPRE has argued that Digital Reef's plans to build Europe's "largest data center" will cause "massive environmental damage" and has vowed to fight its development. As previously covered by Baxtel, the £5.3 billion ($5.97bn) project is to be built on land in North Oc...

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