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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 Iron Mountain To Develop another Data Center in its Manassas Campus
Iron Mountain To Develop another Data Center in its Manassas Campus
October 12, 2022

Iron Mountain To Develop another Data Center in its Manassas Campus

Iron Mountain Northern Virginia (Manassas)

Iron Mountain is looking to develop a new facility at its Manassas campus in Prince William County, Virginia. According to a a filing, Iron Mountain plans to develop the data center on a 24-acre parcel. Iron Mountain will invest up to $100m to bring the data center to life. Although the spe...

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Read Vodacom South Africa to pilot sourcing energy from independent suppliers
Vodacom South Africa to pilot sourcing energy from independent suppliers
October 12, 2022

Vodacom South Africa to pilot sourcing energy from independent suppliers

South Africa

As recently reported by Baxtel, South Africa has been facing significant energy challenges resulting in regular outages, with Eskom implementing Stage 6 power cuts. This has meant that South Africans have been faced with power cuts for at least six hours a day. These power outages have had a h...

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Read New company plans 96MW data center site in Perth, Australia
New company plans 96MW data center site in Perth, Australia
October 12, 2022

New company plans 96MW data center site in Perth, Australia

Perth

Urbis Pty Ltd, a design and planning firm, is reportedly applying to build an AU$600 million (US$379m) data center campus in the Belmont area of Perth, Australia, at 37 Abernethy Road. The application lists the client as GreenSquareDC, an “emerging sustainability-oriented data center provider’...

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Read QTS expands further in Texas
QTS expands further in Texas
October 11, 2022

QTS expands further in Texas

QTS Data Centers

QTS is expanding in Texas, with the addition of a new building to its Irving data center campus. The facility, namely DC5, is located at 6300 Longhorn Drive, and will see an investment of $180 million.According to the company, the facility, which will span 337,190 sq ft, is projected to be co...

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Read GTA begins work on its Alupang Data Center in Guam
GTA begins work on its Alupang Data Center in Guam
October 11, 2022

GTA begins work on its Alupang Data Center in Guam

Guam

GTA, a telecommunications company in Guam, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to signify the commencement of construction of its Alupang Data Center, under US-based Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) ownership. The facility and cable landing station will be built in Tamuning, Guam, and wil...

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Read Orange outlines a number of energy-saving measures ahead of potential blackouts this winter
Orange outlines a number of energy-saving measures ahead of potential blackouts this winter
October 11, 2022

Orange outlines a number of energy-saving measures ahead of potential blackouts this winter

Orange

Orange recently released a number of sustainability measures to save energy and reduce electricity consumption in France. The company outlined that in the face of an energy crisis, with reports that Europe could face rolling blackouts, as a telecom business, it has a role to play in decreasin...

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Read Stack Acquires 60 Acres in Manassas as Part of a Potential 250MW Data Center Campus Development
Stack Acquires 60 Acres in Manassas as Part of a Potential 250MW Data Center Campus Development
October 11, 2022

Stack Acquires 60 Acres in Manassas as Part of a Potential 250MW Data Center Campus Development

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has acquired two empty parcels of land in Manassas, Virginia. The land has been zoned for data center development. Per BizJournal, an affiliate of Stack Infrastructure paid $25.4m for 30.8 acres at 9530 Hornbaker Road, Manassas, last month. The company then bought anoth...

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Read Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia
Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia
October 11, 2022

Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

Equinix

Equinix has revealed its plans to develop a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This will be the company's first facility in the Asian country. Equinix noted that it would be investing $74m in developing the new IBX facility. The data center will be located in the Central Business Distri...

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Read Scala Data Centers To Invest $48M in Developing a Data Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Scala Data Centers To Invest $48M in Developing a Data Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil
October 11, 2022

Scala Data Centers To Invest $48M in Developing a Data Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced its plans to develop a new facility in Porto Alegre, South Brazil. The Latin American data center company plans to invest R$250 million (US$48m) to bring the data center to life. Scala plans to use its new FastDeploy modular design for the data center. The f...

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Read Telenor To Sell Part of its Norwegian Fiber Business For $1bn
October 11, 2022

Telenor To Sell Part of its Norwegian Fiber Business For $1bn

Telenor Group

Telenor has announced that it has agreed to sell a 30% stake in its Norwegian fiber broadband unit called Telenor Fiber As. The deal will be worth 10.8 billion crowns ($1bn). A consortium led by pension firm Oslo Pensjonsforsikring and United States' investment company KKR is the stake buye...

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Read Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license
Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license
October 10, 2022

Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has received the environmental license to build the largest data center campus in Chile. The campus, which is scheduled to start operations in the first quarter of 2024, will have a combined 120MW of total capacity, with a projected initial delivery of...

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Read Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex
Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex
October 10, 2022

Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex

Ascenty

Ascenty recently inaugurated its fifth data center in São Paulo, Brazil, at its Hortolândia complex. The facility, spanning 21,000 sqm (226,050 sq ft), offers space for 3,300 racks and 31MW of capacity. So far, the company has invested R$350 million (US$67.3m) in the campus and expects this f...

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Read Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza
Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza
October 10, 2022

Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza

Angola Cables

Angola Cables has announced that it is expanding its data center located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The CEO of the wholesale connectivity provider, Angelo Gama, told Bnamericas that the company would invest a minimum of US$40m for the first phase of expansion at the facility. In addition, the de...

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Read Google to open its first data center in Japan
Google to open its first data center in Japan
October 10, 2022

Google to open its first data center in Japan

Google

Google is opening its first data center in Japan, it has announced. To be located in Inzai City, Chiba, the facility is part of the company's $730 million infrastructure fund that will continue through 2024 and is set to open by 2023.  Google The data center, the company...

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Read Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
October 10, 2022

Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced its plans to develop a large data center campus in Frankfurt. The company is looking to develop an 80MW facility in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in the German city. Stack Infrastructure acquired the 17-acre parcel from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners D...

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Read Telstra signs wind PPA with Ark Energy to procure renewable energy
Telstra signs wind PPA with Ark Energy to procure renewable energy
October 09, 2022

Telstra signs wind PPA with Ark Energy to procure renewable energy

Telstra

Telstra has signed a power purchase agreement with Ark Energy, part of Korea Zinc Co, to procure from a wind farm in Queensland. This will be supplied from Ark’s 30% share of the 923.4MW MacIntyre Wind Farm, based near Warwick, which is projected to be the largest wind farm by 2025. Speaking a...

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Read DC Two Announces AU$1 Million Fund Raise
DC Two Announces AU$1 Million Fund Raise
October 07, 2022

DC Two Announces AU$1 Million Fund Raise

Zettagrid

DC Two has announced that it raised AU$1 million (US$647,000). The fund was raised at a $0.039 per share offer. The company noted that the money would be used to speed up its growth. In addition, it would be geared towards marketing its Bibra Lake data center.  The managing director of DC ...

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Read Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies
Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies
October 07, 2022

Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies

Oregon

In September, it was announced that tax breaks for data centers in Oregon might be getting a serious re-examination. Over the years, through Oregon's enterprise zone program, tax incentives have made Oregon a haven for data center operators, with Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google saving aroun...

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Read EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines
EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines
October 07, 2022

EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced a partnership with Aboitiz, a local firm in the Philippines, alongside its plans to build two data centers around Manila; one near the National Capital Region of Manila and the second in the Greater Manila Area.Speaking about the partnership, Sabin Aboitiz, President,...

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Read BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia
October 06, 2022

BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, Real estate investment company BlackChamber Group has plans to develop a 157,900 square meter (1.7 million square feet) data center campus in Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia. The company is looking to build four data center buildings on its land on Belmont Ridge Road,...

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