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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 Digital Realty Expanding in Dallas, Texas With $59m Data Center
Digital Realty Expanding in Dallas, Texas With $59m Data Center
August 23, 2022

Digital Realty Expanding in Dallas, Texas With $59m Data Center

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has plans to develop a new facility in Dallas, Texas. The data center firm filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to develop the data center in the Lewisville area of Dallas. The company coined the development ‘Project Gold’ and is looking to invest up to $5...

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Read Data Center in Florida Occupied By Sprint Up For Sale
August 23, 2022

Data Center in Florida Occupied By Sprint Up For Sale

Miami

A Sprint Telecom-occupied data center in Florida has been put up for sale. The data center is located at 360 S. Lake Destiny Drive, Orlando. According to a property listing, the data center spans 2,430 square meters (26,245 square feet). It also sits on a 3.11-acre of land. The facility cur...

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Read International Finance Corporation (IFC) Pumps $35m into Brazil’s OData
International Finance Corporation (IFC) Pumps $35m into Brazil’s OData
August 22, 2022

International Finance Corporation (IFC) Pumps $35m into Brazil’s OData

ODATA SA

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced the investment of $35m into Odata. The company announced on LinkedIn that it is supporting the growth of the Brazilian data center firm with the capital infuse. Odata will use the capital to develop a second data center in Querétaro, Mex...

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Read AWS granted permission for two data center buildings in Dublin despite controversy
AWS granted permission for two data center buildings in Dublin despite controversy
August 19, 2022

AWS granted permission for two data center buildings in Dublin despite controversy

Amazon AWS

AWS has reportedly been granted permission to build two data centers in Dublin on the site of a former Ricoh building, which was once earmarked for T5’s first European facility. This approval has gone ahead despite mounting concerns around energy availability in Dublin, environmental concerns...

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Read Validus Power Corp announces intention to build more cryptomining data centers in Canada
Validus Power Corp announces intention to build more cryptomining data centers in Canada
August 19, 2022

Validus Power Corp announces intention to build more cryptomining data centers in Canada

Validus Power

Despite there being what is being called “the crypto winter,” Validus Power Corp has announced that it is planning more cryptomining data centers at natural gas power stations in Ontario, Canada. This announcement comes after the company acquired the Iroquois Falls and Kingston Efficient Natur...

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Read Echelon's legal challenge over South Dublin data center ban
Echelon's legal challenge over South Dublin data center ban
August 19, 2022

Echelon's legal challenge over South Dublin data center ban

Echelon Data Centres

Echelon Data Centres has reportedly filed a legal challenge with the High Court against South Dublin County Council’s decision to ban new facilities in its function area during the lifetime of its 2022 to 2028 development. This legal action follows the motion tabled by the council’s People Be...

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Read Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun
Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun
August 19, 2022

Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun

Northern Virginia

Dominion, the primary power provider in Loudoun county, has announced that although Loudoun County's data center industry outpaces its capacity to deliver electricity, there is a way forward. In a conversation with Biz Journals, Bob Blue, Dominion's president and CEO, said that the company had...

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Read Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region
Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region
August 19, 2022

Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced the launch of its first Azure cloud region in Doha, Qatar. The company said, “We are launching our newest data center region in Qatar. The new data center region includes Azure Availability Zones, which offer you additional resiliency for your applications by designing ...

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Read Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern
Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern
August 18, 2022

Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's data center in the province of North Holland has been exposed for its extreme water usage. It appears that the facility consumes significantly more water than original estimates, right as the country is faced with record temperatures. According to a report by local media company N...

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Read CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi
CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi
August 18, 2022

CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi

CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it has received approval of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), reaffirming its commitment to the target of reducing absolute Scope 1 (fuels) and Scope 2 (electricity) GHG emissions by 38% by 2030 from ...

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Read Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned
Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned
August 18, 2022

Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned

Texas

According to reports, a parcel of land in Fort Worth, Texas, has been rezoned for residential and light industrial developments. Previously, the 361 acres of land was set aside for digital infrastructure and data center development, however this was never capitalized on. Specifically, the land...

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Read STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close
STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close
August 18, 2022

STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced that it has opened its third building at its Singapore Defu campus in the east of the city-state. The facility, first announced back in April 2021, is a seven-story building with an IT load capacity of 15MW and spanning 156,000 square f...

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Read Saratoga Investama Invests in Indonesia's AtriaDC
August 18, 2022

Saratoga Investama Invests in Indonesia's AtriaDC

Indonesia

Indonesian investment company Saratoga Investama has announced that it has pumped funds into AtriaDC, a local data center firm. The funds will help AtriaDC expand its data center to 30MW. AtriaDC operates a purpose-built data center it recently acquired in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to r...

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Read Proximity expands in Milton Keynes
Proximity expands in Milton Keynes
August 17, 2022

Proximity expands in Milton Keynes

Proximity Data Centres

Proximity Data Centres has announced the expansion of its data center footprint in the UK, with the addition of a new facility in Milton Keynes. Named Proximity Milton Keynes Edge 10, the facility is based on a 3.2-acre site and spans 8,000 sq ft (4459 sqm) across multiple data halls, offerin...

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Read South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
August 17, 2022

South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban

Dublin

A dispute has arisen between Irish Minister for Planning Peter Burke and South Dublin County Councillors over its ban on new data centers in the county. Burke had claimed last month that the county’s decision to make data centers “not permitted” use in the new county development plan breached ...

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Read Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Developing New Facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan
August 17, 2022

Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Developing New Facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwanese telecommunication company Chunghwa will be developing a new data center in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The company revealed that the board approved the development of the Lunping Internet Data Center. The new data center will feature five floors above ground and a basement. Its floor area will ...

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Read Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia
Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia
August 17, 2022

Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia

Google

Google has announced its plans to launch three Cloud regions in the APAC region. The company plans to launch these regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia. Although its competitors like Microsoft Azure and AWS already have projects in the works in Malaysia and New Zealand, it is the fir...

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Read Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy
Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy
August 17, 2022

Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy

Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has announced the acquisition of and in Milan. The company partnered with real estate firm Hines to acquire the property for the development of a 48MW data center campus. The move sees Compass venture into Europe for the first time. The land acquired by the two companies...

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Read Riot Blockchain generated more money from energy credits than mining cryptocurrency
Riot Blockchain generated more money from energy credits than mining cryptocurrency
August 16, 2022

Riot Blockchain generated more money from energy credits than mining cryptocurrency

Riot Platforms

Riot Blockchain, one of the world’s largest bitcoin miners, has announced that it recently generated more money from energy credits allocated to the company for powering down than from actually mining cryptocurrency. During July, the company shut down its bitcoin mining rigs at its Texas faci...

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Read Ascenty expands in Chile
Ascenty expands in Chile
August 16, 2022

Ascenty expands in Chile

Ascenty

Ascenty has announced the opening of its second data center in Santiago, Chile, the Santiago 2. Located in the Quilicura district of the capital, the facility will span 21,000 sqm (226,000 sq ft), with 31MW of IT load and a capacity for up to 3,550 racks.Plans were that the company would comm...

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