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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 PAG Real Estate's Flow To Acquire DXN
PAG Real Estate's Flow To Acquire DXN
August 09, 2022

PAG Real Estate's Flow To Acquire DXN

DXN Limited

PAG Real Estate’s new data center investment platform flow has acquired Australian data center company DXN. DXN currently operates three data centers in Australia. It has a 46,800 square feet (4,351 square meters) data center with 5.5MW capacity in Sydney. Its second data center is located in ...

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Read Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia
Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia
August 08, 2022

Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia

IndoKeppel Data Centre 1 (IKDC 1)

Keppel & Salim Group have announced the launch of a new data center, a two-story facility, named IKDC1 in Bogor City, Indonesia. According to reports, the facility will be developed over three phases in a seven-hectare data center campus, with a capacity of 50MW. The company has outlined t...

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Read Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
August 08, 2022

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its in...

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Read DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia
DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia
August 08, 2022

DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia

DCI Data Centers

DCI Data Centers (DCI) has announced that it has secured land and power for a 20MW data center in Jerrabomba, Australia. Named CBRO1, the facility is set to go online in 2024. The data center, according to the company, will run on a separate grid and use ‘environmentally efficient technologies...

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Read Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA
Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA
August 08, 2022

Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA

Germany / Deutschland

Deutsche Telekom has announced that it has signed a 150MW PPA with Statkraft and Power & Air Solutions, which will provide the company with energy from between 2023 to 2028. According to Statkraft, this deal means that 16 of its own wind farms that no longer receive EEG subsidies will cont...

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Read US reports billions in savings following data center closures & announces the newly proposed FDCEA
US reports billions in savings following data center closures & announces the newly proposed FDCEA
August 05, 2022

US reports billions in savings following data center closures & announces the newly proposed FDCEA

United States

According to the US government, through the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative (FDCOI), which saw the closure of 6,000 data centers, $5.8 billion was saved over the course of 12 years. This is announcement coincides with the newly proposed Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2022, ...

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Read Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep
Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep
August 05, 2022

Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep

France

Arcep, the French government telecom regulator, has announced that it will start measuring the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from data centers, alongside the volume of water and where that water is sourced from. This comes following the enactment of the Chaize Act, which awarded the regulat...

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Read TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri
TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri
August 05, 2022

TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri

TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that its St. Louis data center in Missouri, which was announced back in September 2021, is complete. The facility, spanning 23,000 sqft (2,100 sqm), is a Tier III-quality facility that offers 14,500 sq ft (1,350 sqm) of production or raised floor space.The facility saw...

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Read NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
August 04, 2022

NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

NTT

NTT has announced plans for a sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, which according to Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, is being built to accommodate its “expanding business in the region. Siong said in a Facebook post, “It’s also very encouraging to note that the pla...

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Read Empyrion DC expands in South Korea
Empyrion DC expands in South Korea
August 04, 2022

Empyrion DC expands in South Korea

Empyrion Digital

Empyrion DC has announced that it’s expanding its data center footprint with the addition of a new 10-story data center located in Seoul, South Korea. The facility will have a capacity of 40MW, and the company plans to inject as much as $400 million into the project and launch it in 2024. Spe...

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Read Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow
Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow
August 04, 2022

Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow

Northern Virginia

The ever-expanding data center hub in Prince William County is to see another addition, after Prince William County Officials voted 6-1 to grant a rezoning request for a planned four million sqft data center campus in Bristow. The data center developer is Stanley Martin, which, according to re...

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Read 365 Data Centers To Acquire Major Stake in Sungard US for $52.5m
365 Data Centers To Acquire Major Stake in Sungard US for $52.5m
August 04, 2022

365 Data Centers To Acquire Major Stake in Sungard US for $52.5m

365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers is looking to acquire the major stake in Sungard's US networking and colocation business. Earlier in the year, Sungard US, Canadian, and UK operations filed for bankruptcy. The company also sold most of its UK operations to MSP Redcentric and UK telecommunication company Daisy...

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Read Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years
Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years
August 04, 2022

Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years

Amazon AWS

Amazon Data Services is leasing 5.5 acres of land from Larsen & Toubro Ltd outside Mumbai. The lease is to run for 21 years and 6 months. According to Propstack, the property documents show that Amazon is looking to develop a data center on the leased land. Amazon will be paying $451,532 p...

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Read Aligned Data Centers announces expansion in Northern Virginia
Aligned Data Centers announces expansion in Northern Virginia
August 03, 2022

Aligned Data Centers announces expansion in Northern Virginia

Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced its expansion in Northern Virginia, with the addition of a new 72 MW four-story data center across 430,000 sqft based at its new campus in Sterling. This addition will be the company’s third in the area and part of phase one of the campus development. The fa...

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Read Bitzero announces intention to purchase old North Dakota missile site for data center
Bitzero announces intention to purchase old North Dakota missile site for data center
August 03, 2022

Bitzero announces intention to purchase old North Dakota missile site for data center

North Dakota

After announcing plans to build 200 megawatts of data centers in North Dakota over the next two to three years back in June, Bitzero has announced plans to redevelop a northeastern North Dakota anti-ballistic missile site into a data center. The $6 billion Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Comple...

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Read Datum Datacentres goes the HVO route for backup generators
Datum Datacentres goes the HVO route for backup generators
August 02, 2022

Datum Datacentres goes the HVO route for backup generators

Datum Datacentres Limited

Datum Datacentres is the latest data center company to announce it's switching to hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) to replace its diesel for its backup generators, and is working with Keysource to help its transition to this more sustainable energy option. This comes as a wider commitment to ...

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Read The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity
The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity
August 02, 2022

The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

London

In the wake of a housing crisis, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed developers must halt new housing projects, with talk of a potential ban that could last until 2035, in response to energy constraints caused by data centers. Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, which contributed to 1...

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Read Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion
Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion
August 02, 2022

Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion

Meta

Meta has announced that it will expand its Sarpy data center in Sarpy County, Nebraska, once again, with the introduction of a new building which will make it a nine-building, four million-square-foot (371,600 sqm) campus that will be fuelled with renewable energy sourced by wind farm projects...

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Read NextDC Finally Launches S3 Facility in Sydney
NextDC Finally Launches S3 Facility in Sydney
August 02, 2022

NextDC Finally Launches S3 Facility in Sydney

NextDC: S3 Sydney

NextDC has announced the launch of its S3 Sydney facility in Sydney, Australia. The Australian data center company announced on LinkedIn that S3 is now open and ready for customer tours. NextDC first started work on the S3 facility in March 2021. The company also revealed that it would have...

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Read PAG Among Companies Now Looking To Acquire Global Switch
PAG Among Companies Now Looking To Acquire Global Switch
August 01, 2022

PAG Among Companies Now Looking To Acquire Global Switch

Global Switch

The number of companies looking to acquire Global Switch is increasing by the day as PAG has joined the long list of potential suitors. Global Switch is a London-based data center company founded in 1998 with 13 facilities across Asia, Europe, and Australia. Jiangsu Shagang, a Chinese steel co...

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