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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 Data Holdings Acquires Stack41
August 01, 2022

Data Holdings Acquires Stack41

Data Holdings

Data Holdings has announced the acquisition of Stack41. Stack41 is a Data Center as a Service company with operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Milwaukee. None of the companies revealed the terms of the transaction. Data Holdings owns a two-story data center located at 3135 W Highland ...

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Read Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues
Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues
August 01, 2022

Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues

Northern Virginia

Dominion Energy, a Northern American utility company, has warned that it may be unable to serve new data center projects in Ashburn, Northern Virginia. According to reports, this could mean that projects, which have seen tens of millions of dollars worth of investment, are stalled and potentia...

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Read Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio
Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio
August 01, 2022

Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

Amazon AWS

The Hilliard planning and zoning commission has approved Amazon Web Services’ proposal to develop a third data center campus in the city. The commission voted 4-3 to approve the proposal. The Board of Zoning Appeals also approved AWS’ request to increase the maximum building height to 63 feet ...

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Read MBK Partners Mulling Over Vnet Acquisition
MBK Partners Mulling Over Vnet Acquisition
July 29, 2022

MBK Partners Mulling Over Vnet Acquisition

21Vianet

According to Bloomberg, Private equity company MBK Partners is mulling over the acquisition of China’s Vnet. Vnet Group Inc., formerly known as 21Vianet, is a Chinese data center firm. MBK is in discussions with a partner over a joint offer for Vnet. Vnet had been an acquisition target for ...

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Read Huawei Partners With Malawi For Data Center Development
Huawei Partners With Malawi For Data Center Development
July 29, 2022

Huawei Partners With Malawi For Data Center Development

Huawei Cloud

The Malawian government has announced the launch of a national data center in Blantyre. The country partnered with Huawei for the development of the facility. Huawei was responsible for building the data center. The data center will also host all Malawian government systems. Specifications ...

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Read Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal
Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal
July 29, 2022

Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal

Northern Virginia

Prince William County officials have begun to delve into the PW Digital Gateway data center proposal in its first public review. Since it was first proposed, the project has been controversial. Proponents argue that the project will bring significant financial gains for the area, while opponen...

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Read Stack Launches New Data Center at its Milan Campus
Stack Launches New Data Center at its Milan Campus
July 29, 2022

Stack Launches New Data Center at its Milan Campus

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced the opening of a data center in Siziano, outside Milan, Italy. The MIL02 data center has a capacity of 10MW, and it spans 97,000 square feet (9,000 square meters). Interestingly, Stack completed the data center in under 12 months. The new data center was deve...

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Read AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile
AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile
July 28, 2022

AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to expand its footprint in Latin America with the development of a new cloud region in Santiago, Chile. Alongside this announcement, the company also explained that it had begun the process required to obtain an environmental permit for a $205 million data center i...

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Read American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers
American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers
July 28, 2022

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers

Northern Virginia

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has announced that it has launched a new data center division named PowerHouse Data Centers, with Luke Kipfer  as Vice President of Data Center Development and Construction and Jarrett Appleby as Data Center Strategy Consultant and Senior Advisor. According...

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Read Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center
Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center
July 28, 2022

Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced the ground-breaking of its first facility on its 80MW Johannesburg campus, a project which launched in 2021. The two-story facility called JHB11 reportedly offers 16MW of capacity of 130,000sqft square feet (12,000 square meters). According to the company, t...

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Read Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040
Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040
July 27, 2022

Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040

Europe

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP), a group of data center operators which includes 90% of the European data center sector, recently pledged to cut their water use by a maximum of 400ml per kWh of computer power by 2040. This proposal was taken to the European Commission in its third...

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Read QTS releases annual ESG report renewing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility
QTS releases annual ESG report renewing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility
July 26, 2022

QTS releases annual ESG report renewing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility

QTS Data Centers

QTS recently published its annual ESG report, in which it highlighted its sustainability achievements and the different projects and initiatives it's pursuing in order to expand its commitment to social and environmental responsibility. This follows the company being named as one of America's ...

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Read Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen
Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen
July 26, 2022

Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a second PPA with Neoen in Finland in a 10-year deal. The deal will see Neoen (which owns an 80% stake in the project) and project developer Prokon (owning 20%) provide at least 42MW of wind capacity from the 53MW Lumivaara wind park which is currently ...

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Read Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead
Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead
July 26, 2022

Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead

Republic of Ireland

According to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, despite EirGrid warning that data centers are an energy drain and could also prevent the country from reaching its sustainability goals, there will be no data center moratoriums ahead. This news comes following the latest report from the Environmental Pro...

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Read Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement
Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement
July 25, 2022

Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement

Equinix

Equinix is being faced with a lawsuit from Cloud Conductor LLC, a multi-cloud management firm, over accusations that the colocation giant stole its technology that was placed in one of its data centers. According to the filing, Equinix began offering a cloud connectivity service identical to ...

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Read Microsoft Might Be Planning To Develop its First Data Center in Romania
Microsoft Might Be Planning To Develop its First Data Center in Romania
July 25, 2022

Microsoft Might Be Planning To Develop its First Data Center in Romania

Microsoft Azure

Romanian media Profit.ro reports that Microsoft plans to develop its first data center in the company. Microsoft buying a plot of land in the city of Otopeni is a major catalyst of this speculation. Microsoft did not deny or confirm the story reported by Profit.ro. However, the company said it...

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Read JLL's new report on sustainability reveals there's room for improvement in the APAC region
JLL's new report on sustainability reveals there's room for improvement in the APAC region
July 25, 2022

JLL's new report on sustainability reveals there's room for improvement in the APAC region

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

According to a recent report by real estate consultant JLL, which surveyed 505 data centers across 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region, data center operators are still failing to take charge of their sustainability pledges. While 85% of data center managers believe that sustainability will...

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Read Sabey Developing a 72MW in Round Rock, Texas
Sabey Developing a 72MW in Round Rock, Texas
July 25, 2022

Sabey Developing a 72MW in Round Rock, Texas

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers has announced that work has started on a new data center campus in Round Rock, Texas. The company broke ground on the new 40-acre site. The facility will also span 40,000 square meters (430,000 square feet) across two buildings. It will also have up to 72MW in capacity upon ...

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Read Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus
July 25, 2022

Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus

Madrid

According to Cinco Dias, Spanish data center developer Xdata is looking to offload a stake in its company to help fund its 100MW Madrid data center campus development. The company has reportedly contacted CBRE and Morgan Stanley to seek an investor. Stoneshield established XData Properties in ...

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Read Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals
Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals
July 22, 2022

Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

Northern Virginia

 Prince William County, North Virginia, is often in the spotlight when it comes to locals' gripes and complaints regarding noise and environmental pollution. With the number of facilities in the area growing year on year, a recent report in June estimated that by 2035, the County could run out...

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