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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 Plans For Facebook's Zeewolde Data Center Finally Comes To an End
Plans For Facebook's Zeewolde Data Center Finally Comes To an End
June 29, 2022

Plans For Facebook's Zeewolde Data Center Finally Comes To an End

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has finally announced that it has canceled its plans for the Zeewolde data center. This move comes after it first announced a pause to the project in March. The data center was poised to be largest data center in the Netherlands. Facebook’s plan was to develop a 200MW data center acro...

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Read Warrenton, Virginia To See Data Center Development Skyrocket
June 29, 2022

Warrenton, Virginia To See Data Center Development Skyrocket

Virginia

Virginia’s Warrenton town could see the development of data centers skyrocket due to the change of zoning laws. Amazon Web Services has plans to develop a large data center in the town due to the zoning law change. The company filed to develop a 20,400 square meter (220,000 square feet) single...

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Read A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned
June 29, 2022

A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned

New York

Urbacon and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) have announced plans for a $1.5 billion data center park on land in Niagara Falls, New York City. Urbacon is an Ontario-based construction company with an excellent track record of developing massive data center campuses in Richmond Hill, Montre...

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Read The Camro Data Park To Create New Data Center after Receiving Funding
June 29, 2022

The Camro Data Park To Create New Data Center after Receiving Funding

United Kingdom

Camro Data Park has announced a refinancing deal with Topland Group. The property investment firm agreed to a two-year financing deal worth £9.25 million ($11.3m) with Camro Data Park. The new data center site is located within the Elean Business Park in Cambridgeshire. Camro already has pe...

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Read Aspen Creek Digital commences operations despite challenging market
Aspen Creek Digital commences operations despite challenging market
June 29, 2022

Aspen Creek Digital commences operations despite challenging market

Colorado (CO)

 Aspen Creek Digital Corp, a new company in the bitcoin space, has announced that it has opened a six-megawatt solar-powered facility in the western part of Colorado. This announcement comes despite the current crypto meltdown. The company has outlined that its mission is to "catalyze the deca...

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Read Flared gas data centers: BitRiver partners with Gazprom Neft
Flared gas data centers: BitRiver partners with Gazprom Neft
June 29, 2022

Flared gas data centers: BitRiver partners with Gazprom Neft

BitRiver

BitRiver, a crypto mining company,  is partnering up with Gazprom Neft, the third-largest oil producer in Russia and subsidiary of state-owned energy firm Gazprom, to power crypto mine data centers with flared gas, it has been announced. This comes following an MoU between the two signed at S...

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Read Google's data plans in Saudi Arabia: Lives at risk
Google's data plans in Saudi Arabia: Lives at risk
June 28, 2022

Google's data plans in Saudi Arabia: Lives at risk

Google

Back in December 2020, Google announced that it had signed an agreement with state-owned oil producer Saudi Aramco to set up a Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia and offer Enterprise Cloud services. From the outset, this was a controversial move. Saudi Arabia is notorious for its human rights...

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Read Lincoln and Harrison Street To Develop a 144MW Data Center Campus on New Site in New Albany
Lincoln and Harrison Street To Develop a 144MW Data Center Campus on New Site in New Albany
June 28, 2022

Lincoln and Harrison Street To Develop a 144MW Data Center Campus on New Site in New Albany

Lincoln Property Company

Lincoln Property Company and Harrison Street have announced that they have broken ground on a new property in New Albany, Ohio. The two companies acquired a 190-acre site last month to develop a multi-use technology and distribution park. The park will be designed for data center and industria...

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Read Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site
Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site
June 27, 2022

Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

NTT 2300 W Plano

According to Dallas Morning News, Prologis is looking to develop an industrial warehouse park on a site at 2300 W. Plano Parkway occupied by NTT for an office complex and data center. The company plans to develop a 64-acre, eight-building warehouse which will span 92,900 square meters (1 mi...

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Read Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing
Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing
June 27, 2022

Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing

Canada

New research shows that while an increasing number of companies are making ambitious and climate promises and claiming they’re powered by renewable energy, many of their pledges are often exaggerated as a result of an over-reliance on Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). RECs are received by ...

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Read Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore
Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore
June 27, 2022

Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

STT GDC, YTL and industrial gas supplier Linde have announced they have signed an agreement to work on a hydrogen energy proof of concept in an effort to enhance Singapore's sustainability efforts as it pushes toward its future goal of becoming a digital hub. So far, the country has been some...

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Read Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers
June 26, 2022

Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers

Connecticut

Groton Town in Connecticut has placed a one-year moratorium on the development of large data centers pending when it enacts its data center industry regulation. According to CT Examiner, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission voted to place a moratorium on large data centers. The new rule w...

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Read Keppel DC REIT Buys Two Data Centers in China For $206m
Keppel DC REIT Buys Two Data Centers in China For $206m
June 24, 2022

Keppel DC REIT Buys Two Data Centers in China For $206m

Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel DC REIT has announced the acquisition of two data centers in China. The Singaporean data center REIT entered into an agreement with Guangdong Bluesea Data Development Co. Ltd. to acquire two facilities in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province. The deal is worth RMB 1,380.6 million (~US$206m)....

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Read H5 Acquires 505 Marquette
H5 Acquires 505 Marquette
June 24, 2022

H5 Acquires 505 Marquette

H5 Albuquerque

H5 Data Centers has acquired 505 Marquette in downtown Albuquerque. The building is a carrier hotel from which H5 DC currently operates a data center. The 225,000-square-feet building is a critical interconnection point for New Mexico. This is because it has 20 on-site communications carrie...

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Read FMC GlobalSat Closes Acquisition of Santander Teleport in Spain
June 24, 2022

FMC GlobalSat Closes Acquisition of Santander Teleport in Spain

Spain

FMC Globalsat has acquired Santander Teleport, located in Spain. The Santander Teleport was formed as a joint venture between MTN Satellite Communications and Erzia in 2010. It spans over 9,290 square meters (100,000 square feet) and operates up to 30 antennas. These antennas range from 3 t...

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Read DartPoints Is Expanding its Data Center in Greenville, South Carolina
DartPoints Is Expanding its Data Center in Greenville, South Carolina
June 24, 2022

DartPoints Is Expanding its Data Center in Greenville, South Carolina

DartPoints

DartPoints has announced that it is expanding its facility in Greenville, South Carolina. The company is upgrading the facility’s electrical systems and adding more capacity to the data center. According to DartPoints, the expansion will help local businesses. DartPoints will be upgrading i...

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Read VP of Ghana Opens Tier IV Onix Data Center in Accra
June 24, 2022

VP of Ghana Opens Tier IV Onix Data Center in Accra

Accra

The Vice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, has opened a 12MW data center in Accra, Ghana. The data center was developed to Tier IV standards. The data center was constructed by Onix. Onix is also claiming that the facility is the only African-based carrier-neutral co-location data center n...

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Read PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy
PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy
June 23, 2022

PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy

California

PubMatic has reportedly achieved 100% renewable energy across all of its data centers globally, including in California, New Jersey, London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. Sourced from wind and solar power, this achievement is a significant one for the company, whose energy usage is 90% composed of...

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Read Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX
Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX
June 23, 2022

Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has secured $1.7 billion in sustainability-linked debt financing, including the company's first-ever Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) and multi-currency term loan (ESG Term Loan). The company will reportedly use this to finance its growth and keep up with eve...

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Read Microsoft teams up with Eaton to enhance sustainability
Microsoft teams up with Eaton to enhance sustainability
June 23, 2022

Microsoft teams up with Eaton to enhance sustainability

Microsoft Azure

Eaton has announced that it will expand its collaboration with Microsoft as part of a new strategic agreement between the two to address major industry developments, including "digital transformation, sustainability and the energy transition." According to the companies, a key feature of the p...

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