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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

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Read VueNow To Develop 40 Edge Facilities Across Bihar, India
April 22, 2022

VueNow To Develop 40 Edge Facilities Across Bihar, India

India / Bhārata

VueNow has revealed that it plans to develop multiple Edge data centers across Bihar, India. According to Business Standard, Bihar’s IT department received a proposal from VueNow about an investment plan to develop data centers across the state. This investment is worth Rs817 crore ($107m). Ac...

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Read Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
April 22, 2022

Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally

Amazon AWS

Amazon recently announced it has invested in 37 renewable energy projects across the globe. Located across the US, Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates, these projects will total 3.5 GW, bringing its global renewable energy portfolio to 15.7GW. Included...

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Read CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
April 22, 2022

CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a signatory and founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is collaborating with Gexa Energy following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Through this agreement, the data center company will be provided with wind and solar power ...

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Read Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
April 22, 2022

Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030

Google

Globally, Google's data centers are huge guzzlers of electricity, consuming around twice as much electricity as San Francisco. According to a Forbes article, in 2019, its facilities sucked up 12.4 terawatt-hours of power, which is comparable to the energy consumption of Sri Lanka. It is simult...

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Read VPLS Buys Carrier-1's Facility in Dallas, Texas
VPLS Buys Carrier-1's Facility in Dallas, Texas
April 22, 2022

VPLS Buys Carrier-1's Facility in Dallas, Texas

Evocative DA4

VPLS has completed the acquisition of Carrier-1’s 106,000 square feet data center in Dallas, Texas. The facility offers 10MW in capacity, and it will become VPLS’ fourth data center in Dallas. The CEO of VPLS, Arman Khalili, said the company is happy to welcome the employees and customers o...

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Read YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
April 22, 2022

YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

YTL Johor

YTL Corp is looking to develop a 500MW data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. The Malaysian conglomerate announced that it wants to develop the solar-powered facility in the Iskandar region of Johor. According to the company, it will be the first data center park in the country to be solar-...

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Read Castle IT To Develop Data Centers in Reims and Aix-en-Provence
April 22, 2022

Castle IT To Develop Data Centers in Reims and Aix-en-Provence

France

According to La Tribune, Castle IT is looking to develop two more data centers in 2023. The report shows that the French colocation firm plans to build these facilities in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône and Reims, Marne. The development will also cost the company up to €30 million ($32.3...

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Read Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain
April 22, 2022

Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain

Madrid

Thor Equities has announced its plans to move into data centers. The US real estate group, is also looking to develop its first data center in Madrid, Spain. Thor Equities will be doing this by launching a new data center division called Thor Digital. The new unit will be headed by Roy Gibbens...

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Read Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska
Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska
April 22, 2022

Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska

Google

Google has announced that it is developing a data center in Omaha, Nebraska. The new data center will be located close to Blair High Road and State Street, northwest of Omaha. Although Google didn’t share the specifications of the data center, it revealed that it would invest up to $750 mil...

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Read Meta Expanding Campus in New Albany, Ohio
Meta Expanding Campus in New Albany, Ohio
April 22, 2022

Meta Expanding Campus in New Albany, Ohio

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta has announced that it is expanding its data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. The company announced the decision in a Facebook post earlier in the week. The company revealed to BizJournal that it would be adding two buildings totaling 92,900 square meters (1 million square feet) to th...

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Read Ark Data Centres Secures £700 million Sustainability-Linked Loan
Ark Data Centres Secures £700 million Sustainability-Linked Loan
April 22, 2022

Ark Data Centres Secures £700 million Sustainability-Linked Loan

Ark Data Centres (UK)

Ark Data Centres has announced that it has secured a loan of £700 million ($902m). The UK data center firm plans to use the funds to refinance an existing credit facility and partially expand its data center campuses. The loan was structured by ING. Lloyds, ABN Amro, Crédit Agricole CIB, No...

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Read GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData
GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData
April 22, 2022

GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData

Chindata Group

According to Bloomberg, ChinData Group Holdings has received initial acquisition interest from some firms in the data center industry. The report shows that GDS Holdings, backed by Bain Capital, is mulling bidding for the Chinese data center firm. EdgeConnex, backed by EQT, a private equity...

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Read Intel announces net-zero goal
Intel announces net-zero goal
April 21, 2022

Intel announces net-zero goal

Intel

Intel has announced its pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its global emissions by 2040, which it said it will achieve through a number of interim milestones. One of these milestones will be to secure 100% renewable energy for its entire global operations. It will also...

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Read Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
April 21, 2022

Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

Meta

Meta has partnered up with EDP Renewables, it has announced. The energy company will supply solar energy in Texas via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The social media giant, will gain access to 156MW, procured from the 240MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, which EDP Renewables North Am...

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Read Kasi Cloud breaks ground on new Lagos hyperscale data center
Kasi Cloud breaks ground on new Lagos hyperscale data center
April 21, 2022

Kasi Cloud breaks ground on new Lagos hyperscale data center

Nigeria

Kasi Cloud has announced that it has broken ground on a new hyperscale data center in Lagos, Nigeria. A ceremony to celebrate this milestone was recently held in Lekki, Lagos, attended by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Sovereign Inve...

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Read Sabey Data Centers announces central U.S. market expansion
Sabey Data Centers announces central U.S. market expansion
April 21, 2022

Sabey Data Centers announces central U.S. market expansion

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers has announced plans to expand its US footprint. This expansion will present itself in the form of a 40-acre data center campus located in Round Rock, near Austin, Texas. The company has outlined that the campus will comprise two buildings and provide up to 72MW of capacity. ...

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Read Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore
Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore
April 21, 2022

Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore

Equinix Singapore SG5

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its SG5 International Business Exchange data center in Singapore. According to Equinix, the expansion will see it add more than 7,700 square meters (83,000 square feet) of colocation space and over 1,475 cabinets to the facility. Upon completion, t...

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Read Franklin County Officials Reject Zoning Request For a Crypto Mining Data Center
Franklin County Officials Reject Zoning Request For a Crypto Mining Data Center
April 21, 2022

Franklin County Officials Reject Zoning Request For a Crypto Mining Data Center

Tennessee

The Franklin County Commission has denied a zoning request that would have allowed the development of a crypto data center. The Tullahoma Utilities Authority requested 9.12 acres of land at 6945 Spring Creek Road to be rezoned to a C-1 commercial restricted district from an R-2 general resi...

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Read Interxion Developing New 13.6MW Data Center in Belgium
Interxion Developing New 13.6MW Data Center in Belgium
April 21, 2022

Interxion Developing New 13.6MW Data Center in Belgium

Digital Realty: BRU4

Digital Realty’s Interxion has broken ground on a new facility in Belgium. The company laid the first stone of the data center called BRU4, which will be located in Zaventem, Belgium. According to Interxion, the data center will offer 13.6MW of capacity. It will also offer 72,100 square feet (...

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Read DC Blox Going on An Expansion Spree
DC Blox Going on An Expansion Spree
April 20, 2022

DC Blox Going on An Expansion Spree

DC BLOX

DC Blox is going on an expansion spree as it outlines an expansion plan for its Greenville, Birmingham, South Carolina, and Alabama data centers. According to DC Blox, the data center in Greenville will see another data hall added to it. The company’s Birmingham facility will also deploy it...

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