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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 Sify signs more PPAs in India
Sify signs more PPAs in India
February 24, 2022

Sify signs more PPAs in India

Sify Technologies

Sify Technologies is renewing its commitment to sustainability with the signing of more than 200MW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) for wind and solar power. These green PPAs signed with Vibrant Energy Holdings will power the company’s latest hyperscale data centers. According to the compa...

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Read Corscale launches data center platform with Northern Virginia Campus
Corscale launches data center platform with Northern Virginia Campus
February 24, 2022

Corscale launches data center platform with Northern Virginia Campus

Corscale

Corscale, a new data center development platform, has announced that it has broken ground on its first data center campus in Northern Virginia. The brainchild of real estate firm Patrinely Group and its capital partner, USAA Real Estate, Corscale, will launch the first phase of its project, a...

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Read Incinerator-powered data center proposed for Reading, UK
Incinerator-powered data center proposed for Reading, UK
February 24, 2022

Incinerator-powered data center proposed for Reading, UK

United Kingdom

An incinerator-powered data center could be heading to Reading, the UK, it has been announced. J Mould, a local demolition, decontamination, and recycling contracting firm, is proposing this innovative build to the tune of £80 million ($108m). If it goes ahead, the project will be built on a 6...

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Read Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus
Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus
February 24, 2022

Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is commencing the second phase of development at its 55MW EU campus (FRA1) in Frankfurt, Germany. Located in Offenbach, this second phase will see the construction of a 16MW capacity, 13,000 square meters (140,000 square feet) facility, which will be operational in the first half of 2...

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Read What the America Competes Act means for data centers
What the America Competes Act means for data centers
February 24, 2022

What the America Competes Act means for data centers

North America

In early February, the America Competes Act passed through the House (222-210 along party lines). The much-debated and somewhat controversial Act contains provisions relating to data centers, supercomputers, and quantum computing. Several sub-sections have been added to Section 304 of the Depa...

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Read Data centers: AI, automation and robotics
Data centers: AI, automation and robotics
February 24, 2022

Data centers: AI, automation and robotics

NTT

Automation is slowly but surely gaining more of a presence in the data center industry. According to reports, 86% of companies in the industry are expecting to dedicate more of their budgets for data-center network automation over the next two years. As data demand skyrockets, AI and automatio...

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Read GDS Secures $620m For Expansion Through Convertible Notes
GDS Secures $620m For Expansion Through Convertible Notes
February 24, 2022

GDS Secures $620m For Expansion Through Convertible Notes

GDS Services Ltd

GDS Holdings has announced that it raised $620 million through convertible notes. The Chinese data center firm revealed that it entered into a deal to sell convertible senior notes worth $620 million to ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Sequoia China Infrastructure Fund I (SCIF), and an Asi...

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Read Bitfury Opens 28MW Crypto Mining Data Center in Sarnia, Canada
Bitfury Opens 28MW Crypto Mining Data Center in Sarnia, Canada
February 24, 2022

Bitfury Opens 28MW Crypto Mining Data Center in Sarnia, Canada

Crypto Mining Data Center

Bitfury Group has announced the launch of a new crypto mining data center in Sarnia, Canada. The 28MW data center will begin operations with 16MW of capacity before the end of February. It will also add 12MW of capacity by the end of May. The company noted that the facility could be expanded t...

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Read Optus-Occupied Facility Up For Sale in Sydney
February 24, 2022

Optus-Occupied Facility Up For Sale in Sydney

Sydney

According to ITNews, Fortius has listed its data center at 549 Harris Street, Sydney, Australia, for sale through JLL and CBRE. The data center is currently being occupied by Optus. Optus’ lease on the data center will expire in 2024 with no further option for expansion. This is a 60,300 sq...

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Read Mubadala Leads Princeton Digital Group's $500m Equity Raising Round
Mubadala Leads Princeton Digital Group's $500m Equity Raising Round
February 23, 2022

Mubadala Leads Princeton Digital Group's $500m Equity Raising Round

Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group has announced that it raised a new round of equity led by Mubadala. Mubadala is the Abu Dhabi government’s arm, and it has put in $350 million in the equity round worth over $500 million. The round will fund PDG, which has 20 data centers across the APAC region with ...

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Read Energy Field Security Announce Plans For Edge Data Centers in Colorado
February 23, 2022

Energy Field Security Announce Plans For Edge Data Centers in Colorado

Colorado (CO)

Energy Field Security (EFS) has revealed plans to build an Edge data center in Delta, Colorado. The Edge data center will help serve local healthcare and medical providers. EFS announced that it would be building the data center on a seven-acre site which is located to the north of Delta Healt...

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Read China approves ten data center clusters
China approves ten data center clusters
February 22, 2022

China approves ten data center clusters

China

China has announced that it has approved a large-scale project to build eight national integrated computing hubs with ten data center clusters. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and three other central departments (the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Ind...

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Read Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed
Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed
February 22, 2022

Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

Northern Virginia

Recently, a committee of the Board of Supervisors argued that data centers should be prevented from being built on the Route 7 corridor in northeastern Loudoun County. Already the area is home to 25 million square feet of data centers, with data center development booming in recent years, a bo...

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Read Carbon Sense launched by Google
Carbon Sense launched by Google
February 22, 2022

Carbon Sense launched by Google

Google

Google Cloud has launched Carbon Sense, an updated version of its tool for reporting and reducing carbon emissions. This new suite features Carbon Footprint (launched last year), a tool that measures the carbon emissions of Google customers' cloud usage, and an expanded version of Active Assi...

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Read Unstable power supply halts BIT Mining data center in Kazakstan
Unstable power supply halts BIT Mining data center in Kazakstan
February 22, 2022

Unstable power supply halts BIT Mining data center in Kazakstan

BIT

BIT Mining is pulling out of a near-$10M mining data center construction project in Kazakhstan, it has been revealed. The Hong-Kong based mining company announced back in May its intention to build and operate a 100 megawatts (MW) facility in the country, a move that saw its shares slide as f...

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Read Asterion Mulling Over Sale Of Its Latin American Data Centers
February 22, 2022

Asterion Mulling Over Sale Of Its Latin American Data Centers

Latin America (LATAM)

According to Expansion, Asterion Industrial Partners wants to sell its data centers in Latin America. Interestingly, the investment firm bought the facilities from Telefonica in 2019. The report has it that the company has contacted the services of Investment bank Greenhill & Co. to rai...

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Read Mindbreeze launches in Chicago with Hivelocity
Mindbreeze launches in Chicago with Hivelocity
February 22, 2022

Mindbreeze launches in Chicago with Hivelocity

Hivelocity

Mindbreeze is launching another deployment in North America, which is to be hosted by Hivelocity. According to Daniel Fallmann, founder and CEO of Mindbreeze, this expansion into Chicago reportedly meets “all the technical and economic requirements to run our solutions with the highest energy...

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Read International crypto bans lead to more data center builds in the US
International crypto bans lead to more data center builds in the US
February 21, 2022

International crypto bans lead to more data center builds in the US

United States

According to experts, there is an emerging trend towards more crypto data centers being built in the US as a result of other markets introducing bans. China banned cryptocurrency last year, and Russia, in January, proposed a ban, too. That's not all - Sweden is also seeking to ban mining in th...

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Read Pexapark forecasts changes to PPA
Pexapark forecasts changes to PPA
February 21, 2022

Pexapark forecasts changes to PPA

Europe

In its "European PPA Market Outlook 2022" report, Pexapark outlined that change is afoot regarding the way in which data center operators purchase renewable energy. The energy price volatility of 2021 will reportedly have a long-term impact on PPA deals, with larger consumers buying up big off...

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Read Star Capital Mulling Over Selling The Sale of Datacenter One
Star Capital Mulling Over Selling The Sale of Datacenter One
February 21, 2022

Star Capital Mulling Over Selling The Sale of Datacenter One

Datacenter One GmbH

According to financial publication Unquote, Star Capital is mulling over selling its majority stake in Datacenter One. The report claims the company has hired a financial services firm, Jefferies, to advise it on how to sell its majority shares in the German colocation firm. Datacenter One was...

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