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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 Telia Lietuva to invest EUR 10 million Lithuanian data center
Telia Lietuva to invest EUR 10 million Lithuanian data center
January 07, 2022

Telia Lietuva to invest EUR 10 million Lithuanian data center

Telia Lietuva Raisteniškės

Telia Lietuva has announced that it is to invest EUR 10 million in the construction of a data center located in Raisteniškės, next to the Vilnius-Panevėžys highway. This facility will join two Telia Lietuva other data centers in Vilnius, which will mean it will be the largest data center infra...

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Read Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa
Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa
January 07, 2022

Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has bought the majority stake in Teraco. The data center giant announced the acquisition of the South African data center company from a consortium of investors, including Permira and Berkshire Partners. The deal sees Teraco valued at about $3.5 billion. The transaction sees Dig...

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Read TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center
TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center
January 06, 2022

TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

Hong Kong

Taoping Inc (TOAP) has announced that it is expanding its Taoping G Cloud Hong Kong Data Center (the "Center") in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of January 2022.The facility, built in May 2021, will have an estimated total hash rate of 700GH/s, and i...

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Read Sustainability goals outlined by Alibaba
Sustainability goals outlined by Alibaba
January 06, 2022

Sustainability goals outlined by Alibaba

China

Alibaba has announced its sustainability goals to meet the rest of the industry in its push to go green. According to Alibaba's Chairman and CEO, Daniel Zhang, this announcement aligns with the company's aspiration to become a force for "positive, innovative change in society." Zhang says that...

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Read Orange signs 36MW wind PPA in Poland with Enertrag
Orange signs 36MW wind PPA in Poland with Enertrag
January 06, 2022

Orange signs 36MW wind PPA in Poland with Enertrag

Orange

In its latest move towards its sustainability pledge, Orange has announced that it has penned a 36MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy company Enertrag. This deal means that up to 30% of Orange Polska’s needs will be met with wind energy, from an offshore wind farm on the Vistula Rive...

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Read The Netherlands’ climate goals at risk with new Facebook data center?
The Netherlands’ climate goals at risk with new Facebook data center?
January 06, 2022

The Netherlands’ climate goals at risk with new Facebook data center?

Hyperscale Data Center

Controversy is looming around Facebook's new data center in the Netherlands. Critics of the facility argue that Meta's 166-hectare complex at Zeewolde will undermine the country's sustainability targets.This is because the data center is predicted to use around 1,380GWh hours of energy a year....

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Read DC Blox announces its Greenville data center in South Carolina is 'open for business'
DC Blox announces its Greenville data center in South Carolina is 'open for business'
January 05, 2022

DC Blox announces its Greenville data center in South Carolina is 'open for business'

DC BLOX

After breaking ground on its Greenville, South Carolina data center in April 2021, DC Blox has announced its Tier III facility is now open and operational.The facility has an initial 25,000 square foot (2,300 sqm), and when fully built, will span 54,000 sq ft (5,000 sqm). Moreover, it can acco...

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Read Cardiff Met Uni announces relocation of campus data center
Cardiff Met Uni announces relocation of campus data center
January 05, 2022

Cardiff Met Uni announces relocation of campus data center

Wales

Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales has announced that it is relocating its primary data center to L block in the Llandaff Learning Centre. According to the university, the reasoning behind this move is due to its School of Technologies expanding into A block in January. The relocation...

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Read Further danger ahead for Ireland's power grid as data centers continue to sap energy
January 05, 2022

Further danger ahead for Ireland's power grid as data centers continue to sap energy

Republic of Ireland

There is an ongoing power issue in Ireland as the data center industry in the country continues to boom. Being the host of 70 data centers it is now the fastest-growing data center market in Europe. However, with data centers accounting for 11% of Ireland’s total energy supply, there are conce...

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Read AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment
AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment
January 05, 2022

AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

Amazon AWS

Further to AWS announcing that it is establishing its AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, reports are now circulating that the giant will be investing an estimated $5 billion (IDR$71 trillion) in Indonesia across the 15 years through the region.According to reports, this investment will cover e...

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Read Dubai to be home to two new 'state-of-the-art' data centers
Dubai to be home to two new 'state-of-the-art' data centers
January 04, 2022

Dubai to be home to two new 'state-of-the-art' data centers

Dubai

Dubai Internet City has entered into a deal with Khazna Data Centers to construct two ‘state-of-the-art’ data centers in Dubai. The two facilities will employ Khazna’s data center pod design for rapid scaling, something which will reportedly offer both partners long-term growth benefits. This ...

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Read Amplitude branches out into Germany with new data center
January 04, 2022

Amplitude branches out into Germany with new data center

AWS EU Frankfurt Region (eu-central-1)

Amplitude has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint into Germany with a facility in Frankfurt. The data center, which is certified in ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, will be hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), for both its “privacy” and “security.”Speaking about its move into ...

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Read $800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)
$800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)
December 31, 2021

$800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)

Hyperscale Data Center

Polmer LLC has reportedly signed an economic development agreement with Temple (Bell County) to build one or more new data centers in the area, accompanied by associated facilities. In addition, the company which was recently incorporated has entered into a tax abatement and water and wastewat...

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Read Mining data centers blamed for power deficit in Kazakhstan
Mining data centers blamed for power deficit in Kazakhstan
December 31, 2021

Mining data centers blamed for power deficit in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

In recent years, Kazakhstan has become a hotspot for mining data centers, with the country becoming the second-largest producer of Bitcoin; however, alongside this developmental surge, there has also been a lack of infrastructure to support these energy-hungry coin minting facilities. Reports ...

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Read Four mega data center clusters ahead for China
Four mega data center clusters ahead for China
December 31, 2021

Four mega data center clusters ahead for China

China

According to reports, China is planning to introduce four large clusters of data centers situated outside the ‘main population centers’ in the north and west of the country. This announcement comes following China laying out its sustainability commitments and key targets as per its 2060 carbon...

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Read Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center
Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center
December 31, 2021

Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center

VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Construction firm Skanska has been awarded the contract of developing the Virtus London11 data center. The company is in charge of developing the £53 million ($70m) data center with work scheduled to begin on the site this month. The facility is also scheduled to be completed in the Spring of ...

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Read American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition
American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition
December 31, 2021

American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition

American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation. The company completed the acquisition by merging one of its subsidiaries with CoreSite. American Tower funded the transaction through borrowings revolving around term loa...

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Read YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition
YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition
December 30, 2021

YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition

YTL Data Centers

YTL, with the acquisition of Dodid Pte Ltd, now has access to the startup’s data center based in Tagore Industrial Ave, as it expands its footprint outside of Malaysia for the first time.Dodid’s facility is a 12.5-megawatt Tier-3 hyperscale data center, spanning 39,000 square feet of space. Th...

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Read Sanya to receive first underwater data center
Sanya to receive first underwater data center
December 28, 2021

Sanya to receive first underwater data center

China

Sanya, a coastal city on the south of Hainan Island, is to receive the world's first commercial demonstration underwater data center, with an investment of over 5.6 billion yuan ($880 million). This news comes following Hainan provincial authorities announcing they had reached a strategic agre...

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Read EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora
EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora
December 28, 2021

EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Chinese data center company Chayora. The investment will see both EdgeConneX and Chayora offer data center services out of Chayora’s data centers in China. The firm will also expand on the existing data centers across Mainland...

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