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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 Orange's €50 million Orange Nature carbon fund
Orange's €50 million Orange Nature carbon fund
December 13, 2021

Orange's €50 million Orange Nature carbon fund

Orange

Orange has announced the launch of a €50 million ($56.3m) carbon fund, which will finance reforestation and ecological restoration projects in partnership with Mirova (Natixis Investment Managers). This announcement is in line with the company's Net Zero Carbon by 2040 environmental strategy, ...

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Read SeverFarm becomes signatory of European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact
SeverFarm becomes signatory of European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact
December 13, 2021

SeverFarm becomes signatory of European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact

ServerFarm Realty

ServerFarm is the latest signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Center Pact (CNDCP), a pact that commits signatories to become climate neutral by 2030. Achieving this goal will involve the company reducing the emissions its operations produce. Alongside joining the CNDCP, the company has also ...

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Read Empyrion DC buys a 12.5MW data center in Singapore
Empyrion DC buys a 12.5MW data center in Singapore
December 13, 2021

Empyrion DC buys a 12.5MW data center in Singapore

Empyrion (DoDid) Singapore

Empyrion DC of Singapore has completed the acquisition of Dodid Pte. Ltd. and its data center in Singapore. The data center acquired offers 113,000 square feet (10,500 square meters) of space. It is also a Tier III certified data center with 12.5MW of capacity. Although the terms of the deal w...

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Read Meta/Facebook is expanding its Odense data center campus in Denmark
Meta/Facebook is expanding its Odense data center campus in Denmark
December 13, 2021

Meta/Facebook is expanding its Odense data center campus in Denmark

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, plans to expand its Odense data center campus in Denmark. Meta says it will be adding two buildings with a total space of 969,000 square feet (90,000 square meters). The addition will bring the total floor space at the facility to up to 2.1 million square m...

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Read Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia
Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia
December 10, 2021

Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia

Equinix

Equinix has announced that its PE3 data center in Perth, Australia, has launched, the third IBX facility in the city. According to reports, the first phase of the project provides a capacity of 700 cabinets spanning 1,830 sqm (38,600 sqtf), following an investment of US$54 million (A$71.7 mill...

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Read Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines
Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines
December 10, 2021

Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines

Digital Edge Narra1 (MNL1)

Digital Edge is forming a joint venture with the Philippines real estate company Threadborne Group to develop a 10MW data center in Manila, the Philippines. Both companies will be investing $100 million in the under-construction Digital Edge facility scheduled to be in operation in 2022. The f...

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Read Hickory DC is developing a 72MW data center in Melbourne
December 10, 2021

Hickory DC is developing a 72MW data center in Melbourne

Melbourne

Australian real estate development company Hickory has begun construction on its first data center in Melbourne. The company first revealed plans for the data center in June. The facility will be located on a 3.5-hectare site in Truganina, West Melbourne. The data center was to have 269,000 sq...

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Read Ericsson develops new data center in the Seychelles
Ericsson develops new data center in the Seychelles
December 10, 2021

Ericsson develops new data center in the Seychelles

Airtel Africa Seychelles

Ericsson has announced that it is to develop a data center for Airtel Africa; however, specific details on capacity and dimensions have not been revealed. This facility will be located in the Seychelles.Dina Amadou, CEO of Airtel Seychelles, said that the partnership will help the company to m...

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Read AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico
AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico
December 10, 2021

AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

Amazon AWS

According to Bloomberg, Amazon Web Services plans to open a new data center region in Mexico. The report claims AWS is close to signing a deal with the Mexican federal government over opening a new region in Queretaro. Although no date has been set, an official report is expected soon.Represen...

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Read AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region
AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region
December 09, 2021

AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced another Top Secret cloud region to host classified government data. The new region will operate workloads at the Top-Secret United States security classification level, which is the highest security classification in the US. The new Top-Secret West region will...

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Read Green Mountain its expanding Oslo campus with a 13.5MW data center
Green Mountain its expanding Oslo campus with a 13.5MW data center
December 09, 2021

Green Mountain its expanding Oslo campus with a 13.5MW data center

Green Mountain OSL1-Enebakk

Green Mountain has announced that it is expanding its Oslo, Norway campus by building a new data center at the facility. Green Mountain revealed that it bought a 570,500 square foot (53,000 square meters) plot of land next to its DC3-Oslo data center campus. According to Green Mountain, the Os...

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Read Netrality reveals new data center in Shawnee, Kansas
Netrality reveals new data center in Shawnee, Kansas
December 09, 2021

Netrality reveals new data center in Shawnee, Kansas

Netrality: Kansas City 7801 Nieman

Netrality has revealed plans for a new facility in Shawnee, Kansas. The company announced that it acquired a property at 7801 Nieman Road. The facility will be Netrality’s second data center in Kansas as it currently operates one at 1102 Grand Blvd, Kansas. The new facility has up to 2MW of ca...

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Read Deep Edge Realty expands in Reno
Deep Edge Realty expands in Reno
December 09, 2021

Deep Edge Realty expands in Reno

CENTRA: 200 S Virginia (RNO01)

Deep Edge Realty is expanding in Reno following the signing of a long-term lease at Basin Street Properties 200 South Virginia building. The company’s data center will be located on the sixth floor and offer interconnections to over ten regional service providers as well as the Tahoe Internet ...

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Read Beijing warning over data center construction
Beijing warning over data center construction
December 09, 2021

Beijing warning over data center construction

Beijing

In light of the global push to reduce carbon emissions, Beijing outlined in a plan published on Wednesday that local governments in China should ensure that the "blind and disorderly development" of data centers is carefully monitored and prevented. Moreover, it stated that governments should ...

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Read Microsoft adds new availability zones to India Central Azure cloud region
Microsoft adds new availability zones to India Central Azure cloud region
December 09, 2021

Microsoft adds new availability zones to India Central Azure cloud region

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has unveiled new availability zones in its Indian Central Azure cloud region. Usually, Azure regions launch with three availability zones. These zones are physically separated to provide higher redundancy, availability, and disaster recovery protection. However, there are cases where...

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Read China Mobile is developing a data center in Hong Kong
China Mobile is developing a data center in Hong Kong
December 09, 2021

China Mobile is developing a data center in Hong Kong

China Mobile

China Mobile International Limited (CMI) has started work on a new data center facility in Hong Kong, China. CMI is developing the facility on a 1 million square foot land in Fo Tan, Sha Tin. The facility will have multiple stories, and it will cover 103,660 square meters (1.1 million square f...

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Read OADC to develop data centers in Nigeria and South Africa
December 09, 2021

OADC to develop data centers in Nigeria and South Africa

Africa

A new data center firm called Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has revealed plans for its first two data centers in Nigeria and South Africa. Earlier in November, Wholesale fiber network company WIOCC revealed that it raised $200 million to launch a new data center based in Africa called OADC. ...

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Read Data center plans threaten Manassas National Battlefield Park say critics
Data center plans threaten Manassas National Battlefield Park say critics
December 09, 2021

Data center plans threaten Manassas National Battlefield Park say critics

Northern Virginia

Plans to build data centers opposite the Manassas National Battlefield Park are being opposed. Critics are warning that the proposal, known as "PW Digital Gateway",  is the "Single greatest threat to Manassas National Battlefield Park in nearly three decades," compromising the environmental in...

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Read Africa Data Centres chooses Distributed Power Technologies to provide renewable energy
Africa Data Centres chooses Distributed Power Technologies to provide renewable energy
December 09, 2021

Africa Data Centres chooses Distributed Power Technologies to provide renewable energy

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres has announced that it has chosen Distributed Power Technologies (DPT) to provide its South African data centers with renewable energy and storage. This announcement follows news that the company recently secured nearly R4 billion to expand and develop its two data centers i...

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Read Elk Grove Data Center rezone to go forward
Elk Grove Data Center rezone to go forward
December 09, 2021

Elk Grove Data Center rezone to go forward

Illinois

Data center plans are moving ahead in Elk Grove Village as officials have announced their expectation to close on the sale of four parcels totaling 17.5 acres later this month. The sale will be made to Prime Data Centers Corp for $21.3 million. This follows planning commissioners voting unanim...

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