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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 Google opens cloud region in Chile
Google opens cloud region in Chile
December 02, 2021

Google opens cloud region in Chile

Google

Google has opened its new cloud region in Santiago, Chile. The company first announced plans for the region in December 2020. The region is now Google’s second cloud region in South America as it opened one in São Paulo in 2017. Just like all Google’s regions, the Chile region has three availa...

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Read Nasdaq is migrating to AWS
Nasdaq is migrating to AWS
December 02, 2021

Nasdaq is migrating to AWS

Amazon AWS

US stock exchange Nasdaq has revealed plans to migrate to AWS infrastructure. It will also be bringing AWS infrastructure into its on-premise network. The plan is for Nasdaq to migrate its North American markets to AWS at the beginning of 2022. Nasdaq will be approaching the migration in stage...

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Read A1 Croatia opens a Tier III Zagreb data center
December 02, 2021

A1 Croatia opens a Tier III Zagreb data center

Zagreb

A1 Croatia has opened a new data center in Zagreb. The company began construction on the facility in October 2020. The 21,500 square feet (2,000 square meters) data center cost the company €11 million ($13m). In addition, the data center was designed to withstand earthquakes up to 9 on the ...

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Read Amazon to launch its first Georgia solar project in Burke County
Amazon to launch its first Georgia solar project in Burke County
December 02, 2021

Amazon to launch its first Georgia solar project in Burke County

Amazon AWS

Amazon is launching a 70-megawatt solar farm in Burke County - the first of its kind in Georgia. This move is part of a wider initiative, which will see the giant bring 18 new wind and solar projects online for an entirely renewable-powered company by 2025.The other projects include one in Oh...

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Read LCL Data Centers pledges to cut carbon emissions
LCL Data Centers pledges to cut carbon emissions
December 02, 2021

LCL Data Centers pledges to cut carbon emissions

LCL Belgium n.v.

LCL Data Centers has announced that it has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). It is now the first Belgium company to do so and signing up means that as a company, it will reduce its carbon emissions and work towards keeping the average increase in global temperatures below 1.5...

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Read Interxion and river cooling
Interxion and river cooling
December 02, 2021

Interxion and river cooling

InterXion

In a move that bolsters sustainability and the circular economy, Interxion has announced that it has switched on its €15 million ($17m) river water cooling system in Marseille, France. The cooling system utilizes underground water from a former mine which is transported through 3km of buried p...

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Read Edgeconnex expands in Benelux region
Edgeconnex expands in Benelux region
December 02, 2021

Edgeconnex expands in Benelux region

EdgeConneX

EdgeConnex has announced that it is to enter the Belgian market with the construction of a data center campus near Brussels in Ternat. The first facility will comprise 4 data halls supporting over 20MW of capacity. According to the company, the site is expected to be ready in the first quarte...

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Read AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan
AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan
December 02, 2021

AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan

AirTrunk Tokyo TOK1

AirTrunk has announced the launch of its first data center in Japan. The new facility is located in Tokyo, and it is called TOK1. It will have an initial capacity of up to 60MW. The 13.25-hectare site is located in Inzai Chiba Prefecture in Tokyo. The data center campus is also scalable to 300...

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Read Richemont to close data centers in Europe, US, and Hong Kong, migrate to AWS
Richemont to close data centers in Europe, US, and Hong Kong, migrate to AWS
December 02, 2021

Richemont to close data centers in Europe, US, and Hong Kong, migrate to AWS

Amazon AWS

Luxury watch company Compagnie Financière Richemont has revealed that it is migrating its closing its European data centers and moving its IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services. The group owns some luxury brands, including Montblanc, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC, and Schaffhausen. R...

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Read Rostelecom increases capacity of Yekaterinburg data center
Rostelecom increases capacity of Yekaterinburg data center
December 01, 2021

Rostelecom increases capacity of Yekaterinburg data center

Rostelecom Yekaterinburg

Rostelecom has increased the capacity of its Yekaterinburg data center in central Russia. The company revealed that it would be expanding the capacity of its facility on the Iset River in Sverdlovsk Oblast. With the new expansion, the facility has added an extra 216 racks and a total capacity ...

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Read Infosys collaborates with Lefdal Mine Datacenter to push forward Daimler's sustainability goals
Infosys collaborates with Lefdal Mine Datacenter to push forward Daimler's sustainability goals
December 01, 2021

Infosys collaborates with Lefdal Mine Datacenter to push forward Daimler's sustainability goals

Lefdal Mine Datacenter

Infosys has announced that it is transferring Daimler's High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads to Lefdal Mine Datacenter in Norway. This move, according to the company, will help its sustainability goal to become carbon-neutral by 2039 and has been made possible through Infosys' Data Cente...

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Read CoreSite’s VA3 Data Center goes green, powered by 100% renewables
CoreSite’s VA3 Data Center goes green, powered by 100% renewables
December 01, 2021

CoreSite’s VA3 Data Center goes green, powered by 100% renewables

CoreSite

CoreSite has announced that its VA3 data on its Northern Virginia campus is powered by 100% renewable energy. This move to green has been achieved through Dominion Energy’s 100% Renewable Energy Program, which has a portfolio of locally-sourced solar, hydroelectric, and biomass energy. Com...

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Read Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project
Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project
December 01, 2021

Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project

Google

Google has announced that it has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PAA) with Ørsted, a Danish offshore wind developer. According to reports, Google will have access to 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm.This PPA is in line with Google’s goal to powe...

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Read India's Tamil Nadu government unveils new policies for data centers
December 01, 2021

India's Tamil Nadu government unveils new policies for data centers

Tamil Nadu

The government of Tamil Nadu, India has revealed a new data center policy. According to the new policy, the Tamil Nadu government will provide connectivity incentives, land, and power to support the development of new data centers. However, for data center firms to receive these incentives, th...

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Read Bridge Data Centres to develop 100MW data center in Malaysia
December 01, 2021

Bridge Data Centres to develop 100MW data center in Malaysia

Bridge Data Centres

Bridge Data Centres has revealed plans for a new data center in Malaysia called MY06. The facility will be housed in the Kidex Sedenak business park in Sedenak. According to reports, the data center will be the biggest of its kind in Malaysia. The facility will be sited on 40 acres of land....

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Read DE-CIX expands to the Nordics Region in partnership with Bulk Data Centers
DE-CIX expands to the Nordics Region in partnership with Bulk Data Centers
December 01, 2021

DE-CIX expands to the Nordics Region in partnership with Bulk Data Centers

Bulk Infrastructure AS

DE-CIX has revealed its plans to expand to the Nordic region. The company has partnered with Bulk Data Centers on this development. Bulk Data Centers will be housing DE-CIX’s IX platforms in Kristiansand, Norway (Campus N01), Oslo, Norway (OS-IX), and Esbjerg, Denmark (Campus DK01). In additio...

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Read Tamil Nadu Government signs data center MoUs with different data center firms
December 01, 2021

Tamil Nadu Government signs data center MoUs with different data center firms

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Government has revealed that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with some data center firms to develop data centers in the Indian state. The MoU is worth up to Rs 35,208 crore ($4.7bn). Some of the companies in question include STT GDC, Adani Enterprises, L&T, Nxtra, and Ct...

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Read Codisa to develop a 3.5MW data center in El Salvador
December 01, 2021

Codisa to develop a 3.5MW data center in El Salvador

El Salvador

Costa Rican firm Codisa has begun construction on a new data center in El Salvador. The IT firm will partner with real estate firm Aristos Group to develop the data center. The facility will have a total capacity of 3.5MW, and it will house 322 racks. The facility is named DataTrust and it is ...

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Read Digital Realty teams up with CoolestDC for liquid cooling for SIN11 data center
Digital Realty teams up with CoolestDC for liquid cooling for SIN11 data center
November 30, 2021

Digital Realty teams up with CoolestDC for liquid cooling for SIN11 data center

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is partnering with Coolest DC to develop high-efficiency thermal management solutions for the industry following a pilot program supported by Temasek Foundation. The initial pilot scheme sought to improve energy consumption by data centers and enhance efficiency and had deploye...

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Read Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond
November 30, 2021

Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond

Richmond

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has announced proposals for a data center located in Richmond, Virginia, at 707 W. Broad St. The planned facility will span 30,000-square-foot (2,800 sqm).According to reports, the data center will cost around $42-44 million and will be divided between bo...

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