Data Center News

Featured

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 Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online
Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online
July 16, 2021

Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has announced that its data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah is now  up and running. Although officially serving traffic, the site is still under construction, with a view to span to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m). At the peak of construction, the site employed a total of 1,250 ...

Read more
Read New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney
New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney
July 16, 2021

New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney

Macquarie Data Centres

Macquarie Data Centres has announced plans for a new data center in Sydney, Australia. Based at the Macquarie Park campus, the facility, 3 Super West, if it goes ahead, will have a capacity of 32MW. The company expects the data center to be completed by 2023 The construct...

Read more
Read Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report
Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report
July 16, 2021

Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

Digital Realty Trust

According to its latest ESG report, Digital Realty is meeting its sustainability targets in the push for carbon-neutrality. The company, as part of the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi), has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions by 24% by 2030.  It...

Read more
Read NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus
NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus
July 15, 2021

NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus

NTT Phoenix Campus

NTT has revealed plans for its new 240MW data center campus in Mesa, Arizona. It has also broken ground on the site. The facility is on a 102-acre site, and it is located on Elliot Road Technology Corridor, Mesa, Arizona. It will have a 240MW capacity and 1.5 million square feet of floor space...

Read more
Read IBM announces 21 sustainability goals
IBM announces 21 sustainability goals
July 15, 2021

IBM announces 21 sustainability goals

Kyndryl

IBM is one of the latest data center companies to commit itself to net-zero GHG emissions by 2030. In its most recent Environmental Report, the company set out twenty-one environmental sustainability goals and also outlined its involvement with the European Green Digital Coalition.As a foundin...

Read more
Read DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center
DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center
July 14, 2021

DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

DataBank Plano DFW3

DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, just announced the expansion of its DFW3, Dallas Fort Worth Data Center. It is expanding to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure in the Dallas Fort Worth market. Th...

Read more
Read Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley
Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley
July 14, 2021

Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley

Prime Santa Clara (Martin)

Prime Data Centers has announced that it is building a new 9MW data center on Martin Avenue in Santa Clara, California. With this new data center, it is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley as this is its second facility in Silicon Valley. Prime says it is strategically building the dat...

Read more
Read GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences
GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences
July 14, 2021

GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences

GI Partners

GI Partners has launched the GI Real Estate Essential Tech + Science Fund (ETS Fund), which will look to acquire data center properties and life sciences assets. The fund will also focus on always-on R&D facilities in the office and industrial sectors. Former president of Infomart, John...

Read more
Read EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns
EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns
July 14, 2021

EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns

EngineNode

Another environmental controversy has arisen in Ireland, as Ireland’s planning board, An Bord Pleanála dismissed complaints by locals and environmental groups, granting EngineNode permission to build data center in Bracetown and Gunnocks, County Meath, Ireland. The building plan first submitte...

Read more
Read Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center
Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center
July 14, 2021

Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center

Senegal

Senegal has announced that it is moving all government and data applications into a new government data center to achieve “digital sovereignty”. Named the Diamniadio National Datacenter and worth 46 billion CFA francs ($18.2 million), it was financed with a Chinese loan.The facility has a host...

Read more
Read Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas
July 13, 2021

Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio

According to recent documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Microsoft has applied to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas. The data centers will have a total space of 350,000 square feet. It will also cost over $200 million. The construction of ...

Read more
Read Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico
Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico
July 13, 2021

Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico

Telmex Cancun

Telmex, a Mexican telco, has opened a new data center in Cancún, Mexico. The Company first announced that it was opening this data center in August 2020. Besides, according to El Economista, Telmex chose Cancún to access the Equinix-operated NAP of the Americas IEX in Miami via submarine cable...

Read more
Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
July 13, 2021

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

Amazon AWS

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway.This is not the on...

Read more
Read TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
July 13, 2021

TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin

Echelon Clondalkin

According to The Sunday Business Post, TikTok plans to lease space at the Echelon data center campus in Clondalkin for its new Irish data center. According to the different sources of the Sunday Business Post, TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, will use the Clondalkin campus as its m...

Read more
Read Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus
Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus
July 12, 2021

Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus

DATA4 Group

French data center firm, Data4 is planning to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in its new Poland campus. According to Les Echos, Data4 wants to expand in Poland, and it will be investing over €100 million ($118m) within three years. It will also be investing up to €200 million ($237...

Read more
Read Unisys to close two data centers in New Zealand in 2022
Unisys to close two data centers in New Zealand in 2022
July 10, 2021

Unisys to close two data centers in New Zealand in 2022

Unisys

Unisys says it will be closing two of its data centers in New Zealand in 2022. The two data centers in question are the Kapiti and Auckland data centers. According to Reseller News, the Company said since new technologies evolve, it has to evolve too. Unisys was also quoted to have said, “T...

Read more
Read 3SIIF fund has €1 billion($1.9 billion) to spend, including on digital infrastructure
July 10, 2021

3SIIF fund has €1 billion($1.9 billion) to spend, including on digital infrastructure

Eastern Europe

The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF), an investment fund backed by some state-owned banks, has over €1 billion ($1.9 billion) to spend in the Eastern Europe region, digital infrastructure inclusive. 3SIIF was established in 2019, and it focuses on investing in critical infrastr...

Read more
Read Sabey Data Centers issues $175 million in securitized notes
Sabey Data Centers issues $175 million in securitized notes
July 10, 2021

Sabey Data Centers issues $175 million in securitized notes

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers announced that it has raised $175 million by issuing securitized notes at a coupon rate of 1.881%. By offering the notes at 1.881%, Sabey has set a record for the lowest new issue spread to benchmark rates. Also, Sabey Data Centers says it is the only data center issuer t...

Read more
Read Raxio to build Tier III data center in Mozambique
Raxio to build Tier III data center in Mozambique
July 09, 2021

Raxio to build Tier III data center in Mozambique

Raxio Mozambique

Raxio Group has announced that it will build a data center in Mozambique. The data center will be a 1.5MW capacity data center. It will also be the first privately owned Tier III carrier-neutral data center in the country. The facility will be in the Beluluane Industrial Park, outside Maput...

Read more
Read Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin
Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin
July 08, 2021

Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin

Vantage Berlin BER1

As part of its ongoing $2 billion European expansion plan, Vantage Data Centers has broken ground on data center campuses in Berlin, Germany and Warsaw, Poland. As part of this expansion plan, the Company has opened facilities in locations in Wales and Germany.The Warsaw facility dubbed the WA...

Read more

Ready to Level up Your
Data Center Strategy?

Message Us Book Consultation