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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 Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity
Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity
May 15, 2021

Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

Google

Google Cloud and SpaceX have announced that they have entered a new partnership which will see SpaceX's Starlink begin to locate its satellite ground stations within Google data centers. Together, through the partnership, the two firms will deliver cloud services, data and applications to cus...

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Read Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers
May 14, 2021

Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers

Frankfurt

Frankfurt has proposed a development plan to regulate data centers in the area. The plan, it says, will prevent the “uncontrolled growth” of data centers. The city is the hub of the data center industry in Germany, and one of the four largest hubs in Europe, taking up 64 hectares (640,000 sqm...

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Read Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages
Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages
May 14, 2021

Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

Madrid

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has installed and commissioned eight mtu emergency gensets with 9.2MWe power output at a major bank in Madrid. The installation was made to secure power supply in case of a public power grid failure in the region. Rolls-Royce will ensure power s...

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Read China Telecom inaugurates data center in Jinchang, China
China Telecom inaugurates data center in Jinchang, China
May 14, 2021

China Telecom inaugurates data center in Jinchang, China

China Telecom: Jinchang

China Telecom has just opened its new data center in Jinchang, in China’s Northeastern Gansu province. The Company invested $10.8 million for this data center. The data center would be supporting 203 racks, 34,000 core VCPU, and 260 servers at the moment. It can also be expanded in the future...

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Read LG Uplus plans to build a new data center in South Korea for $267.9 million
LG Uplus plans to build a new data center in South Korea for $267.9 million
May 14, 2021

LG Uplus plans to build a new data center in South Korea for $267.9 million

LG CNS

LG Uplus Corp, a South Korean telecom operator, has announced its plans to build a new data center. The new facility is expected to cost over $267.9 million. Plans are in place for the construction of the data center to start in June of this year and to be completed by December 2023. The new d...

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Read Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal
Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal
May 14, 2021

Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

Northern Virginia

BlackChamber Group’s application to build a 530,000 sq ft (49,000 sq m) data center in Loudoun County has split the county’s board of supervisors. According to a report published in Washington Business Journal, the group’s proposal to build two facilities on the 23-acre plot could be rejected ...

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Read QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier
QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier
May 13, 2021

QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier

QTS Irving

Telia Carrier has announced that it has deployed its full suite of connectivity services in QTS' Piscataway, New Jersey and Irving, Texas data centers. Telia is also deployed to QTS Richmond, Chicago, Miami, Hillsboro, and Atlanta.The 'full suite' of network services includes DWDM, DDoS, IP Tr...

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Read Scottish data center firm DataVita acquires Fortis data center
Scottish data center firm DataVita acquires Fortis data center
May 13, 2021

Scottish data center firm DataVita acquires Fortis data center

DataVita: Lanarkshire DV1

DataVita has announced the acquisition of the Fortis Tier-III certified data center, based in Glasgow, Scotland, after operating the facility since 2016. The acquisition was made with £45 million ($63.1 million) of support by HFD Group, and Datavita will now take full ownership.Built by HFD gr...

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Read Google to build new data center in Québec, halts plan to build 3 data centers in the Netherlands
Google to build new data center in Québec, halts plan to build 3 data centers in the Netherlands
May 12, 2021

Google to build new data center in Québec, halts plan to build 3 data centers in the Netherlands

Hyperscale Data Center

Plans are in place for Google to acquire a property in Beauharnois, Quebec, and turn it into a data center. The proposed data center is estimated to cost $600 million.  The 62.4 hectares plot of land is owned by Hydro-Québec, and is currently zoned as agricultural land, the provincial governm...

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Read Zayo Group to connect to Netwise's new London East data center
Zayo Group to connect to Netwise's new London East data center
May 12, 2021

Zayo Group to connect to Netwise's new London East data center

Netwise London East (NLE)

Netwise, A data center firm in the UK, has announced that Zayo Group would be the first major Tier 1 carrier to connect to its new London East data center officially. The new data center is 13,000 square feet in size with a 1.5MW capacity. Netwise also claimed that its new data center would u...

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Read Stack Infrastructure Acquires More Land To Expand Its Data Campus In Manassas, Virginia
Stack Infrastructure Acquires More Land To Expand Its Data Campus In Manassas, Virginia
May 12, 2021

Stack Infrastructure Acquires More Land To Expand Its Data Campus In Manassas, Virginia

STACK Northern Virginia

Stack Infrastructure has purchased additional 25 acres of land in Manassas, Virginia. The land is next to its Prince William county campus, which is still under development. The plan is to use the new land to build additional two 36MW facilities. The CEO of Stack Infrastructure commented that ...

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Read Digital Fortress announces new data center campus in Richmond, VA
Digital Fortress announces new data center campus in Richmond, VA
May 12, 2021

Digital Fortress announces new data center campus in Richmond, VA

Digital Fortress: Richmond

Digital Fortress has announced a new wholesale data campus in Richmond, Virginia. This 75-acre campus is now the largest data center in Digital Fortress’ eastern United States portfolio. The new data campus is Gold LEED-certified, and it is designed to Tier III standards with access to 4.2MW o...

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Read Oracle opens second cloud region in São Paulo, Brazil
May 12, 2021

Oracle opens second cloud region in São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo

Oracle just announced the new opening of its new Vinhedo Cloud region in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. This follows the announcement of the launch of its Sao Paulo cloud region last year. The new cloud region is now its second cloud region in Brazil and its 30th one worldwide. Besides, the c...

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Read Huawei to build the largest solar-powered data center in the Middle East
Huawei to build the largest solar-powered data center in the Middle East
May 11, 2021

Huawei to build the largest solar-powered data center in the Middle East

Dubai

Huawei has signed an agreement with Moro Hub, a digital unit of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), to build the largest solar-powered Tier III-certified data center in the Middle East and Africa. The data center, located at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, will be carbon-...

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Read Telefonica sells four more data centers
Telefonica sells four more data centers
May 11, 2021

Telefonica sells four more data centers

Telefonica

Telefonica has announced the sale of four of its data centers to Asterion Industrial Partners. The four facilities sold include two in Chile and two in Spain and sold in exchange for a 20% stake in Nabiax, a subsidiary of Asterion. This, it said, will help it continue its "exposure to a globa...

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Read Echelon Data Centres granted planning approval for 100MW data center in County Wicklow
Echelon Data Centres granted planning approval for 100MW data center in County Wicklow
May 11, 2021

Echelon Data Centres granted planning approval for 100MW data center in County Wicklow

Echelon Data Centres

Echelon Data Centres has announced that it has been granted planning permission to build its DUB30 data center in Arklow, Ireland. The approval was subject to 25 conditions, and proposals outline that the company will demolish the current buildings on the 24.16-hectare site. Following this, i...

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Read Digital Edge acquires two data centers in Tokyo
Digital Edge acquires two data centers in Tokyo
May 11, 2021

Digital Edge acquires two data centers in Tokyo

Digital Edge: Comspace I (TY02)

Digital Edge has announced that it has acquired two data centers in Tokyo, Japan, from Arteria Networks Corporation. The facilities include ComSpace I, which is based in Nihonbashi, and ComSpace II, which is based in Shinjuku. They have 3,641 sq m (39,100 sq ft) and 9,336 sq m (100,500 sq ft)...

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Read Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US
Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US
May 10, 2021

Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the fu...

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Read STACK Expands to Toronto
STACK Expands to Toronto
May 07, 2021

STACK Expands to Toronto

STACK Toronto TOR01

Stack has announced a partnership with First Gulf to develop a 56 MW campus in Toronto, Ontario. This campus will be Stack’s first international expansion, and it is at a strategic location- Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America. The CEO of Stack, Brian Cox, also described Toronto ...

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Read Underground data center planned south of Nazareth, Israel
May 07, 2021

Underground data center planned south of Nazareth, Israel

Israel

Europe-Israel Group, P.A.I, Swiss fund Lian Group and singer Israeli singer Omer Adam have partnered up to build a NIS 400 million ($122.5 million) underground data center in Israel. Based on a 6.25-acre site in Afula, south of Nazareth, construction is expected to begin later this year, with ...

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