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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 Colt Pre-Leases all of its Frankfurt West Facility 16 months Before Construction is Complete
Colt Pre-Leases all of its Frankfurt West Facility 16 months Before Construction is Complete
September 09, 2020

Colt Pre-Leases all of its Frankfurt West Facility 16 months Before Construction is Complete

Colt Frankfurt West

Colt Colt Data Centre Services has announced that its data centre in West Frankfurt has secured customer commitments for all of the space and power in the facility. The facility is due to be completed in late Q4 2021 and will have a capacity of 25.2 megawatts. This underscores the demand in th...

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Read DigiPlex opens 2nd data centre on their Fetsund campus in Lillestrom
DigiPlex opens 2nd data centre on their Fetsund campus in Lillestrom
September 09, 2020

DigiPlex opens 2nd data centre on their Fetsund campus in Lillestrom

STACK OSL03 Campus

Data center provider DigiPlex has announced that it opened a second facility at Fetsund in Lillestrom borough in the county of Viken. The new data centre is 2,200 square metres and is built to support 3 MW. The new facility is adjacent to the existing Fetsund facility, a 10 MW data center.The ...

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Read 1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)
1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)
September 04, 2020

1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)

1547: Wells Building

1547 Critical Systems Realty has acquired the Wells Building from Ascendant Holdings LLC. The Wells building is located at 324 East Wisconsin in downtown Milwaukee. The building is the defacto carrier hotel in Wisconsin. 1547 Press Release Below: MILWAUKEE, WI (September 3, 2020) – 1547 Data C...

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Read Apple Launches Danish Data Center with Green Power
Apple Launches Danish Data Center with Green Power
September 03, 2020

Apple Launches Danish Data Center with Green Power

Hyperscale Data Center

Apple has announced that it has launched its Danish data center in Foulum just outside of Viborg. In the announcement, Apple also shared that it will invest in the construction of two large onshore wind turbines in Esbjerg to source clean power for the site. The Esbjerg wind project is in addi...

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Read STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing
STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing
September 01, 2020

STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Denver-based Stack Infrastructure, a data center company, has closed a $325 million debt offering.  Stack also issued securitized notes in February and November of last year. Including the latest round, the company has so far raised a total of $1.4 billion to fuel its growth. Stack's Press Rel...

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Read Digital Edge and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Announce Formation of a Diversified Asia Pacific Data Center Platform, With a USD1 Billion Capital Commitment
Digital Edge and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Announce Formation of a Diversified Asia Pacific Data Center Platform, With a USD1 Billion Capital Commitment
August 25, 2020

Digital Edge and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Announce Formation of a Diversified Asia Pacific Data Center Platform, With a USD1 Billion Capital Commitment

Digital Edge DC

SINGAPORE & NEW YORK-- August 25, 2020 --Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners (“Stonepeak”), an infrastructure-focused private equity firm, and a group of seasoned senior executives formerly with Equinix, Facebook, Tata Communications and Macquarie, have formed a diversified, independent data...

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Read Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01
Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01
August 25, 2020

Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01

Hypertec YUL01B

Montreal Internet Exchange (QIX) has announced that it is expanding its fabric to Hypertec's Pointe-Claire two-facility campus (YUL01.) The announcement was made on twitter. See below.

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Read Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building
Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building
August 20, 2020

Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building

Cologix: Minnesota Technology Center

Cologix has announced it has acquired vXchnge's 16,000 square foot data center in the 511 Building in Minneapolis. The move further strengths Cologix's dominant position in the building. The company's press release is below. Previously in 2015, vXchnge acquired the site from SunGard.Cologix Pr...

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Read EdgeConneX Acquires Expansion Facilities in Santa Clara
EdgeConneX Acquires Expansion Facilities in Santa Clara
August 19, 2020

EdgeConneX Acquires Expansion Facilities in Santa Clara

EdgeConneX Santa Clara

EdgeConneX has bought 3 buildings in Santa Clara totaling 229,000 square feet. The Mercury News reports that "An EdgeConneX affiliate, EdgeConneX Silicon Valley Holdings II, paid $83.3 million for the buildings, Santa Clara County documents filed on Aug. 14 show." 1700 Richard Ave: Current Ed...

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Read EQT acquires EdgeConneX
EQT acquires EdgeConneX
August 19, 2020

EQT acquires EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX

The Swedish investment firm EQT AB has announced that it acquired the US-based colocation company EdgeConneX. EdgeConneX has a global footprint, operating over 40 facilities in 33 markets across North America, Europe and South America and continues to expand after being founded a decade ago.  ...

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Read Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley
Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley
August 18, 2020

Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley

Colovore: Santa Clara SJC01

SANTA CLARA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Colovore, the Bay Area's leading provider of high-performance colocation for high-performance computing infrastructure, today announced that it has expanded again and now has 3.5 MW of high-density capacity currently available in supply-constrained Silicon ...

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Read Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse
Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse
August 13, 2020

Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has formally announced its data center project in Gallatin Tennesse via a column Sheryl Sandberg wrote in the Tennessean. The social media company will build a 982,000 square foot facility with a total investment of $800 million. The 809-acre campus will be powered with 220MW of renew...

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Read SBA buys JAX NAP
SBA buys JAX NAP
August 04, 2020

SBA buys JAX NAP

JAX NAP

SBA Communications, a wireless tower provider, has acquired JaxNAP. JaxNAP is the primary carrier hotel in Jacksonville. This is the second data center acquisition for SBA. In September 2019, the company acquired New Continuum, a Chicago based data center provider. Read More: LightReading Dat...

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Read Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)
Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)
August 03, 2020

Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)

Servpac MTP Mililani Tech Park

MILILANI, Hawaii  -- This week, Servpac Inc. announced the official opening of their MTP Data Center and has begun scheduling tours for interested parties.  The state-of-the-art facility opens to meet growing demand for a reliable local data solution in a time plagued by uncertainty and enhanc...

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Read NEXTDC launches P2
NEXTDC launches P2
August 01, 2020

NEXTDC launches P2

NextDC: P2 Perth

NEXTDC has officially launched its new P2 data center in Perth. The initial phase has 1 megawatt of capacity. When fully built out the building will support 20 MW. P2 is directly connected to NEXTDC’s P1 Perth data centre in Malaga via NEXTDC’s Data Centre Interconnect (DCI) services. ...

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Read Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide
Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide
July 28, 2020

Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide

Global Switch

July 28, 2020 – PCCW Global today announced that its Console Connect Software-Defined Interconnection® (SDI®) platform is now available in many more data centres via an extended collaboration with Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale carrier and cloud neutral ...

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Read DataBank opens SLC5
DataBank opens SLC5
July 22, 2020

DataBank opens SLC5

DataBank SLC5

DataBank announced it has opened SLC5 in Salt Lake City. The facility is on the Granite Point campus in Bluffdale, UT. The large campus has room for one additional building, SLC6 which is currently in the design phase. DataBank's Press Release on July 22nd 2020: DataBank Announces Opening of ...

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Read Ficolo Named Leader In Colocation
Ficolo Named Leader In Colocation
July 20, 2020

Ficolo Named Leader In Colocation

Ficolo Oy

The global technology research and advisory Information Services Group, ISG, has named Ficolo a Leader in Colocation in the Nordics. The ISG Provider Lens™  study covered the outsourcing provider landscape in the Nordic data center market and examined capabilities and competitive strengths bet...

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Read Equinix to open ML5 in Milan near Via Caldera
Equinix to open ML5 in Milan near Via Caldera
July 16, 2020

Equinix to open ML5 in Milan near Via Caldera

Equinix Milan ML5

Equinix has announced that it will open ML5, its fourth data center in Milan. The first phase will cost $51 million and will provide 15,000 square feet (1,400 sqM).  When all phases are complete, ML5 is expected to provide a total of 45,000 square feet (4,200 sqM) of colocation space. The loca...

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Read Iron Mountain Announces 27 Megawatt Pre-Lease in Frankfurt with Fortune 100 Customer
Iron Mountain Announces 27 Megawatt Pre-Lease in Frankfurt with Fortune 100 Customer
July 13, 2020

Iron Mountain Announces 27 Megawatt Pre-Lease in Frankfurt with Fortune 100 Customer

Iron Mountain Frankfurt FRA-1

-- New FRA-1 Data Center 100% Pre-Leased --BOSTON, June 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information management services company, today announced that it has signed a 27 megawatt data center lease with a U.S.-based Fortune 100 customer in Frankfur...

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