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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 Hetzner received the ISO 27001 certification for Helsinki data center
Hetzner received the ISO 27001 certification for Helsinki data center
September 30, 2019

Hetzner received the ISO 27001 certification for Helsinki data center

Hetzner Finland

Hetzner‘s Data Center Park Helsinki has reached a new milestone by receiving the ISO 27001 certificate for information security. Only 18 months after going live, the park today already has 6,000 m² of web hosting infrastructure in operation. In addition to information security, several other s...

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Read Data Foundry is expanding Houston 2 site
Data Foundry is expanding Houston 2 site
September 26, 2019

Data Foundry is expanding Houston 2 site

Switch: Houston 2

Data Foundry has announced that new data hall is under construction. The new space will offer 27,000 square feet of white floor space and 4MW of capacity. The Houston 2 campus sits above the 500-year floodplain and is rated for 185mph winds, making relativity safer if/when a another hurrica...

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Read Facebook will expand Henrico VA campus
Facebook will expand Henrico VA campus
September 26, 2019

Facebook will expand Henrico VA campus

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook expects to break ground early next year on the second phase of its eastern Henrico County data center development, which will total more than 2 million square feet when completed late in 2020, the company said Wednesday.The company will construct three (3) new 450,000 square foot buil...

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Read CyrusOne Data Centers in Northern Virginia Qualify for Tax Incentives
CyrusOne Data Centers in Northern Virginia Qualify for Tax Incentives
September 26, 2019

CyrusOne Data Centers in Northern Virginia Qualify for Tax Incentives

CyrusOne Sterling IX

CyrusOne has qualified for tax incentives in Loudoun County, exempting customers from sales tax payments on all equipment deployed in CyrusOne facilities in that county. The sales tax exemptions are retroactive to 2014. “We have been working to secure this tax incentive for our customers for t...

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Read Iron Mountain formerly launches Singapore facility
Iron Mountain formerly launches Singapore facility
September 25, 2019

Iron Mountain formerly launches Singapore facility

Iron Mountain Singapore SIN-1

Iron Mountain held a launch event this week for SIN-1 in Singapore, the facility it acquired from Credit Suisse in 2017.  The data center is the company's first facility in Asia.Iron Mountain Press Release

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Read Keppel becomes landlord, but 1-Net still will operate the colocation business at 1-Net North
Keppel becomes landlord, but 1-Net still will operate the colocation business at 1-Net North
September 20, 2019

Keppel becomes landlord, but 1-Net still will operate the colocation business at 1-Net North

1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd

Keppel announced the acquisition of 1-Net North for $200 million. 1-Net will still run its colocation operations from in the site. In other words, Keppel will be the landlord and 1Net will still operate the data center. 1-Net has issued a Press Release the clarifies the issue: NOTICE OF CLARIF...

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Read New Continuum Data Centers Acquired by SBA (PR)
New Continuum Data Centers Acquired by SBA (PR)
September 18, 2019

New Continuum Data Centers Acquired by SBA (PR)

SBA Edge

As it considers entering the data center industry, SBA Communications last month purchased New Continuum Data Centers, which has a flagship data center is located in west Chicago and a fiber loop. “It’s a great facility. It was built for an agency of the United States Government. Built like a ...

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Read NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic
NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic
September 18, 2019

NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic

NTT

Data Center Frontier reports that NTT plans to rebrand all its data center subsidiaries into one brand. The combined company will be launched at PTC in January 2020 and be headquartered in LondonThe rebrand includes all of NTT subsidiaries.  RagingWire e-shelter NetMagic Gyron and NTT branded...

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Read AirTrunk Announces expansion to Hong Kong with new 20 MW Data Centre (PR)
AirTrunk Announces expansion to Hong Kong with new 20 MW Data Centre (PR)
September 17, 2019

AirTrunk Announces expansion to Hong Kong with new 20 MW Data Centre (PR)

AirTrunk Hong Kong HKG1

AirTrunk, a specialist in hyperscale data centres, today confirmed its latest Asia-Pacific data centre development, announcing a new 20+ megawatt (MW) facility in Hong Kong that is set to open in Q4, 2020. The data centre will be located near Tsuen Wan, close to key data centres and Hong Kong’...

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Read Keppel DC REIT acquires two data centers and raises equiity (PR)
Keppel DC REIT acquires two data centers and raises equiity (PR)
September 16, 2019

Keppel DC REIT acquires two data centers and raises equiity (PR)

1-Net North Data Centre

Keppel DC REIT announces two data centre acquisitions in Singapore and launches equity fund raising DPU-accretive acquisitions will strengthen Keppel DC REIT's portfolio and increase assets under management significantly by 30.7% to $2.58 billion Proposed acquisitions will be funded by a comb...

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Read DigiPlex invests with two new green data centres in Oslo (PR)
DigiPlex invests with two new green data centres in Oslo (PR)
September 16, 2019

DigiPlex invests with two new green data centres in Oslo (PR)

STACK OSL01 Ulven

DigiPlex has broken ground on the construction of two new data centres near Oslo, Norway. The two centres will have a combined facility size of 8,500 m² and represent an investment of NOK 600 million. The centers are set to be operational in just 12 months, before the end of 2020.Internationa...

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Read Aligned Energy Completes Phase One of Ashburn Data Center Campus (PR)
Aligned Energy Completes Phase One of Ashburn Data Center Campus (PR)
September 16, 2019

Aligned Energy Completes Phase One of Ashburn Data Center Campus (PR)

Aligned Ashburn

ASHBURN, VA  – Aligned Energy, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces the completion of phase one of its hyperscale data center campus in Ashburn, Vir...

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Read NYI expands to Chicago
NYI expands to Chicago
September 12, 2019

NYI expands to Chicago

NYI Chicago (Oak Brook)

New York Internet (NYI) is expanding to Chicago through a data center acquisition. NYI has acquired the data center business at 800 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook Illinois. The facility was previously operated by Navisite. More info in the press release below. NYI Press ReleaseNew York, NY – Sep...

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Read Digital Realty opens new Docklands facility
Digital Realty opens new Docklands facility
September 12, 2019

Digital Realty opens new Docklands facility

Digital Docklands: Cloud House

The new 120,000 square foot facility is located in the London Docklands, a highly connected area of London. The new facility will be interconnected with Digtial Realty's Sovereign House with a redundant 3,400 metre 432-count fiber ring. DRT Press Release LONDON, Sept. 11, 2...

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Read Aligned Energy Announces a 8 MW expansion in Dallas
Aligned Energy Announces a 8 MW expansion in Dallas
September 11, 2019

Aligned Energy Announces a 8 MW expansion in Dallas

Aligned Plano

Aligned Energy announced an 8 MW expansion of its Plano data center, located in Northwest Dallas. The expansion at the 19-acre campus, which at full build-out will support a 375,000 sq ft, 60 MW facility is in response to rising demand. Rendering of the Aligned Energy Dallas...

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Read 365 acquires Bridgewater New Jersey Data Center from NYI
365 acquires Bridgewater New Jersey Data Center from NYI
September 11, 2019

365 acquires Bridgewater New Jersey Data Center from NYI

365 Bridgewater NJ

365 Data Centers announced it has acquired NYI's facility in Bridgewater New Jersey, which is 365's eleventh data center in the US. 365 Data Centers is privately held and the transaction was funded by adding a new equity investor, Turning Rock Partners.Subsequently, NYI used the proceeds to fu...

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Read Construction is started on the AWS Facility in Mulhaddart, Ireland
Construction is started on the AWS Facility in Mulhaddart, Ireland
September 09, 2019

Construction is started on the AWS Facility in Mulhaddart, Ireland

Hyperscale Data Center

The Business Post reports that work has begun on the Amazon Mulhuddart data center campus. The project was known as "Project G" was originally approved in 2017, but was held up by environmental groups.  The initial phase will be over 220,000 and is expected to be completed by mid-2021 at the ...

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Read Cologix opens 3rd Vancouver Data Center
Cologix opens 3rd Vancouver Data Center
September 06, 2019

Cologix opens 3rd Vancouver Data Center

Cologix Vancouver VAN3

Cologix launched its third data center in Vancouver. The company is the dominant provider in Vancouver, which is an underserved metro for colocation services. The Canadians city would benefit from more competition from colocation providers.The Cologix Press Release DENVER  – Cologix, a netwo...

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Read Sungard Names as new CFO & COO (PR)
Sungard Names as new CFO & COO (PR)
September 04, 2019

Sungard Names as new CFO & COO (PR)

Sungard Availability Services

WAYNE, Pa – Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) named Terrence J. (TJ) Anderson as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Brian Crotty as its new executive vice president and chief commercial officer. “TJ is a results-oriented senior executive with a wide ...

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Read Leaseweb expands with maincubes at AMS01
Leaseweb expands with maincubes at AMS01
September 04, 2019

Leaseweb expands with maincubes at AMS01

maincubes AMS01

maincubes landed a large deal with Leaseweb in Amsterdam. Leaseweb which has 20 locations across the world has a large presence in the legacy EvoSwitch facilities. (EvoSwitch was acquired by Iron Mountain in 2018.) The deal allows Leaseweb to further diversify their providers. maincubes Press ...

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