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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 Scientists In Germany And Japan Prototype Electricity-Free Cooling System For Data Centers
Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Japan’s University of Tsukuba have developed an electricity-free solid-state cooling system for data centers. The prototype uses two...
September 02, 2026

Scientists In Germany And Japan Prototype Electricity-Free Cooling System For Data Centers

Germany / Deutschland

Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Japan’s University of Tsukuba have developed an electricity-free solid-state cooling system for data centers. The prototype uses two ultra-thin nickel-titanium shape-memory films to convert waste heat into mechanical work and coolin...

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Read Ada Infrastructure Breaks Ground On Latest Tokyo Data Center
Data center firm Ada Infrastructure has started work on another new data center in Tokyo. “Last week, we held the groundbreaking ceremony for our fifth project in Japan, as well as the third and fi...
September 02, 2026

Ada Infrastructure Breaks Ground On Latest Tokyo Data Center

Ada Infrastructure

Data center firm Ada Infrastructure has started work on another new data center in Tokyo. “Last week, we held the groundbreaking ceremony for our fifth project in Japan, as well as the third and final building at Tokyo's TKW1 campus,” Ada announced on Linkedin this week. Ada began construction on...

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Read Telconet Opens Data Center In Guayaquil, Ecuador, Plans Another In Quito
Telconet has opened its third Ecuadorian data center, TCC III, in Guayaquil and plans to develop another facility in Quito to expand its capacity. The new facility, located at Telcocity Technolo...
September 02, 2026

Telconet Opens Data Center In Guayaquil, Ecuador, Plans Another In Quito

Telconet

Telconet has opened its third Ecuadorian data center, TCC III, in Guayaquil and plans to develop another facility in Quito to expand its capacity. The new facility, located at Telcocity Technology Campus in Guayaquil, is part of Telconet’s broader plan to expand digital infrastructure across Ecua...

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Read Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus
Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304...
September 01, 2026

Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus

Frankfurt

Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304 sq ft) of technical space. It uses air cooling, with Telehouse exploring liquid cooling to support ...

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Read Haffner Energy Launches Biomass Power And Cooling System For Data Centers
Haffner Energy has launched a modular biomass-based power and cooling system for data centers. Built on its CORE100 platform and new C-iB multi-module system, the solution provides local, low-carbo...
September 01, 2026

Haffner Energy Launches Biomass Power And Cooling System For Data Centers

United States

Haffner Energy has launched a modular biomass-based power and cooling system for data centers. Built on its CORE100 platform and new C-iB multi-module system, the solution provides local, low-carbon power, cooling, and reduced water use. It can scale to tens of megawatts or more, helping data cen...

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Read Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center
Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwa...
September 01, 2026

Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center

West Texas

Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwater sources, high-recovery technology, and AI-powered monitoring to reduce water use, discharge, and...

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Read Infineon Partners With Skeleton Technologies On AI Data Center Power Systems
Infineon has partnered with Estonian power and storage company Skeleton Technologies to develop efficient and resilient power systems for AI data centers. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies wil...
September 01, 2026

Infineon Partners With Skeleton Technologies On AI Data Center Power Systems

Germany / Deutschland

Infineon has partnered with Estonian power and storage company Skeleton Technologies to develop efficient and resilient power systems for AI data centers. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies will explore power architectures covering the grid-to-data-center chain, including Solid State Transfor...

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Read One Nuclear Signs Binding LOI For 2.88GW Gas Plant And BESS To Power Louisiana Data Center
US energy firm One Nuclear has signed a binding LOI with a Louisiana landowner group to develop Project Cayman, featuring a 2.88GW natural gas plant and a 700MW/2.88GWh battery storage system along...
August 31, 2026

One Nuclear Signs Binding LOI For 2.88GW Gas Plant And BESS To Power Louisiana Data Center

Louisiana

US energy firm One Nuclear has signed a binding LOI with a Louisiana landowner group to develop Project Cayman, featuring a 2.88GW natural gas plant and a 700MW/2.88GWh battery storage system alongside a data center. The project is planned near RiverPlex MegaPark in southern Louisiana, between Ba...

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Read DayOne, TNB Plan 1.5GW Onsite Power For Selangor Data Center
DayOne has partnered with TNB Power Generation to explore up to 1.5GW of on-site power generation and battery storage for its planned data center in Selangor, Malaysia. The partnership was formaliz...
August 31, 2026

DayOne, TNB Plan 1.5GW Onsite Power For Selangor Data Center

DayOne

DayOne has partnered with TNB Power Generation to explore up to 1.5GW of on-site power generation and battery storage for its planned data center in Selangor, Malaysia. The partnership was formalized through a non-binding MoU, with the final capacity and configuration subject to feasibility studi...

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Read Exascale Labs Partners With EnergyBank On Floating Wind Data Center Pilot In Norway
AI data center developer Exascale Labs has partnered with energy storage firm EnergyBank to explore AI data centers powered by floating offshore wind and long-duration battery storage. Under a non-...
August 31, 2026

Exascale Labs Partners With EnergyBank On Floating Wind Data Center Pilot In Norway

Norway

AI data center developer Exascale Labs has partnered with energy storage firm EnergyBank to explore AI data centers powered by floating offshore wind and long-duration battery storage. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies will develop an initial pilot with Zephyros-One, a 2.3MW floating wind tu...

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Read Top Data Center News for 24th-29th August, 2026
**[Starcloud Raises $250m Series A Extension For Orbital AI Data Centers](https://baxtel.com/news/starcloud-raises-250m-series-a-extension-at-2-3bn-valuation-for-orbital-ai-data-centers)** **Orbit...
August 31, 2026

Top Data Center News for 24th-29th August, 2026

United States

Starcloud Raises $250m Series A Extension For Orbital AI Data Centers Orbital data center company Starcloud has raised $250 million in a Series A extension at a $2.3 billion valuation, following its $170 million Series A in March, bringing its total raised since 2024 to $450 million, with plans t...

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Read Green Mountain Secures Neocloud Customer For London Data Center
Green Mountain has secured an unnamed neocloud customer at its LON-East data center campus in Romford, East London. The customer has taken 14MW of capacity at the facility, which is connected to ma...
August 31, 2026

Green Mountain Secures Neocloud Customer For London Data Center

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has secured an unnamed neocloud customer at its LON-East data center campus in Romford, East London. The customer has taken 14MW of capacity at the facility, which is connected to major fiber routes linking the City of London, London Docklands, Slough, and international data center...

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Read Schwarz Group Plans €5.6bn Data Center In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Schwarz Group and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania plan to develop a 240MW data center in Dummersdorf, Germany, backed by a €5.6 billion investment. The facility could expand to 1GW by 2045 and benefi...
August 29, 2026

Schwarz Group Plans €5.6bn Data Center In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

Schwarz Group and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania plan to develop a 240MW data center in Dummersdorf, Germany, backed by a €5.6 billion investment. The facility could expand to 1GW by 2045 and benefit from renewable wind power, a potential 380kV grid connection, and free cooling. Schwarz Group also...

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Read Fossefall Partners With Armada For AI Data Center Deployments
Fossefall has partnered with Armada to deploy modular AI data centers across the Nordic region. The company will deploy five of Armada’s Leviathan modular data centers, providing a combined 9MW of ...
August 29, 2026

Fossefall Partners With Armada For AI Data Center Deployments

Fossefall

Fossefall has partnered with Armada to deploy modular AI data centers across the Nordic region. The company will deploy five of Armada’s Leviathan modular data centers, providing a combined 9MW of capacity by Q1 2027. The partnership covers Norway, Sweden, and Finland, with the initial contract v...

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Read The Most Expensive Room in a Data Center
**Walk into a modern data center and you will probably notice the computers first. Thousands of servers sit in long rows, connected by cables and increasingly powerful GPUs handling everything fr...
August 28, 2026

The Most Expensive Room in a Data Center

United States

Walk into a modern data center and you will probably notice the computers first. Thousands of servers sit in long rows, connected by cables and increasingly powerful GPUs handling everything from cloud applications to artificial intelligence. It is easy to assume that this is where most of the mo...

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Read Digital Realty Begins Construction On Fourth Data Center In Zurich, Switzerland
Digital Realty has started construction on a new data center in Glattbrugg, Zurich, Switzerland. The ZUR4 facility will provide 15MW of IT capacity across around 6,300 sqm (67,810 sq ft) and is exp...
August 28, 2026

Digital Realty Begins Construction On Fourth Data Center In Zurich, Switzerland

Digital Realty Bersama

Digital Realty has started construction on a new data center in Glattbrugg, Zurich, Switzerland. The ZUR4 facility will provide 15MW of IT capacity across around 6,300 sqm (67,810 sq ft) and is expected to go live in 2028. The project will expand Digital Realty’s existing Zurich campus, which inc...

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Read atNorth Signs YIT Contract For Additional Data Center Building In Finland
atNorth is expanding its FIN04 data center campus in Myllykoski, Kouvola, Finland, with a new building called FIN04A1. The company has appointed YIT as the main contractor, responsible for construc...
August 28, 2026

atNorth Signs YIT Contract For Additional Data Center Building In Finland

Finland

atNorth is expanding its FIN04 data center campus in Myllykoski, Kouvola, Finland, with a new building called FIN04A1. The company has appointed YIT as the main contractor, responsible for construction and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works. YIT was also selected to build another campus f...

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Read Nexspace Begins Construction On New Data Center In Graz, Austria
German data center firm Nexspace has started construction on a new facility in Graz, Austria. The project will double Nexspace’s capacity in Graz, adding around 600 sqm (6,460 sq ft) of IT space an...
August 28, 2026

Nexspace Begins Construction On New Data Center In Graz, Austria

Austria

German data center firm Nexspace has started construction on a new facility in Graz, Austria. The project will double Nexspace’s capacity in Graz, adding around 600 sqm (6,460 sq ft) of IT space and 2.2MW of capacity. “With today's groundbreaking ceremony, we are starting the construction of our ...

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Read Trump Admin Considers Semiconductor Tariffs On Data Center Servers
The Trump administration is considering new semiconductor tariffs that could also apply to products using chips, including data center servers. The proposal is still in its early stages and could ...
August 28, 2026

Trump Admin Considers Semiconductor Tariffs On Data Center Servers

United States

The Trump administration is considering new semiconductor tariffs that could also apply to products using chips, including data center servers. The proposal is still in its early stages and could change. A phase-in period is being considered, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick supporting tari...

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Read Gateway Capital Files Plans For 81MW Data Center In Sydney, Australia
Gateway Capital has filed plans for an 81MW data center in Sydney, Australia. The Frederick Street Data Centre would be built on a 1.8-hectare site at 12 Frederick Street in St Leonards. The five-s...
August 27, 2026

Gateway Capital Files Plans For 81MW Data Center In Sydney, Australia

Australia

Gateway Capital has filed plans for an 81MW data center in Sydney, Australia. The Frederick Street Data Centre would be built on a 1.8-hectare site at 12 Frederick Street in St Leonards. The five-story facility would span 16,635 sqm (179,058 sq ft) and include an on-site substation. The project c...

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