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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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New Jersey

Read Harworth Signs Exclusivity Deal With Data Center Provider For UK Site
UK property firm Harworth Group is close to selling another powered land site to a major data center provider. The company has signed an exclusivity agreement with an unnamed provider for a site wi...
August 21, 2026

Harworth Signs Exclusivity Deal With Data Center Provider For UK Site

United Kingdom

UK property firm Harworth Group is close to selling another powered land site to a major data center provider. The company has signed an exclusivity agreement with an unnamed provider for a site with an accepted power connection and strong planning prospects. Harworth’s data center landbank now t...

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Read BBT Group Launches Data Center At Hospital In Bad Mergentheim, Germany
The Barmherzige Brüder Trier (BBT) Group has opened a new 78kW data center at Caritas Hospital in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. The €3.6m ($4.1m) facility will support the digital and AI needs of Carit...
August 20, 2026

BBT Group Launches Data Center At Hospital In Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

The Barmherzige Brüder Trier (BBT) Group has opened a new 78kW data center at Caritas Hospital in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. The €3.6m ($4.1m) facility will support the digital and AI needs of Caritas, as well as other regional hospitals and elderly care facilities. “With today’s commissioning of ...

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Read 100MW Data Center Proposed In Allentown, Pennsylvania
A 100MW data center is being proposed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. J.G. Petrucci has submitted plans for a 146,000 sq ft (13,565 sqm) facility and on-site substation at 1024 N. Bradford Street. Cons...
August 20, 2026

100MW Data Center Proposed In Allentown, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

A 100MW data center is being proposed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. J.G. Petrucci has submitted plans for a 146,000 sq ft (13,565 sqm) facility and on-site substation at 1024 N. Bradford Street. Construction could begin in early 2027, with the facility potentially operational later that year. The s...

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Read Data Center Rumored To Be Coming To Hofheim, Germany
A large data center is rumored to be planned for Hofheim, Hesse, following the sale of a 10-hectare (24-acre) site to an undisclosed buyer. Local media reported that Amazon bought the land, but Ho...
August 20, 2026

Data Center Rumored To Be Coming To Hofheim, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

A large data center is rumored to be planned for Hofheim, Hesse, following the sale of a 10-hectare (24-acre) site to an undisclosed buyer. Local media reported that Amazon bought the land, but Hofheim authorities denied this, while Amazon declined to comment. The town’s mayor confirmed the sale ...

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Read Bloom Launches Power Connect Platform To Accelerate Data Center Time-To-Power
US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy has launched Power Connect, a new deployment platform designed to cut on-site power installation times by more than 40 percent. The system shifts most installati...
August 20, 2026

Bloom Launches Power Connect Platform To Accelerate Data Center Time-To-Power

United Kingdom

US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy has launched Power Connect, a new deployment platform designed to cut on-site power installation times by more than 40 percent. The system shifts most installation work to the factory, arriving pre-connected, pre-wired, and tested to simplify on-site deployment...

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Read Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma
Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial...
August 19, 2026

Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma

Google

Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial Park in Owasso. “The Tulsa Regional Chamber is thrilled that Google is deepening its footprint in n...

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Read Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport
Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructur...
August 19, 2026

Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport

Australia

Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructure as part of the airport’s development plan. DXN is expected to deliver the data center by the end o...

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Read Nigeria’s Danfodiyo University Data Center Damaged In Storm
A university data center in Nigeria was damaged by a thunderstorm on August 15. Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto shut down network services after lightning damaged two inverters at its data ce...
August 19, 2026

Nigeria’s Danfodiyo University Data Center Damaged In Storm

Nigeria

A university data center in Nigeria was damaged by a thunderstorm on August 15. Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto shut down network services after lightning damaged two inverters at its data center. The inverters have since been repaired, with services expected to resume on August 18. Usmanu ...

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Read Landlord Sells eStruxture-Occupied Data Center In Toronto, Canada
A data center leased by colocation provider eStruxture in Toronto, Canada, has been sold by its landlord. Granite REIT sold the 41,200 sq ft (3,825 sqm) property at 20 Pullman Court in Scarborough ...
August 19, 2026

Landlord Sells eStruxture-Occupied Data Center In Toronto, Canada

Canada

A data center leased by colocation provider eStruxture in Toronto, Canada, has been sold by its landlord. Granite REIT sold the 41,200 sq ft (3,825 sqm) property at 20 Pullman Court in Scarborough for CA$16.5m ($11.89m). The deal closed last month, though the buyer was not disclosed. A Toronto da...

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Read Helios plans Data center Development on 860 Hectares in Finnish Lapland
Nordic energy company Helios is planning a data center project in Finnish Lapland. The company has submitted a zoning request for a proposed facility in the Koivu area of Tervola, covering around 8...
August 18, 2026

Helios plans Data center Development on 860 Hectares in Finnish Lapland

Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy

Nordic energy company Helios is planning a data center project in Finnish Lapland. The company has submitted a zoning request for a proposed facility in the Koivu area of Tervola, covering around 860 hectares. The site is about 20km (12.4 miles) from Tervola’s municipal center. The application wa...

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Read Data Center Campus Proposed Near QTS Site in Northumberland, UK
Another data center project has been proposed in northeast England. TBC Partners has applied to Northumberland County Council to develop a data center campus on a 12-hectare site off Factory Road i...
August 18, 2026

Data Center Campus Proposed Near QTS Site in Northumberland, UK

United Kingdom

Another data center project has been proposed in northeast England. TBC Partners has applied to Northumberland County Council to develop a data center campus on a 12-hectare site off Factory Road in Cambois, near the A189 and River Wansbeck. While few details have been released, TBC Partners sugg...

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Read Koray GYO Targets Data Centers in US
A Turkish real estate investment trust is expanding into data centers, exploring potential projects in the US. Koray Real Estate Investment Partnership Inc. (Koray GYO) said it is evaluating sites ...
August 18, 2026

Koray GYO Targets Data Centers in US

United States

A Turkish real estate investment trust is expanding into data centers, exploring potential projects in the US. Koray Real Estate Investment Partnership Inc. (Koray GYO) said it is evaluating sites for data center investments in Texas and Louisiana. No further details were provided. “Discussions h...

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Read DataVita Secures £300m Debt Facility for North Lanarkshire Data Center Expansion
UK data center operator DataVita has secured new funding to support its expansion in Scotland. The company announced this week that it had secured a £300 million ($406.1m) debt facility to expand i...
August 18, 2026

DataVita Secures £300m Debt Facility for North Lanarkshire Data Center Expansion

DataVita

UK data center operator DataVita has secured new funding to support its expansion in Scotland. The company announced this week that it had secured a £300 million ($406.1m) debt facility to expand its existing DV1 data center and build a new facility, DV3, in the North Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone. ...

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Read Top Data Center News for 10th-15th August, 2026
**[STT GDC Secures $1.37bn Funding for 166MW Malaysia Data Center](https://baxtel.com/news/stt-gdc-secures-1-37bn-funding-for-166mw-malaysia-data-center)** **APAC data center operator ST Telemedia...
August 17, 2026

Top Data Center News for 10th-15th August, 2026

United States

STT GDC Secures $1.37bn Funding for 166MW Malaysia Data Center APAC data center operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has secured up to $1.37 billion in financing for its 166MW STT Johor campus in Malaysia, spanning 22 acres and expected to provide 16MW of IT capacity in the first p...

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Read Blue Energy, GE Vernova Hitachi Advance 2.5GW Texas Power Plant for Data Center
US nuclear energy company Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy have agreed to advance a 2.5GW gas-and-nuclear power plant in Victoria, Texas, to supply a nearby data center. The projec...
August 17, 2026

Blue Energy, GE Vernova Hitachi Advance 2.5GW Texas Power Plant for Data Center

Texas

US nuclear energy company Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy have agreed to advance a 2.5GW gas-and-nuclear power plant in Victoria, Texas, to supply a nearby data center. The project will combine GE Vernova gas turbines with BWRX-300 small modular reactors. Blue Energy plans to pr...

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Read Thylander Begins Construction of Data Center in Esbjerg, Denmark
Danish real estate firm Thylander has begun construction on Dansk Data Center 1 (DDC1) at Esbjerg Port. The facility will provide 11.5MW and is expected to become operational in October 2027. It wi...
August 17, 2026

Thylander Begins Construction of Data Center in Esbjerg, Denmark

Thylander

Danish real estate firm Thylander has begun construction on Dansk Data Center 1 (DDC1) at Esbjerg Port. The facility will provide 11.5MW and is expected to become operational in October 2027. It will use energy management technology to adjust power consumption based on grid capacity, while energy...

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Read Nvidia to Back 4.25GW OpenAI Data Center in Ohio
Nvidia has confirmed that it will financially support SoftBank’s data center project at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio. Led by SB Energy, the facility is expected to be fully leased to Op...
August 17, 2026

Nvidia to Back 4.25GW OpenAI Data Center in Ohio

NVIDIA

Nvidia has confirmed that it will financially support SoftBank’s data center project at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio. Led by SB Energy, the facility is expected to be fully leased to OpenAI and could eventually reach 10GW, potentially making it the world’s largest data center. Nvidia ...

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Read L&T’s Data Center Unit to Host NVIDIA Hardware for Together AI
Indian construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will host AI infrastructure for Together AI through its Vyoma.AI unit and AI infrastructure subsidiary LTN Compute. The project will deploy 10,000 ...
August 17, 2026

L&T’s Data Center Unit to Host NVIDIA Hardware for Together AI

L&T-Cloudfiniti

Indian construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will host AI infrastructure for Together AI through its Vyoma.AI unit and AI infrastructure subsidiary LTN Compute. The project will deploy 10,000 Nvidia B300 GPUs at Vyoma’s Chennai data center campus, making it India’s largest single-clu...

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Read Southern Co Reports 55% Increase in Data Center Power Usage Year Over Year
US utility Southern Company’s contracted large-load pipeline has increased by 6GW to 17GW since its previous earnings report. The Birmingham, Alabama-based utility, which supplies electricity and g...
August 15, 2026

Southern Co Reports 55% Increase in Data Center Power Usage Year Over Year

United States

US utility Southern Company’s contracted large-load pipeline has increased by 6GW to 17GW since its previous earnings report. The Birmingham, Alabama-based utility, which supplies electricity and gas across six southern states, reported the increase in its Q2 earnings results. “The extraordinary ...

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Read Global Switch Begins Construction of Second Madrid Data Center
Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-perfo...
August 15, 2026

Global Switch Begins Construction of Second Madrid Data Center

Global Switch

Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-performance computing workloads. The facility is expected to open in 2029 and reach full capacity by 2032...

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