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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 Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
September 14, 2022

Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

Digital Realty Trust

In Virginia, a former Digital Realty data center is gearing up for a dramatic transformation. Located in Herndon, the company’s old data center will become an agricultural facility, specifically a vertical farm. Vertical farms have similar power, water, and air conditioning requirements to dat...

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Read Cape Verde data center to be completed by the end of the year
Cape Verde data center to be completed by the end of the year
September 14, 2022

Cape Verde data center to be completed by the end of the year

Africa

Cape Verde’s new data center is set to be completed by the end of 2022; it has been announced. According to reports, the first phase of construction of the Cabo Verde Technology Park’s main building is 85 percent complete and ready for operation by 2022’s end. The project, supported by African...

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Read Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy
Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy
September 14, 2022

Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy

Novva Data Centers

Novva Data Centers has announced plans for a new 275,000 square foot, 100MW data center based in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility will be located on a 20-acre campus with an injection of $400 million and will reportedly be built with sustainability in mind. Renewable energy will be sourc...

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Read ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea
ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea
September 14, 2022

ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

ESR Cayman and Stack Infrastructure have partnered to develop a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. Both companies announced the joint venture to develop a 48MW data center in Incheon. The companies plan to break ground on the data center in Q1 2023. The facility is also scheduled to be com...

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Read DITO Opens New Data Center in Batangas, The Philippines
September 14, 2022

DITO Opens New Data Center in Batangas, The Philippines

Philippines

Philippines telecommunication company DITO Telecommunity has opened a data center in Batangas City. DITO did not reveal the specifications for the data center, but it had a launch ceremony for the facility. From indications, the data center was developed in conjunction with Udenna- its pare...

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Read Data centers to receive VAT exemption in Thailand to energize investment
Data centers to receive VAT exemption in Thailand to energize investment
September 13, 2022

Data centers to receive VAT exemption in Thailand to energize investment

Thailand / Prathet Thai

In a move intended to encourage greater investment in data centers in Thailand, the Thai cabinet has approved the draft Royal Decree regarding data centers receiving a tax (VAT) exemption. At present, Thai VAT is levied at the rate of 7%.The decision, made to facilitate the country becoming a ...

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Read Khazna and BEEAH Group to build data center and explore alternative energy sources
Khazna and BEEAH Group to build data center and explore alternative energy sources
September 13, 2022

Khazna and BEEAH Group to build data center and explore alternative energy sources

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Khazna Data Centers has formed a joint venture with BEEAH Digital, BEEAH Group’s digital transformation and future technology business, to build a data center in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and explore alternative sources of energy to power its operations. The joint venture, On...

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Read Evocative: Company Consolidates Brands to One
Evocative: Company Consolidates Brands to One
September 13, 2022

Evocative: Company Consolidates Brands to One

Evocative

San Jose, CA, –Evocative, a global provider of Internet infrastructure,  announces today that the company has consolidated its portfolio to one brand: Evocative. Evocative enables enterprise organizations with a full suite of digital transformation solutions including colocation, network, bar...

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Read Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
September 13, 2022

Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes

California

As heat extremes in California continue, Twitter has reportedly been left without one of its key data centers in Sacramento. First reported by CNN, an internal company memo outlined that the company experienced the loss of its Sacramento data center region on September 5th, with Carrie Fernand...

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Read Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas
Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas
September 12, 2022

Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas

Compass Datacenters

According to reports, Compass Datacenters is going to launch a $64 million data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas. Filed with the state of Texas, the project is known as Vallies ELT-1 and is set to commence at the end of September. Located at 441 North Austin Boulevard, the project s...

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Read PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely
PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely
September 12, 2022

PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely

Northern Virginia

Prince William County planners have recommended the approval of the PW Digital Gateway project, it has been announced. Subsequently, the controversial project is likely to go ahead. If approved, the project would see the rezoning of over 2,000 acres of land for up to 27.6 million square feet o...

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Read OVH begins work on its new data center near Frankfurt, Germany
OVH begins work on its new data center near Frankfurt, Germany
September 12, 2022

OVH begins work on its new data center near Frankfurt, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

OVHcloud has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in Limburg, Germany, the company's second in the area. The facility, which will see an investment of around €100 million ($101m) over the next five years, will offer space for 40,000 servers on more than 6,000 square meters (64...

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Read Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas
Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas
September 12, 2022

Aligned Files To Triple its Data Center Footprint at its Plano Campus in Texas

Aligned: DFW-01

Aligned has plans for a massive expansion at its Plano data center campus in the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas. The Dallas Morning News was the first to report the development. Aligned already filed with the Plano planning commission to develop a second building on its Plano campus. The c...

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Read Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center
Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center
September 12, 2022

Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center

Nxtra Data Ltd

Nxtra has announced that it has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy, what it calls, low environmental impact fuel cell installation at one of its facilities. Its data center in Karnataka will be the target of the installation and will make Nxtra the first company in India to make such a dep...

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Read Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon
Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon
September 12, 2022

Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon

Flexential

Flexential has announced that it is developing a data center facility outside Portland, Oregon. The development will see the company erect two new buildings in conjunction with T5. According to Flexential, the facility is located adjacent to its Hillsboro 3 data center at 5419 NE Starr Blvd...

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Read AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
September 09, 2022

AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center

AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has closed Japan’s first data center green loan as part of its new Green Financing Framework to finance its 110+MW West Tokyo data center, AirTrunk TOK2. The size of the loan has not yet been disclosed. In line with the company’s green financing framework, its p...

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Read Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
September 09, 2022

Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

Digital Realty Trust

Environmentalists are appealing against two data centers Interxion is planning to build in Dublin. The appeal, lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP) by John Conway and Louth Environmental Group, argues that there are a "disproportionate" number of data centers in the area and that the facilities'...

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Read The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor
The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor
September 09, 2022

The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor

YTL: JDC1

YTL Data Centre Holdings Pte Ltd and Sea Ltd recently held the ground-breaking ceremony for The Sea Data Centre, signifying the first phase of the 500MW YTL Green Data Center Park in Johor, Malaysia. The project represents an RM1.5 billion investment into the area over the next ten years, with...

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Read NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
September 08, 2022

NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

NTT

NTT has announced that it has begun construction on its Cyberjaya 6 data center in Malaysia, with an initial investment of more than $50 million. Set to cater to hyperscalers and high-end enterprises, the facility, when combined with the company's CBJ5 data center, will have a capacity of 22M...

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Read California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy
California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy
September 08, 2022

California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy

Verizon Wireless

Records have been broken in Sacramento, California, as temperatures hit 116F (46.7C) this week. In response, as reported by Baxtel earlier this week, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) – the overseer of the State's electricity generation, issued a Flex Alert, requesting energy us...

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