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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 Saratoga Investama Invests in Indonesia's AtriaDC
August 18, 2022

Saratoga Investama Invests in Indonesia's AtriaDC

Indonesia

Indonesian investment company Saratoga Investama has announced that it has pumped funds into AtriaDC, a local data center firm. The funds will help AtriaDC expand its data center to 30MW. AtriaDC operates a purpose-built data center it recently acquired in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to r...

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Read Proximity expands in Milton Keynes
Proximity expands in Milton Keynes
August 17, 2022

Proximity expands in Milton Keynes

Proximity Data Centres

Proximity Data Centres has announced the expansion of its data center footprint in the UK, with the addition of a new facility in Milton Keynes. Named Proximity Milton Keynes Edge 10, the facility is based on a 3.2-acre site and spans 8,000 sq ft (4459 sqm) across multiple data halls, offerin...

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Read South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
August 17, 2022

South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban

Dublin

A dispute has arisen between Irish Minister for Planning Peter Burke and South Dublin County Councillors over its ban on new data centers in the county. Burke had claimed last month that the county’s decision to make data centers “not permitted” use in the new county development plan breached ...

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Read Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy
Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy
August 17, 2022

Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy

Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has announced the acquisition of and in Milan. The company partnered with real estate firm Hines to acquire the property for the development of a 48MW data center campus. The move sees Compass venture into Europe for the first time. The land acquired by the two companies...

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Read Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia
Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia
August 17, 2022

Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia

Google

Google has announced its plans to launch three Cloud regions in the APAC region. The company plans to launch these regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia. Although its competitors like Microsoft Azure and AWS already have projects in the works in Malaysia and New Zealand, it is the fir...

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Read Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Developing New Facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan
August 17, 2022

Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Developing New Facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwanese telecommunication company Chunghwa will be developing a new data center in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The company revealed that the board approved the development of the Lunping Internet Data Center. The new data center will feature five floors above ground and a basement. Its floor area will ...

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Read Ascenty expands in Chile
Ascenty expands in Chile
August 16, 2022

Ascenty expands in Chile

Ascenty

Ascenty has announced the opening of its second data center in Santiago, Chile, the Santiago 2. Located in the Quilicura district of the capital, the facility will span 21,000 sqm (226,000 sq ft), with 31MW of IT load and a capacity for up to 3,550 racks.Plans were that the company would comm...

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Read Riot Blockchain generated more money from energy credits than mining cryptocurrency
Riot Blockchain generated more money from energy credits than mining cryptocurrency
August 16, 2022

Riot Blockchain generated more money from energy credits than mining cryptocurrency

Riot Platforms

Riot Blockchain, one of the world’s largest bitcoin miners, has announced that it recently generated more money from energy credits allocated to the company for powering down than from actually mining cryptocurrency. During July, the company shut down its bitcoin mining rigs at its Texas faci...

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Read Elisa to share heat from its data center in Helsinki
Elisa to share heat from its data center in Helsinki
August 15, 2022

Elisa to share heat from its data center in Helsinki

Elisa Corporation

According to reports, Finish telco Elisa is the latest company to employ circular economy principles in order to make use of waste heat from its data center in Helsinki. The company recently announced that it has connected to an open district heating system run by energy company Helen, to help...

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Read Namibia: Paratus launches data center in Windhoek
Namibia: Paratus launches data center in Windhoek
August 15, 2022

Namibia: Paratus launches data center in Windhoek

Africa

Paratus has announced the launch of a new data center in Namibia, located in the capital city, Windhoek, its first facility in the country. The company has called the facility ‘Armada,' and although further details around the facility are yet to be released, it will reportedly be built to Tier...

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Read Protests arise in opposition to recently approved €450m Ennis data center
Protests arise in opposition to recently approved €450m Ennis data center
August 15, 2022

Protests arise in opposition to recently approved €450m Ennis data center

Republic of Ireland

Environmental group Futureproof Clare is opposing the approval of a €450 million ($464.3m) data center project in Ennis, in the West of Ireland, over concerns around public health, and a projected use of "inordinate amounts of water and electricity."The facility, an Art Data Centres project, w...

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Read Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles
Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles
August 15, 2022

Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles

Netherlands

Eurofiber Cloud Infra has announced that it is exploring employing circular economy principles in association with housing corporation Volkshuisvesting, infra-specialist for new energy Firan, and Eurofiber-owned Dataplace, for its data center in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The three have partnere...

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Read Digital Realty Announces Sale of Data Center For $205m
Digital Realty Announces Sale of Data Center For $205m
August 15, 2022

Digital Realty Announces Sale of Data Center For $205m

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced the sale of a “mature” data center. The move is to ensure that more capital is available for new projects. Notably, the company did not reveal which building it sold or who acquired the facility. According to a release from the company, it has disposed of the prope...

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Read Digital 9 Infrastructure Increases Credit Facility By £75m ($91m)
Digital 9 Infrastructure Increases Credit Facility By £75m ($91m)
August 15, 2022

Digital 9 Infrastructure Increases Credit Facility By £75m ($91m)

Digital 9 Infrastructure

Digital 9 Infrastructure has announced an increase to its revolving credit facility by £75 million ($91m). This brings its total credit to £375m ($454m). According to D9, it still has the capacity to increase its credit facility by another £125m ($151m). The company is managed by Triple Point....

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Read Lincoln Rackhouse and Principal Real Estate Investors Acquire 7MW Data Center in Atlanta
Lincoln Rackhouse and Principal Real Estate Investors Acquire 7MW Data Center in Atlanta
August 12, 2022

Lincoln Rackhouse and Principal Real Estate Investors Acquire 7MW Data Center in Atlanta

Lincoln Property Company

Principal Real Estate Investors and Lincoln Rack have acquired a data center in Atlanta. The data center spans 185,000 square feet (17,200 square meters). It also sits on 38 acres of land. The facility has a capacity of 7MW. It can also be expanded to 13MW upon full build out. According to ...

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Read Colt planning 50MW West London campus
Colt planning 50MW West London campus
August 11, 2022

Colt planning 50MW West London campus

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt is reportedly planning to build a new data center campus in Hayes, West London, after receiving approval for the project in April. The proposal will see the development of the former Optimum Data Centre, neighboring Tudor Works and Veetec Motor Group facilities, into a new data center ca...

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Read Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft embroiled in gold mine controversy
Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft embroiled in gold mine controversy
August 11, 2022

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft embroiled in gold mine controversy

Amazon AWS

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, have all made big claims regarding sustainability and social responsibility, however, recently, the three giants have been embroiled in a c ontroversy relating to buying so-called "blood gold." According to reports, the three, alongside Apple, bought gold from an...

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Read Ooredoo announces ground breaking of three data centers in Oman
Ooredoo announces ground breaking of three data centers in Oman
August 11, 2022

Ooredoo announces ground breaking of three data centers in Oman

Qatar

Qatari telecoms firm Ooredoo has announced plans to build three more data centers in Barka, Salalah, and Suhar. Each will be Tier 3 and have 500 racks capacity, the two former will provide landing points for the upcoming 2Africa cable. “Ooredoo has begun construction on three new state-of-the-...

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Read Amazon's emissions increase
Amazon's emissions increase
August 11, 2022

Amazon's emissions increase

Amazon AWS

Despite Amazon's lofty promises of securing carbon neutral status before 2040, the latest statistics from its sustainability report, reveal that the giant's carbon emissions actually increased by 18%, from 60.64 million metric tons to 71.54 million metric tons, the equivalent of 19 coal-fired ...

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Read Nation Data Center To Develop Second Data Center in France
August 10, 2022

Nation Data Center To Develop Second Data Center in France

France

French data center company Nation Data Center has revealed it will be developing a second data center. The facility will be located in Val-de-Reuil in Normandy. According to a LinkedIn post from the company, it says it is proud to announce its second data, which it referred to as a fortress...

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