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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 Google and Microsoft invest in FlexiDAO carbon tracking software
Google and Microsoft invest in FlexiDAO carbon tracking software
July 08, 2022

Google and Microsoft invest in FlexiDAO carbon tracking software

Google

Tech giants, Google and Microsoft, have announced that they've invested in the carbon accounting startup FlexiDAO, which has now raised €6.1 million for its service that monitors the renewable energy that companies buy and the associated carbon emissions hour-by-hour and 24/7. While both Googl...

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Read Alibaba strives to keep up with Microsoft, Amazon and Google with carbon counting
Alibaba strives to keep up with Microsoft, Amazon and Google with carbon counting
July 08, 2022

Alibaba strives to keep up with Microsoft, Amazon and Google with carbon counting

Microsoft Azure

In an effort to keep up with the likes of tech rivals like Microsoft, Google and Amazon, Alibaba has announced that it is launching Energy Expert, a so-called 'sustainability platform' which will facilitate the organization's measuring, analyzing and managing of carbon emissions. This global l...

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Read Black Mountain Energy & Highwire's fracked gas mining proposal called a "parasitic project"
Black Mountain Energy & Highwire's fracked gas mining proposal called a "parasitic project"
July 08, 2022

Black Mountain Energy & Highwire's fracked gas mining proposal called a "parasitic project"

Australia

American fracking company Black Mountain's announcement that it will partner with crypto mining firm Highwire to use fracked gas from its planned Valhalla exploration project in Kimberley to power cryptocurrency mining has been met with significant opposition. According to Black Mountain, it h...

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Read Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen
Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen
July 08, 2022

Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen

Amazon AWS

As green hydrogen turns the heads of big investors, Amazon, Equinor, and others have announced they are backing energy startup Electric Hydrogen (EH2) with a $198 million round, led by Fifth Wall Climate Tech. EH2 is reportedly working on a ‘100MW-minimum’ electrolyzer technology for industria...

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Read Landmark Dividend Acquires Data Center For Undisclosed Fee
Landmark Dividend Acquires Data Center For Undisclosed Fee
July 08, 2022

Landmark Dividend Acquires Data Center For Undisclosed Fee

TIAA: Broomfield

Landmark Dividend, a subsidiary of DigitalBridge, has acquired an office and data center from GI Partners in Broomfield, Colorado. According to BizWest, An affiliate of Landmark Dividend, LD DI Assetco acquired the property from GI TC Broomfield LLC, an affiliate of GI Partners. The property i...

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Read The cities leading the data center growth in APAC
The cities leading the data center growth in APAC
July 07, 2022

The cities leading the data center growth in APAC

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

The APAC region has seen significant data center growth as of late, with an increase of 488 MW of new capacity in the first quarter of 2022, up from 185 MW in the previous quarter. Total capacity now stands at over 8,700 MW and has been largely driven by Tokyo, Sydney and Seoul.These were the ...

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Read AirTrunk Announces SYD1 Campus Final Phase Completion
AirTrunk Announces SYD1 Campus Final Phase Completion
July 07, 2022

AirTrunk Announces SYD1 Campus Final Phase Completion

AirTrunk Sydney

AirTrunk has completed the fifth and last building at its SYD1 data center campus in Sydney, Australia. The company announced the completion of the campus’ first phase in 2017. The campus also sits on over seven hectares of land. In addition, the site features 337,000 square feet (35,000 sq...

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Read Microsoft Azure data centers operating "with limited server capacity"
Microsoft Azure data centers operating "with limited server capacity"
July 07, 2022

Microsoft Azure data centers operating "with limited server capacity"

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure has announced that worldwide its data centers are now operating with a limited server capacity available to customers as a result of a global supply shortage. The company has over 200 data centers across the world, stretching across 60 regions - however, reports indicate that ...

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Read Equinix and Tamil Nadu Government Sign MoU
Equinix and Tamil Nadu Government Sign MoU
July 06, 2022

Equinix and Tamil Nadu Government Sign MoU

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Tamil Nadu, India. The MoU will help foster Equinix's planned project in Siruseri, Chennai. The data center company bought 4.5 acres of land for $9 million in the State Industries Promotion Corporatio...

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Read CloudHQ Acquires Land in Culpeper County For 60MW Data Center Campus
July 06, 2022

CloudHQ Acquires Land in Culpeper County For 60MW Data Center Campus

CloudHQ

CloudHQ has completed the acquisition of 100 acres in Culpeper County, Virginia. The data center developer is looking to develop a build-to-suit data center campus with up to 60MW capacity spanning 2.1 million square feet. According to Daily Progress, CloudHQ acquired the property for $12 mill...

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Read Raimon Land's MOU for sustainable data centers
Raimon Land's MOU for sustainable data centers
July 05, 2022

Raimon Land's MOU for sustainable data centers

Bangkok / Krung Thep

Riamon Land has announced that it will join forces with Nava Nakorn Public Company Limited, and RATCH Group Public Company Limited through an MoU to develop green data centers. According to Stephane Michel, Chief Operating Officer of Raimon Land, the MoU will enable the "pursuit of a deeper ex...

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Read Maincubes Starts Work at its FRA02 Facility
Maincubes Starts Work at its FRA02 Facility
July 05, 2022

Maincubes Starts Work at its FRA02 Facility

maincubes one GmbH

Maincubes has announced that it has broken ground on a new data center outside Frankfurt, Germany. The company laid the foundation stone of the FRA02 facility in Schwalbach, close to Frankfurt. Maincubes first revealed it would be developing the data center in July 2021. The development of ...

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Read Macquarie deal: CO2-cutting data center tech in Australia
Macquarie deal: CO2-cutting data center tech in Australia
July 05, 2022

Macquarie deal: CO2-cutting data center tech in Australia

Macquarie Data Centres

Macquarie Data Centres has announced it has signed a multi-year deal with ResetData, which will see Submer cooling technology used in Australia for the first time. This technology reportedly reduces CO2 emissions by up to 45% and also creates zero wastewater. Alongside this raft of benefits i...

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Read Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal
Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal
July 05, 2022

Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

New York

It has been announced that New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an air permit renewal by Greenidge Generation, which could see its gas-powered Bitcoin mining data center close. This follows the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on West Virginia ...

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Read White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas
White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas
July 04, 2022

White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas

Texas

Cryptomining firm White Rock Management has announced it is the latest company to decide to use flared gas to fuel its mining operations, launching its first US bitcoin mining operation in Texas' Brazos Valley region. This bitcoin mining facility will be powered using the oil well's excess nat...

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Read Scala’s SP4 hyperscale datacenter to go live in July
Scala’s SP4 hyperscale datacenter to go live in July
July 04, 2022

Scala’s SP4 hyperscale datacenter to go live in July

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that its SP4 single-tenant hyperscale site, which was initially projected to go live in April, will now launch in July. The site, based in Tamboré in São Paulo's metropolitan region, will be the largest vertical datacenter in Latin America, spanning 13,000m2 a...

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Read Telia announces it has signed wind PPA in Estonia
Telia announces it has signed wind PPA in Estonia
July 04, 2022

Telia announces it has signed wind PPA in Estonia

Telia Company

Telia has announced that it has signed a PPA with Eesti Energia to be provided with 156GWh of renewable wind electricity over five years, starting at the end of 2022. According to the company, this deal will provide the European telco with 70% of its power needs, including its fixed and mobil...

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Read Microsoft To Launch New Azure Region in Qatar
Microsoft To Launch New Azure Region in Qatar
July 01, 2022

Microsoft To Launch New Azure Region in Qatar

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it will launch its Qatar Azure cloud region in two weeks. The general manager of Microsoft Qatar, Lana Khalaf, made this known at the launch of new offices in Doha, Qatar. He said: “In the coming two weeks we will be launching the region globally, but definitely th...

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Read Oracle Launches First Cloud Region in Mexico
Oracle Launches First Cloud Region in Mexico
July 01, 2022

Oracle Launches First Cloud Region in Mexico

Oracle

Oracle has announced the launch of its new cloud region in Querétaro, Mexico. The company first revealed plans for the region in 2021. This is Oracle’s first region in the country. The senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Mexico, Maribel Dos Santos, said: “We are excited to e...

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Read Pantheon Invests $34.7m in Vantage Data Centers
Pantheon Invests $34.7m in Vantage Data Centers
July 01, 2022

Pantheon Invests $34.7m in Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers

Pantheon Infrastructure has announced that it will be investing $34.7m in Vantage Data Centers. The investment will be geared towards the data center company’s North American business for continued growth. Vantage has data center campuses in Quebec, Montreal, Phoenix, Ashburn, Quincy, and S...

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