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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 NTT signs 70MW solar PPA in Japan
NTT signs 70MW solar PPA in Japan
June 09, 2022

NTT signs 70MW solar PPA in Japan

NTT

NTT has announced that it has signed a PPA through which it will procure solar energy in Japan. Clean Energy Connect Co Ltd is the partner who will deploy solar power generating capacity for the company, and assist the group in achieving its aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2040. The project...

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Read AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia
AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia
June 09, 2022

AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services plans to develop a new data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia. The company has already filed with officials to develop a single-story, 220,000 square feet (20,400 square meters) data center at the intersection of Lee Highway and Blackwell Road in Warrenton town. AWS...

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Read DataVita To Open a 130-Rack Data Center in Glasgow
DataVita To Open a 130-Rack Data Center in Glasgow
June 09, 2022

DataVita To Open a 130-Rack Data Center in Glasgow

DataVita

DataVita has revealed that it will be opening a new data center in Glasgow. The company will be occupying space at a newly developed 14-story building located at 177 Bothwell Street. The building spans 29,000 square meters (313,000 square feet) and is said to be the largest single office bu...

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Read Stack Infrastructure Expands Into Australia With Partnership With Hickory
Stack Infrastructure Expands Into Australia With Partnership With Hickory
June 09, 2022

Stack Infrastructure Expands Into Australia With Partnership With Hickory

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it is expanding into Australia. The company is partnering with Hickory, an Australian real estate developer. In addition, the development will see Stack develop data centers in three cities in the country. Stack Australia is already developing a data ...

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Read Equinix To Invest $86m in Developing a New Indian Facility
Equinix To Invest $86m in Developing a New Indian Facility
June 09, 2022

Equinix To Invest $86m in Developing a New Indian Facility

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it will be developing its third data center in Mumbai, India. The data center giant said it would invest over $86 million to develop the data center. According to the company, the data center will be housed on four-acre land. The data center will be located in Cha...

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Read President Biden cuts tax barriers on solar panel imports
President Biden cuts tax barriers on solar panel imports
June 08, 2022

President Biden cuts tax barriers on solar panel imports

United States

On Monday, President Biden launched a clean energy push with the announcement that there will be a two-year break from tariffs on solar panels coming from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, in an effort to bolster clean energy projects in the U.S. Alongside issuing this executive order...

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Read Prime Data Centers to expand in LA
Prime Data Centers to expand in LA
June 08, 2022

Prime Data Centers to expand in LA

Prime Data Centers

Prime Data Centers is to open a new hyperscale datacenter in Los Angeles after acquiring a 4.5-acre parcel, which is presently occupied by an industrial building, it has been announced. The facility will have a capacity of 33MW and be located in Vernon, Southern California. The data center pl...

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Read Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility
Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility
June 08, 2022

Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres has announced its plans to build a 30MW data center in Accra, Ghana, adding to its presence in Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria; Lomé, Togo; and Samrand and Midrand, South Africa. Further details around when the facility will go live are yet to be released. Tesh Durvasula, A...

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Read Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas
Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas
June 08, 2022

Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas

Google

Google has announced a new cloud region in Dallas, Texas. In a statement by the company, it said it is happy to expand its presence in Texas by launching a new cloud region in Dallas, making it the second region in the central US and the eleventh in North America. This is the company’s firs...

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Read Microsoft Announces New Availability Zones in Zurich, Switzerland
Microsoft Announces New Availability Zones in Zurich, Switzerland
June 08, 2022

Microsoft Announces New Availability Zones in Zurich, Switzerland

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it added new availability zones to its Zurich Azure region. Availability zones are data center locations that are physically separate but still within the same cloud region, offering redundancy against failures in a particular location. Typically, most new regions ...

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Read Web Werks To Invest $50m in Developing a Hyperscale Facility in Noida, India
Web Werks To Invest $50m in Developing a Hyperscale Facility in Noida, India
June 07, 2022

Web Werks To Invest $50m in Developing a Hyperscale Facility in Noida, India

Web Werks

Web Werks has revealed that it would be investing Rs 200 crore ($50 million) in developing a new hyperscale data center in Noida, India. The company will start the development of the facility later this year. The data center will deliver up to 20MW of capacity. The company also schedules th...

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Read Khazna Data Centers Becomes Middle East’s Largest Data Center Provider
Khazna Data Centers Becomes Middle East’s Largest Data Center Provider
June 07, 2022

Khazna Data Centers Becomes Middle East’s Largest Data Center Provider

Khazna

G42 and e& have merged their data centers to form Khazna Data Centers. With the merger, Khazna Data Centers is now operating 12 facilities. In addition, 13 more data centers are under construction, with three more being planned. Upon completion of all the planned facilities, Khazna DC w...

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Read Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power
Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power
June 06, 2022

Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power

Google

French multinational utility company Engie has announced that it will be teaming up with Google Cloud to use AI to predict wind power and optimize its portfolio, making it the first customer of the giant's AI technology. Engie will be utilizing Google's DeepMind technology, which was first ann...

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Read Faced with EU sanctions Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns
Faced with EU sanctions Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns
June 06, 2022

Faced with EU sanctions Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns

Yandex NV

It has been announced that Arkady Volozh, co-founder Yandex, the largest Russian technology firm, has resigned as CEO of the company after being added to the EU's list of individuals sanctioned over the war in Ukraine. Volozh was named last week in the EU's sixth round of sanctions. Moreover, ...

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Read Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements
Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements
June 06, 2022

Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements

North Dakota

Bitcoin mining company Bitzero, reportedly a "100% green company," recently made a number of announcements related to its expansion and headquarters location. Plans to build 200 megawatts of data centers in North Dakota over the next two to three years were announced, and the state was also ch...

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Read Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels
Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels
June 06, 2022

Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels

Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Foster Fuels, which will now serve as the data center company's "preferred green diesel provider," making it the first provider in the industry to use Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil-based biodiesel (HVO) to fuel its on-...

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Read Nfinit Is Upgrading Two Facilities in San Diego
Nfinit Is Upgrading Two Facilities in San Diego
June 03, 2022

Nfinit Is Upgrading Two Facilities in San Diego

NFINIT

Nfinit has announced its plans to upgrade two facilities in San Diego for $8 million. The data center company was acquired by LightEdge earlier in April. Nfinit revealed that it would be updating the software and hardware of its cloud infrastructure. By so doing, it will be adding new chill...

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Read Etisalat Opens New Data Center in Kalba, UAE
Etisalat Opens New Data Center in Kalba, UAE
June 03, 2022

Etisalat Opens New Data Center in Kalba, UAE

Etisalat Kalba

e& and Etisalat- its subsidiary have opened a cable landing station and data center in Kalba, UAE. e& which used to be called Etisalat Group, opened SmartHub Kalba earlier. According to Telco Etisalat, the new data center was developed to Tier III standards. The data center will also p...

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Read Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale
Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale
June 02, 2022

Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale

Switch

According to reports, Supernap Thailand investors are looking to sell their stake in the business. Some shareholders including Kasikornbank Pcl and Siam Commercial Bank are working with financial advisers to make the sale possible. Supernap Thailand is said to be worth up to $800m.  Supern...

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Read NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio
NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio
June 02, 2022

NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio

Global Switch

According to reports, NextDC is looking to acquire Global Switch’s Asia-Pacific arm. The Australian data center firm has contacted Macquarie Capital to find a financial partner for the purchase. Global Switch has been looking to sell its business for more than a year. Besides, it was in dis...

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