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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 Cardiff Met Uni announces relocation of campus data center
Cardiff Met Uni announces relocation of campus data center
January 05, 2022

Cardiff Met Uni announces relocation of campus data center

Wales

Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales has announced that it is relocating its primary data center to L block in the Llandaff Learning Centre. According to the university, the reasoning behind this move is due to its School of Technologies expanding into A block in January. The relocation...

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Read Further danger ahead for Ireland's power grid as data centers continue to sap energy
January 05, 2022

Further danger ahead for Ireland's power grid as data centers continue to sap energy

Republic of Ireland

There is an ongoing power issue in Ireland as the data center industry in the country continues to boom. Being the host of 70 data centers it is now the fastest-growing data center market in Europe. However, with data centers accounting for 11% of Ireland’s total energy supply, there are conce...

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Read AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment
AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment
January 05, 2022

AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

Amazon AWS

Further to AWS announcing that it is establishing its AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, reports are now circulating that the giant will be investing an estimated $5 billion (IDR$71 trillion) in Indonesia across the 15 years through the region.According to reports, this investment will cover e...

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Read Dubai to be home to two new 'state-of-the-art' data centers
Dubai to be home to two new 'state-of-the-art' data centers
January 04, 2022

Dubai to be home to two new 'state-of-the-art' data centers

Dubai

Dubai Internet City has entered into a deal with Khazna Data Centers to construct two ‘state-of-the-art’ data centers in Dubai. The two facilities will employ Khazna’s data center pod design for rapid scaling, something which will reportedly offer both partners long-term growth benefits. This ...

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Read Amplitude branches out into Germany with new data center
January 04, 2022

Amplitude branches out into Germany with new data center

AWS EU Frankfurt Region (eu-central-1)

Amplitude has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint into Germany with a facility in Frankfurt. The data center, which is certified in ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, will be hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), for both its “privacy” and “security.”Speaking about its move into ...

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Read $800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)
$800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)
December 31, 2021

$800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)

Hyperscale Data Center

Polmer LLC has reportedly signed an economic development agreement with Temple (Bell County) to build one or more new data centers in the area, accompanied by associated facilities. In addition, the company which was recently incorporated has entered into a tax abatement and water and wastewat...

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Read Mining data centers blamed for power deficit in Kazakhstan
Mining data centers blamed for power deficit in Kazakhstan
December 31, 2021

Mining data centers blamed for power deficit in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

In recent years, Kazakhstan has become a hotspot for mining data centers, with the country becoming the second-largest producer of Bitcoin; however, alongside this developmental surge, there has also been a lack of infrastructure to support these energy-hungry coin minting facilities. Reports ...

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Read Four mega data center clusters ahead for China
Four mega data center clusters ahead for China
December 31, 2021

Four mega data center clusters ahead for China

China

According to reports, China is planning to introduce four large clusters of data centers situated outside the ‘main population centers’ in the north and west of the country. This announcement comes following China laying out its sustainability commitments and key targets as per its 2060 carbon...

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Read Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center
Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center
December 31, 2021

Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center

VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Construction firm Skanska has been awarded the contract of developing the Virtus London11 data center. The company is in charge of developing the £53 million ($70m) data center with work scheduled to begin on the site this month. The facility is also scheduled to be completed in the Spring of ...

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Read American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition
American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition
December 31, 2021

American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition

American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation. The company completed the acquisition by merging one of its subsidiaries with CoreSite. American Tower funded the transaction through borrowings revolving around term loa...

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Read YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition
YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition
December 30, 2021

YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition

YTL Data Centers

YTL, with the acquisition of Dodid Pte Ltd, now has access to the startup’s data center based in Tagore Industrial Ave, as it expands its footprint outside of Malaysia for the first time.Dodid’s facility is a 12.5-megawatt Tier-3 hyperscale data center, spanning 39,000 square feet of space. Th...

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Read Sanya to receive first underwater data center
Sanya to receive first underwater data center
December 28, 2021

Sanya to receive first underwater data center

China

Sanya, a coastal city on the south of Hainan Island, is to receive the world's first commercial demonstration underwater data center, with an investment of over 5.6 billion yuan ($880 million). This news comes following Hainan provincial authorities announcing they had reached a strategic agre...

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Read EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora
EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora
December 28, 2021

EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Chinese data center company Chayora. The investment will see both EdgeConneX and Chayora offer data center services out of Chayora’s data centers in China. The firm will also expand on the existing data centers across Mainland...

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Read Corscale is developing a 300MW data center campus in Prince William County
Corscale is developing a 300MW data center campus in Prince William County
December 28, 2021

Corscale is developing a 300MW data center campus in Prince William County

Corscale: Gainesville Crossing

Corscale has been revealed to be behind the development of a new data center campus in Prince William County. The Nascent hyperscale data center developer revealed on its website that it would be developing the data center campus in the county. It will be developing a 130-acre 300MW Gainesvill...

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Read Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City
Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City
December 27, 2021

Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City

Google

Google has completed the acquisition of hundreds of acres of lands in Kansas City’s Northland. The search engine giant plans to develop data centers at the site. According to Kansas City Business Journal, property records show that Google bought 236.4 acres of land to the north of Hunt Midwest...

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Read Moro Hub to build solar-powered data centre in Dubai
Moro Hub to build solar-powered data centre in Dubai
December 27, 2021

Moro Hub to build solar-powered data centre in Dubai

Dubai

Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has announced that it has commenced work on a 100MW facility solar-powered data center located at EWA's 3,000MW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.The facility, located southeast...

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Read Digital Realty Announces Opening Of First Data Center in South Korea
Digital Realty Announces Opening Of First Data Center in South Korea
December 25, 2021

Digital Realty Announces Opening Of First Data Center in South Korea

Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10)

Digital Realty has announced the opening of its first data center in Seoul, South Korea. The new Digital Realty data center is called Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10). The 12MW capacity data center has multiple stories, and it covers a space of 22,000 square feet. This facility is also located in Seoul...

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Read Scala Data Centers to develop two hyperscale data centers in Brazil
Scala Data Centers to develop two hyperscale data centers in Brazil
December 24, 2021

Scala Data Centers to develop two hyperscale data centers in Brazil

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has broken ground on two new hyperscale facilities in Brazil. Scala DC was formed in 2020 by DigitalBridge for the sole purpose of developing hyperscale data centers in South America. Scala Data Centers will be developing the SP4 and SP5 hyperscale facilities in Barueri, Sao...

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Read Keppel Data Centres' green hydrogen supply chain feasibility study
Keppel Data Centres' green hydrogen supply chain feasibility study
December 24, 2021

Keppel Data Centres' green hydrogen supply chain feasibility study

Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel Data Centres has announced it has teamed up with Woodside, Japan's Osaka Gas business division in Singapore, City Energy and City-OG Gas Energy Services, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), to study the feasibility of a liquid hydrogen supply chain from Western Aust...

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Read Prince William County’s environmental officials reject rural crescent data center plan
Prince William County’s environmental officials reject rural crescent data center plan
December 24, 2021

Prince William County’s environmental officials reject rural crescent data center plan

Northern Virginia

Recently, Prince William County’s environmental officials announced that they were recommending that the request to replan 2,133-acres in the rural crescent for data centers should be rejected. The watershed management division has argued that the replan would be significantly detrimental to t...

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