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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 Ascenty opens two data centers in Rio & Hortolândia, Brazil
Ascenty opens two data centers in Rio & Hortolândia, Brazil
December 15, 2021

Ascenty opens two data centers in Rio & Hortolândia, Brazil

Ascenty Rio de Janeiro

Ascenty has announced the opening of two new data centers in Hortolândia and Janeiro, Brazil. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Digital Realty jointly own the data center firm. Ascenty opened its second data center at its RIO campus with 3MW of power and 3,000 square meters (32,300 square...

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Read VNET to form JV with Sovereign Wealth Fund to develop hyperscale data centers in China
December 15, 2021

VNET to form JV with Sovereign Wealth Fund to develop hyperscale data centers in China

China

VNET, formerly known as 21Vianet, has launched a joint venture with an unrevealed sovereign wealth fund to build and operate hyperscale data centers in China. The agreement will see VNET create individual project companies that will develop each data center. Upon completing the data centers, V...

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Read OVHcloud's solar PPA with EDF
OVHcloud's solar PPA with EDF
December 15, 2021

OVHcloud's solar PPA with EDF

OVH Group

OVHcloud has announced it has signed a 15-year renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDF Renewables, whereby the energy company will supply electricity from its 50MW solar power plant, located in the south of France. The solar plant is expected to be operational by 2024“We are proud to...

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Read AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta
AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta
December 15, 2021

AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been created to support the 'fast-growing startup ecosystem, large Indonesian enterprises, and government agencies.'The region is now the tenth active in the Asia Pacific and mainland China after Beijing, Hong K...

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Read New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced
New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced
December 15, 2021

New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced

Equinix

The European Clean Hydrogen Partnership has announced its €2.5 million EcoEdge PrimePower project (E2P2). The tech consortium making up the partnership includes Equinix, InfraPrime, RISE, Snam, SolidPower, TEC4FUELS and Vertiv. Together, they will pursue the development of low-carbon fuel cell...

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Read CloudHQ to buy United Airlines' Mount Prospect campus for mega data center development
December 15, 2021

CloudHQ to buy United Airlines' Mount Prospect campus for mega data center development

CloudHQ

According to Journal & Topics, CloudHQ has acquired United Airlines’ office campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Report has it that CloudHQ bought the property to make way for the development of a new 1.5 million square feet, $2.5 billion data center. Bill Cooney, the Development Directo...

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Read 365 Data Centers completes round of debt refinancing
365 Data Centers completes round of debt refinancing
December 14, 2021

365 Data Centers completes round of debt refinancing

365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers has announced that it completed a round of debt refinancing while also raising new funds. The firm refinanced all its existing debt. It also secured more funds from ING Capital LLC, TD Securities, CIT Group, Boundary Street Capital, and Regions Capital Markets. 365 Data Center...

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Read Cologix plans to raise $1.1 billion through ABS notes
Cologix plans to raise $1.1 billion through ABS notes
December 14, 2021

Cologix plans to raise $1.1 billion through ABS notes

Cologix

According to Asset Securitization Report, Cologix is planning to raise funds through a $1.1 billion securitization. Cologix will be issuing Asset-Backed Security notes by using proceeds from seventeen properties as backing. According to filings with the Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Deutsche Bank ...

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Read D9 Infrastructure buys landing station and data center in Newcastle for £15 million
D9 Infrastructure buys landing station and data center in Newcastle for £15 million
December 14, 2021

D9 Infrastructure buys landing station and data center in Newcastle for £15 million

Digital 9 Infrastructure

Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) has completed the acquisition of a subsea fiber landing station and a Stellium-operated data center in Newcastle, UK. D9 revealed that it bought SeaEdge UK1 for £15 million. Interestingly, the site has a 10.6MW capacity data center. Besides, SeaEdge UK1 is the onl...

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Read Severfarm moves into Middle East
Severfarm moves into Middle East
December 14, 2021

Severfarm moves into Middle East

Serverfarm Israel ISR3

Severfarm has announced its expansion into the Middle East with the development of ISR3, its first hyperscale facility in Israel. The facility will have 9MW of critical capacity, supporting Israel's "accelerating digital economy" and launch in the latter half of 2022.Currently, the company's o...

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Read Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022
Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022
December 14, 2021

Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022

NTT

NTT has announced that it is “on track” to complete the turnkey data center development of its Johannesburg 1 Data Centre, located at Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand, by early next year.The facility, developed by Growthpoint, includes 6,000sqm of IT space and features “high-end off...

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Read NextDC moves into Queensland's Sunshine Coast
NextDC moves into Queensland's Sunshine Coast
December 14, 2021

NextDC moves into Queensland's Sunshine Coast

NEXTDC

NextDC has acquired an Edge data center site located in Maroochydore, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. The planned SC1 facility will have a capacity of 1MW. The facility will also be the landing station for the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Network (SCIBN), which connects to the 7000k...

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Read Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions
Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions
December 13, 2021

Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions

Aligned

Aligned, Ascent, Corscale, and T5 have all announced that they will be using Ledger8760's 24x7 tracking platform to record their carbon emissions' hour-by-hour. This tracking system will reportedly enable companies to be more transparent about their energy and utility data, and crucially, emi...

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Read Orange's €50 million Orange Nature carbon fund
Orange's €50 million Orange Nature carbon fund
December 13, 2021

Orange's €50 million Orange Nature carbon fund

Orange

Orange has announced the launch of a €50 million ($56.3m) carbon fund, which will finance reforestation and ecological restoration projects in partnership with Mirova (Natixis Investment Managers). This announcement is in line with the company's Net Zero Carbon by 2040 environmental strategy, ...

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Read SeverFarm becomes signatory of European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact
SeverFarm becomes signatory of European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact
December 13, 2021

SeverFarm becomes signatory of European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact

ServerFarm Realty

ServerFarm is the latest signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Center Pact (CNDCP), a pact that commits signatories to become climate neutral by 2030. Achieving this goal will involve the company reducing the emissions its operations produce. Alongside joining the CNDCP, the company has also ...

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Read Empyrion DC buys a 12.5MW data center in Singapore
Empyrion DC buys a 12.5MW data center in Singapore
December 13, 2021

Empyrion DC buys a 12.5MW data center in Singapore

Empyrion (DoDid) Singapore

Empyrion DC of Singapore has completed the acquisition of Dodid Pte. Ltd. and its data center in Singapore. The data center acquired offers 113,000 square feet (10,500 square meters) of space. It is also a Tier III certified data center with 12.5MW of capacity. Although the terms of the deal w...

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Read Meta/Facebook is expanding its Odense data center campus in Denmark
Meta/Facebook is expanding its Odense data center campus in Denmark
December 13, 2021

Meta/Facebook is expanding its Odense data center campus in Denmark

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, plans to expand its Odense data center campus in Denmark. Meta says it will be adding two buildings with a total space of 969,000 square feet (90,000 square meters). The addition will bring the total floor space at the facility to up to 2.1 million square m...

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Read Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia
Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia
December 10, 2021

Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia

Equinix

Equinix has announced that its PE3 data center in Perth, Australia, has launched, the third IBX facility in the city. According to reports, the first phase of the project provides a capacity of 700 cabinets spanning 1,830 sqm (38,600 sqtf), following an investment of US$54 million (A$71.7 mill...

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Read Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines
Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines
December 10, 2021

Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines

Digital Edge Narra1 (MNL1)

Digital Edge is forming a joint venture with the Philippines real estate company Threadborne Group to develop a 10MW data center in Manila, the Philippines. Both companies will be investing $100 million in the under-construction Digital Edge facility scheduled to be in operation in 2022. The f...

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Read Hickory DC is developing a 72MW data center in Melbourne
December 10, 2021

Hickory DC is developing a 72MW data center in Melbourne

Melbourne

Australian real estate development company Hickory has begun construction on its first data center in Melbourne. The company first revealed plans for the data center in June. The facility will be located on a 3.5-hectare site in Truganina, West Melbourne. The data center was to have 269,000 sq...

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