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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 Oracle opens another cloud region in UAE
Oracle opens another cloud region in UAE
November 10, 2021

Oracle opens another cloud region in UAE

Oracle

Oracle has announced the opening of a cloud region in Abu Dhabi, making it the firm’s second cloud region in the United Arab Emirates. The company opened its first cloud region in the UAE in 2020 after opening a facility in partnership with Etisalat in 2019. Oracle now has four cloud facilitie...

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Read Databank moves into Ashburn, Virginia
Databank moves into Ashburn, Virginia
November 10, 2021

Databank moves into Ashburn, Virginia

DataBank

Databank has announced that it is breaking ground on a new facility in Ashburn, Northern Virginia. This data center, IAD3, will initially have a capacity of 4MW of capacity expandable to 40MW and will span 200,000 sq ft (18,600 sqm). According to the company, the facility will be ready for ser...

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Read Validus to build crypto/HPC data center in Canada
Validus to build crypto/HPC data center in Canada
November 09, 2021

Validus to build crypto/HPC data center in Canada

Validus Power

Validus Power has revealed that it is building a cryptocurrency mining facility. It will also be reactivating a mothballed gas power plant in Canada. The firm says it plans to develop a 3,000 square meter (32,000 square feet) high-performance compute hosting facility at the Kapuskasing cycle p...

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Read Hetzner completes expansion at Finnish campus, starts work on two more
Hetzner completes expansion at Finnish campus, starts work on two more
November 09, 2021

Hetzner completes expansion at Finnish campus, starts work on two more

Hetzner Finland

German cloud and hosting firm Hetzner has completed the expansion of its Finish data center campus. It has also broken ground on other buildings on the same campus. Earlier in July, Hetzner completed the development of a new building at the Tuusula campus which is to the north of Helsinki. ...

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Read Augusta data center plans curbed
Augusta data center plans curbed
November 09, 2021

Augusta data center plans curbed

Georgia

A data center proposed for the site of a former cotton mill in Augusta, Georgia, is no longer ahead. Back in 2016, Cape Augusta Real Estate Development announced redevelopment plans for the site and outlined the project would go ahead under the name ‘Augusta Cyberworks.’ Original plans for the...

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Read AWS's $35billion investment in Virginia
AWS's $35billion investment in Virginia
November 09, 2021

AWS's $35billion investment in Virginia

Amazon AWS

Between 2011 and 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) injected $35 billion into its cloud computing infrastructure in Northern Virginia, which is a hub for data centers and the largest single concentration of corporate data centers globally. This information was released by a recent report by the t...

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Read DataBank to open new data in Minnesota
DataBank to open new data in Minnesota
November 08, 2021

DataBank to open new data in Minnesota

DataBank Brooklyn Park MSP3

DataBank has announced the launch of a new data center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 86,000 square feet carrier-neutral MSP3 facility is located in Brooklyn Park. MSP3 is DataBank’s fourth Minneapolis data center, and it is built to Tier III standards. The first phase of the facility ...

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Read Orion Stellar announces launch of new data center in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Orion Stellar announces launch of new data center in Colombo, Sri Lanka
November 08, 2021

Orion Stellar announces launch of new data center in Colombo, Sri Lanka

OrionStellar Colombo

Orion Stellar has opened a new carrier-neutral colocation data center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, called OrionStellar Data Center. The facility is built to Tier-III standards. It also has 1.5MW of capacity with space for up to 200 racks and a PUE of 1.4. Orion Stellar was founded this year, and ...

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Read Smartfren makes significant expansion in Indonesia
Smartfren makes significant expansion in Indonesia
November 08, 2021

Smartfren makes significant expansion in Indonesia

Indonesia

Smartfren has announced that it is teaming up with UAE technology firm G42 to build a 1,000MW data center in Indonesia. Smartfren signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with G42 to develop the project, and this signing was attended by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and the Crown Pri...

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Read Crusoe's technology cuts data center CO2 emissions
Crusoe's technology cuts data center CO2 emissions
November 05, 2021

Crusoe's technology cuts data center CO2 emissions

Crusoe

In an effort to push forward the climate agenda as reliance on data and data centers increases, Crusoe energy has launched its new sustainable Data Center Services. According to the company, through utilizing its Digital Flare Mitigation technology, methane emissions can be reduced by 98%, and...

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Read Facebook plans massive $29-34 billion CAPEX
Facebook plans massive $29-34 billion CAPEX
November 05, 2021

Facebook plans massive $29-34 billion CAPEX

Meta

Facebook says it plans to spend between $29 billion and $34 billion on capital investments in 2022. This is an increase from the social media giant’s $19 billion spend this year. Chief Financial Officer at Facebook, David Wehner, says the rise in expenditure was due to investments in servers, ...

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Read eStruxture to Open second data center in Calgary
eStruxture to Open second data center in Calgary
November 05, 2021

eStruxture to Open second data center in Calgary

eStruxture CAL-2

eStruxture has revealed its plans for a new data center facility in Calgary, Canada. The facility will be called CAL-2, and it will be located in Balzac, north of Alberta city. The facility will have 93,000 square feet of space with 30MW of capacity. eStruxture will also build the facility ...

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Read AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney
AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney
November 05, 2021

AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney

AirTrunk

AirTrunk has revealed its plans for a new 320MW data center campus in Sydney. Upon completion, the facility will be the largest single hyperscale data center campus in the Asia Pacific region outside of China. The facility will be called SYD3, and it will be located in western Sydney. SYD3 ...

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Read Leading Edge DC opens new data center in Tamworth, Australia
November 05, 2021

Leading Edge DC opens new data center in Tamworth, Australia

Australia

Leading Edge DC, an Australian Edge data center firm, has announced the opening of a new facility in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. The company revealed the development in a LinkedIn post. It said: "We're Open for Business in Tamworth! A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of t...

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Read CIM Group sells four data centers to 1547 and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital
CIM Group sells four data centers to 1547 and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital
November 05, 2021

CIM Group sells four data centers to 1547 and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital

1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven)

CIM Group has completed the sale of four US data centers. The Real estate firm owned the portfolio of data centers with fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547). Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and 1547 bought the facilities from CIM Group. The facilities are located in Cheyenne, W...

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Read Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing
Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing
November 05, 2021

Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has raised $530 million in securitized notes. The funds it raised would be used to refinance Vantage DC’s Variable Funding Note (VFN) facility. VFN was used to facilitate the purchase of CA22. Vantage Stabilized Data Centers, a joint venture Vantag...

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Read NorthC group acquires IP Exchange
NorthC group acquires IP Exchange
November 05, 2021

NorthC group acquires IP Exchange

NorthC Datacenters

The largest regional colocation provider in the Netherlands, NorthC, has completed the acquisition of Germany’s IP Exchange. The acquisition sees NorthC expand into Germany for the first time. With the acquisition, NorthC has two data centers in Munich and Nuremberg. The purchase price for the...

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Read Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK
Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK
November 04, 2021

Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK

Yondr: Slough Campus

Yondr Group has revealed its plans to develop a hyperscale data center campus in Slough, just outside London. The initial phase of the development of the data center campus will see Yondr develop a 30MW facility. This phase is scheduled to be in operation by the first quarter of 2023. In ad...

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Read MC Digital Realty open data centers in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan
MC Digital Realty open data centers in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan
November 04, 2021

MC Digital Realty open data centers in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan

MC Digital Osaka Connected Campus (KIX)

The joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and Digital Realty called MC Digital Realty has opened data centers in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. The Tokyo facility is called NRT10, and it offers 38MW of capacity across 407,400 square feet (37,850 square meters). NRT10 is the company’s third ...

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Read Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy
Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy
November 04, 2021

Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

Google

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue globally, and data centers, which typically guzzle around 3-5 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of the water usage by 30,000-50,000 people, are adding to the problem. As the climate issue worsens and big tech companies continue to...

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