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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

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Read GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences
GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences
July 14, 2021

GI Partners new ETS Fund to target data centers and life sciences

GI Partners

GI Partners has launched the GI Real Estate Essential Tech + Science Fund (ETS Fund), which will look to acquire data center properties and life sciences assets. The fund will also focus on always-on R&D facilities in the office and industrial sectors. Former president of Infomart, John...

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Read EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns
EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns
July 14, 2021

EngineNode data center gets green light despite environmental concerns

EngineNode

Another environmental controversy has arisen in Ireland, as Ireland’s planning board, An Bord Pleanála dismissed complaints by locals and environmental groups, granting EngineNode permission to build data center in Bracetown and Gunnocks, County Meath, Ireland. The building plan first submitte...

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Read Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center
Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center
July 14, 2021

Senegal pushes for digital sovereignty with new government data center

Senegal

Senegal has announced that it is moving all government and data applications into a new government data center to achieve “digital sovereignty”. Named the Diamniadio National Datacenter and worth 46 billion CFA francs ($18.2 million), it was financed with a Chinese loan.The facility has a host...

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Read Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas
July 13, 2021

Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio

According to recent documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Microsoft has applied to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas. The data centers will have a total space of 350,000 square feet. It will also cost over $200 million. The construction of ...

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Read Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico
Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico
July 13, 2021

Telmex opens fifth data center in Mexico

Telmex Cancun

Telmex, a Mexican telco, has opened a new data center in Cancún, Mexico. The Company first announced that it was opening this data center in August 2020. Besides, according to El Economista, Telmex chose Cancún to access the Equinix-operated NAP of the Americas IEX in Miami via submarine cable...

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Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
July 13, 2021

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

Amazon AWS

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway.This is not the on...

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Read TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
July 13, 2021

TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin

Echelon Clondalkin

According to The Sunday Business Post, TikTok plans to lease space at the Echelon data center campus in Clondalkin for its new Irish data center. According to the different sources of the Sunday Business Post, TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, will use the Clondalkin campus as its m...

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Read Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus
Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus
July 12, 2021

Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus

DATA4 Group

French data center firm, Data4 is planning to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in its new Poland campus. According to Les Echos, Data4 wants to expand in Poland, and it will be investing over €100 million ($118m) within three years. It will also be investing up to €200 million ($237...

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Read Unisys to close two data centers in New Zealand in 2022
Unisys to close two data centers in New Zealand in 2022
July 10, 2021

Unisys to close two data centers in New Zealand in 2022

Unisys

Unisys says it will be closing two of its data centers in New Zealand in 2022. The two data centers in question are the Kapiti and Auckland data centers. According to Reseller News, the Company said since new technologies evolve, it has to evolve too. Unisys was also quoted to have said, “T...

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Read 3SIIF fund has €1 billion($1.9 billion) to spend, including on digital infrastructure
July 10, 2021

3SIIF fund has €1 billion($1.9 billion) to spend, including on digital infrastructure

Eastern Europe

The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF), an investment fund backed by some state-owned banks, has over €1 billion ($1.9 billion) to spend in the Eastern Europe region, digital infrastructure inclusive. 3SIIF was established in 2019, and it focuses on investing in critical infrastr...

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Read Sabey Data Centers issues $175 million in securitized notes
Sabey Data Centers issues $175 million in securitized notes
July 10, 2021

Sabey Data Centers issues $175 million in securitized notes

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers announced that it has raised $175 million by issuing securitized notes at a coupon rate of 1.881%. By offering the notes at 1.881%, Sabey has set a record for the lowest new issue spread to benchmark rates. Also, Sabey Data Centers says it is the only data center issuer t...

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Read Raxio to build Tier III data center in Mozambique
Raxio to build Tier III data center in Mozambique
July 09, 2021

Raxio to build Tier III data center in Mozambique

Raxio Mozambique

Raxio Group has announced that it will build a data center in Mozambique. The data center will be a 1.5MW capacity data center. It will also be the first privately owned Tier III carrier-neutral data center in the country. The facility will be in the Beluluane Industrial Park, outside Maput...

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Read Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin
Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin
July 08, 2021

Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin

Vantage Berlin BER1

As part of its ongoing $2 billion European expansion plan, Vantage Data Centers has broken ground on data center campuses in Berlin, Germany and Warsaw, Poland. As part of this expansion plan, the Company has opened facilities in locations in Wales and Germany.The Warsaw facility dubbed the WA...

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Read Turkcell announces acquisition of 18MW wind farm in Turkey
Turkcell announces acquisition of 18MW wind farm in Turkey
July 08, 2021

Turkcell announces acquisition of 18MW wind farm in Turkey

Turkcell

Turkcell, a Turkish telecoms company with a portfolio of 26 data centers, has announced that its subsidiary Turkcell Enerji, has acquired Boyut Grup Enerji, which owns İzmir Karadağ Wind Power Plant.The deal worth $29.6 million means that Turkcell now has access to 18MW of wind farm energy. T...

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Read Iron Mountain to buy Keppel's 10MW Frankfurt data center for €76m ($90 million)
Iron Mountain to buy Keppel's 10MW Frankfurt data center for €76m ($90 million)
July 08, 2021

Iron Mountain to buy Keppel's 10MW Frankfurt data center for €76m ($90 million)

Iron Mountain Frankfurt FRA-2

Iron Mountain has announced it will buy Keppel’s 10MW Frankfurt data center for €76m ($90 million). The Keppel DC FRA1 facility was initially announced in 2016 and opened in 2018. Keppel also paid €76m in 2016 to acquire the facility. Keppel DC FRA1 is a two-story building with 20,000 square m...

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Read IPI Partners to buy Nordic data center firm, DigiPlex
IPI Partners to buy Nordic data center firm, DigiPlex
July 08, 2021

IPI Partners to buy Nordic data center firm, DigiPlex

IPI Partners

IPI Partners is to acquire DigiPlex, a Nordic data center operator. DigiPlex as a data center operator, has 8 data centers in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. These facilities have a total white space of 230,000 square feet (21,000 square meters) and 40MW of capacity. This acquisition comes aft...

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Read AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas
AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas
July 08, 2021

AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services just launched its new Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas. Customers can now deliver applications that need single-digit millisecond latency to both on-premises installations and end-users in Philadelphia and Dallas with these local zones. AWS Local Zones are infrastr...

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Read Bailard sells Comcast-occupied data center in Maryland for $14.85 million
Bailard sells Comcast-occupied data center in Maryland for $14.85 million
July 08, 2021

Bailard sells Comcast-occupied data center in Maryland for $14.85 million

Comcast Nottingham

Bailard, an investment management firm, just sold a data center and office property in Maryland for $14.85 million. It is a two-story 66,000 square-foot property currently occupied by Comcast. The building is also located at 8031 Corporate Drive in White Marsh, Maryland.CEO of Bailard Real Est...

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Read Amazon's second Drogheda data center jeopardizes environmental targets
Amazon's second Drogheda data center jeopardizes environmental targets
July 07, 2021

Amazon's second Drogheda data center jeopardizes environmental targets

Hyperscale Data Center

An Taisce, the Irish National Trust, have rallied against Amazon building its second data center on its Drogheda site in County Meath. Although the facility was given the go-ahead in June, the Irish planning board is now awaiting an appeal by the environmental group. It says that the authoriti...

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Read STT Telemedia opens its 40MW data center in Loyang, Singapore
STT Telemedia opens its 40MW data center in Loyang, Singapore
July 07, 2021

STT Telemedia opens its 40MW data center in Loyang, Singapore

STT Singapore 6

St Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has finally opened its Loyang facility in Singapore. In 2018, the Company announced that it would open the facility in mid-2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic caused a lot of construction delays. However, STT GDC says it reduced the effects by pr...

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