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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 Compass completes ROOT integration
Compass completes ROOT integration
May 06, 2020

Compass completes ROOT integration

Compass Datacenters

Compass has announced on their blog that they have completed the integration of the ROOT data centers. ROOT was acquired in July 2019. The announcement states, "Over the past few months, we’ve been hard at work integrating the two companies’ construction, operations, marketing, and sales teams...

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Read CoreSite raises $150 million in debt offering
CoreSite raises $150 million in debt offering
May 06, 2020

CoreSite raises $150 million in debt offering

CoreSite

CoreSite has raised $150M in a debt offering, via a private placement to accredited investors. According to CoreSite, the 3.75 percent Senior Notes are due in 2027. The company said the proceeds of the financing will go to refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes. 

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Read DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management
DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management
May 06, 2020

DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management

DartPoints

Majority Investment Will Accelerate Buy and Build Strategy Across North America - DartPoints is an owner and operator of edge colocation data centers, which offer secure and reliable infrastructure in close proximity to users, particularly beyond Tier I markets - Accomplished telecommunication...

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Read DRFortress Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Hawaii Telecommunications, Financial Industry Veteran (PR)
DRFortress Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Hawaii Telecommunications, Financial Industry Veteran (PR)
May 05, 2020

DRFortress Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Hawaii Telecommunications, Financial Industry Veteran (PR)

DRFortress

HONOLULU /PRNewswire/ -- DRFortress, the largest carrier-neutral data center and cloud marketplace operating in Hawaii, announces today that as it focuses on providing uninterrupted mission-critical technology to support the emergency communication infrastructure of Hawaii and the Pacific duri...

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Read DC BLOX hires David Armistead as VP of Sales
DC BLOX hires David Armistead as VP of Sales
May 05, 2020

DC BLOX hires David Armistead as VP of Sales

DC BLOX

DC BLOX has announced that it has hired David Armistead as their new Vice President of Sales.Armistead has spent 25 years in the industry at other companies in the industry including C Spire and SunGard. Links: Press Release David Armistead Linkedin

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Read Compass enters new market in Canada with Etobicoke Data Center
Compass enters new market in Canada with Etobicoke Data Center
May 05, 2020

Compass enters new market in Canada with Etobicoke Data Center

Centersquare: Etobicoke YYZ3

Compass Datacenters acquired an existing building and land in Etobicoke, Ontario to build a campus. Etobicoke is just West of Toronto. Costing $100 million USD, the first phase, the initial data hall will support 10MW of critical IT load when construction is completed in Q3 of 2020. The data c...

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Read Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus
Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus
May 04, 2020

Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus

Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon acquired a 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus. The lot is on the Northeastern corner of Beech Road Northwest and Jug Street. It's just to the north of its 68-acre New Albany campus.Amazon Data Services bought the new lot for $21.8 million on April 20.  The $195,000-an-acre p...

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Read NEXTDC signed 6MW in Victoria in the last month, Announces expansions
NEXTDC signed 6MW in Victoria in the last month, Announces expansions
May 01, 2020

NEXTDC signed 6MW in Victoria in the last month, Announces expansions

NEXTDC

NEXTDC announced it signed an additional 6 megawatts in Victoria. This is over and above the 27 MW of customer commitments that were announced in March 2020. The contracted customer commitments will support approximately 60 MW of growth in the state of Victoria, which represents the company's ...

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Read Sabey Data Centers Successfully Issues $800M in Securitized Notes (PR)
Sabey Data Centers Successfully Issues $800M in Securitized Notes (PR)
April 30, 2020

Sabey Data Centers Successfully Issues $800M in Securitized Notes (PR)

Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers, one of the largest privately-owned multi-tenant data center owner/developer/operators in the United States, announced today that it has completed a major financing by successfully completing its inaugural issuance of $800 million in securitized notes. Structured by Guggenhe...

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Read Northern Data AG announces acquisition of Canadian data center specialist Kelvin Emtech Group (PR)
Northern Data AG announces acquisition of Canadian data center specialist Kelvin Emtech Group (PR)
April 28, 2020

Northern Data AG announces acquisition of Canadian data center specialist Kelvin Emtech Group (PR)

Northern Data AG

Key step forward for existing strategy of expansion into Canada Continuing to accelerate North America growth and expansion Decisive and additive know-how for data centers construction Frankfurt am Main – April 28, 2020 – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87), one of the world’s ...

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Read Digital Colony Launches Scala, a Latin American Hyperscale Data Center Platform
Digital Colony Launches Scala, a Latin American Hyperscale Data Center Platform
April 23, 2020

Digital Colony Launches Scala, a Latin American Hyperscale Data Center Platform

Scala Data Centers

Partnering with Industry Veteran Marcos Peigo, Digital Colony Acquires Premium Data Center Assets from UOL Diveo BOCA RATON, Fla. & SAO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Colony Management, LLC (“Digital Colony” or the “Firm”), the digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital...

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Read InterXion and Digital announce a Large Campus in Paris with a Futuristic Design
InterXion and Digital announce a Large Campus in Paris with a Futuristic Design
April 22, 2020

InterXion and Digital announce a Large Campus in Paris with a Futuristic Design

Digital Realty: Paris Digital Park

Interxion has announced a new Paris data center campus. The new campus is located in La Corneuve, a suburb 9km (5.6 miles) North of the center of Paris. The exterior design has a sharp futuristic design that has some elements of the new Apple campus in California. The Interxion Paris Digital P...

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Read Northern Data AG announces new 100 MW US customer
Northern Data AG announces new 100 MW US customer
April 20, 2020

Northern Data AG announces new 100 MW US customer

Crypto Mining Data Center

First US-based customer for new Texas HPC-site Customer will invest 30 million USD for CAPEX in the first phase Frankfurt am Main – April 20, 2020 – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87), one of the world’s largest providers of high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, today an...

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Read The Nexus Group, Inc. Purchases Digital Crossing Networks in Knoxville
The Nexus Group, Inc. Purchases Digital Crossing Networks in Knoxville
April 15, 2020

The Nexus Group, Inc. Purchases Digital Crossing Networks in Knoxville

Nexus Group Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee, – The Nexus Group, Inc. (“Nexus”) announced today that it has purchased the operating assets of Digital Crossing Networks (“DCN”), East Tennessee’s most-established and reliable data center from its owners, Mr. Nadeem Siddiqi and Mr. Paul Sponcia. Nexus will continue to ...

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Read Landmark Dividend acquires eBay Paypal data center in Phoenix
April 15, 2020

Landmark Dividend acquires eBay Paypal data center in Phoenix

eBay Arizona

Landmark Dividend, an owner and developer of real property interests and digital infrastructures, has purchased the Paypal data center campus in Phoenix. PayPal sold the asset for $122 million.Acquisition of the 184,000-square-foot, 16-megawatt (MW) enterprise data center campus adds to Landm...

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Read Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
April 15, 2020

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

Google

Google has announced a significant slow down in new staff hires. Bloomberg published an email from CEO Sundar Pichai which details its plan to recalibrate hiring because of the economic slowdown. In 2019, Google hired 20,000 people and had planned to hire an additional 20,000 employees. The co...

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Read Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore
Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore
April 10, 2020

Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore

Digital Realty Singapore Loyang 2

Digital Realty has launched a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore. The new facility, Digital Loyang II (SIN12), is partially pre-leased to a major Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation, a global digital banking, fintech and sustainability company, and a leading gl...

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Read Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore
Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore
April 09, 2020

Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore

BDx Singapore SIN1

Big Data Exchange just got bigger. The carrier neutral, content-exchange company announced the completion of sale on a data center located in Paya Lebar, Singapore formerly owned by Telstra."Expanding into Singapore was our first choice outside of the greater China area and a strategic one on ...

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Read Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk
Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk
April 08, 2020

Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk

AirTrunk

Macquarie has finalized the acquisition of AirTrunk. The deal, which values AirTrunk at $1.9B (USD), was led by Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 (MAIF2) and other MIRA-managed partners. The 88% stake was acquired from Goldman Sachs, Sixth Street Partners (formerly TSSP) and from AirTrunk f...

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Read Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe
Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe
April 07, 2020

Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage has announced it is set to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), one of the largest data centres in Europe. The NGD campus is in the Cardiff Capital Region in South Wales.The acquisition provides Vantage with one of Europe’s largest data center campus totaling 180MW, including an existin...

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