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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 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 t...

August 01, 2026

Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

First Nation Opposes Proposed AI Data Center in Pocatello, Idaho

A Native American tribe is opposing plans for a $2.6 billion AI data center near Pocatello, Idaho. Lex Developments plans to build the facility on the site of the former Hoku Materials polysilicon plant in the southeastern Idaho city. The project was denied planning approval in May, but the compa...

July 13, 2026

Idaho

Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center Campus To 5GW

Meta plans to more than double its Richland Parish, Louisiana, data center campus to 5GW of capacity. The site, known as the Hyperion data center project, was previously planned as a 2GW development. Announced in late 2024, Hyperion was originally designed as a 4 million sq ft (372,000 sqm) campu...

July 13, 2026

Meta

Mara Acquires 1,200-Acre Texas Site for 2GW Data Center Campus

Cryptocurrency and AI data center developer Mara has agreed to acquire a powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas, from e-fuels company HIF USA. Located about 90 miles (144km) from Houston, the site covers more than 1,200 acres and is expected to provide up to 1GW of power capacity by October...

July 13, 2026

Texas

Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany

A new municipal data center is under construction in Meppen, Lower Saxony, Germany, as part of Emsland’s broader IT infrastructure upgrade. The €3.4 million ($3.8 million) facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, though local authorities have not disclosed its planned capacity. ...

July 11, 2026

Germany / Deutschland

Meeza Completes Data Center Expansion for Major Hyperscaler

Qatari data center operator Meeza has completed a 4MW expansion project for an unnamed global hyperscaler, delivering the facility nine months ahead of schedule. The project follows a QAR 350 million ($96 million) hosting agreement signed in 2025, under which Meeza will provide the customer with ...

July 11, 2026

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HyperDataGrid Eyes New Data Center Development Outside Lufkin, Texas

HyperDataGrid is planning a new data center outside Lufkin, Texas, at the former Northern Chip Mill site on Highway 103 West. The proposed facility would be developed on the 40-acre former timber processing site located along Ben Dunn Road. Angelina County Judge Keith Wright said HyperDataGrid...

July 10, 2026

Texas

TeraWulf Seeks $3.5 Billion to Build Data Center for Anthropic

TeraWulf is seeking approximately $3.5 billion in debt financing to support construction of its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, which will be leased to AI company Anthropic. According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley is expected to lead the financing package, which is likely to include...

July 10, 2026

Terawulf

Microsoft Reports 25% Rise in CO₂ Emissions Amid Data Center Expansion

Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy ce...

July 10, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan

Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat pu...

July 10, 2026

Equinix

Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada

Meta is planning a 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, marking the company’s first facility in Canada. The project represents a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investment and could scale up to 1.8GW of capacity. The AI-focused facility will use a closed-loop liquid cooling system and is ...

July 09, 2026

Meta

99MW Data Center Planned by Prologis in San Jose

Real estate firm Prologis is planning a 99MW data center in San Jose, California. The proposed three-story facility would span 516,000 sq ft (47,935 sqm) across a 15-acre site on Silver Creek Valley Road and include an on-site substation. Construction is expected to take around two years, with Pr...

July 09, 2026

California

20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas

A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid. The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen Creek Industrial Park for the proposed facility. The agreement allows HyperDataGrid to complete due...

July 09, 2026

Kansas

AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Eagle” will include four buildings on a roughly 2,700-acre site in Wharton County near FM 1301 and FM ...

July 08, 2026

Amazon AWS

Cyta Acquires RedMax Data Center in Cyprus

Cypriot telecommunications provider Cyta has acquired the RedMax data center in the Latsia Industrial Area near Nicosia. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. RedMax, an IT and telecoms company founded in 2004, launched the first phase of its RedOne data center in December 2025...

July 08, 2026

Cyprus

Duos Edge AI to Deliver 2MW of Data Center Capacity to Nistar

Duos Edge AI will provide 2MW of AI data center capacity to neocloud provider Nistar at its Columbus, Georgia, campus, increasing the site's total billed capacity to 12MW by the end of August. Nistar plans to deploy up to 1,024 Nvidia B200 GPUs and offer the infrastructure to AI and high-performa...

July 08, 2026

Duos Edge AI

Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project

Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backed by a secured 75MW grid connection. While details remain limited, the partners are pursuing sites i...

July 08, 2026

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Plans Filed for 100,000 sq ft Data Center Near Dallas, Texas

Plans have been filed for a new data center near Dallas, Texas. BT Gateway Data Center LLC has proposed a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) facility outside Royse City, with construction on the $384 million project scheduled to run from August 2026 to February 2027. Royse City is a suburb of Dallas in...

July 08, 2026

Texas

Orbital Proposes 10GW Space Data Center Network with 100,000 Satellites

Orbital Compute Inc. has filed with US regulators for permission to deploy up to 100,000 orbital data center (ODC) satellites over the coming years. The five-month-old space startup, which recently emerged from stealth with a $5 million pre-seed funding round, says the satellite constellation wou...

July 07, 2026

United States

Samsung Targets Q2 2028 Launch for Floating Data Center

Samsung is reportedly targeting the second quarter of 2028 to launch its floating data center (FDC) initiative. The company’s heavy industries division aims to secure customer orders by the launch date, with Samsung Heavy Industries pursuing multiple projects as it works toward commercializing th...

July 07, 2026

Samsung SDS

Proposed 99MW Data Center in Kern County, California

Applications have been submitted for the development of a 99 MW data center in California. The proposed facility would be located near the intersection of US Highway 395 and State Route 178 in Inyokern, an unincorporated community within Kern County, California. The single-story, 238,000 sq ft (2...

July 07, 2026

California

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