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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

New Jersey

Read Akamai Launches Managed Container Service
Akamai Launches Managed Container Service
February 26, 2025

Akamai Launches Managed Container Service

Akamai Technologies announced this week that it would be offering managed container services for companies seeking to run their workloads closer to users, devices, and sources of data. The offering will be available from the 700-plus cities where Akamai has servers located including more than ...

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Read Bavarian Governor Invests €270m in Data Center Expansion
Bavarian Governor Invests €270m in Data Center Expansion
February 25, 2025

Bavarian Governor Invests €270m in Data Center Expansion

Italian oil giant Eni has signed a Letter of Intent with investment firm MGX and G42 to develop up to 1GW of data centers in Italy. The first project is planned around Ferrera Erbognone, in Lombardy, Italy, already home to Eni’s own data center, and will be developed in two phases of up to 500...

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Read DataVolt to Develop Data Center in Riyadh
DataVolt to Develop Data Center in Riyadh
February 25, 2025

DataVolt to Develop Data Center in Riyadh

Saudi-based data center developer DataVolt is to build a facility in Riyadh. The company and the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) have agreed on land lease terms for the development of an AI-ready data center in Riyadh.“We are providing mission-critical digita...

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Read Sesterce Invests €450m in AI data Center in France
Sesterce Invests €450m in AI data Center in France
February 24, 2025

Sesterce Invests €450m in AI data Center in France

French cloud computing provider Sesterce is investing €450 million ($471.85m) into developing an AI data center set to be located in the Rovaltain business park in Valence Romans Agglo, and will house 40,000 GPUs for the training and deployment of AI. Works will commence in September 2025 with...

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Read Top Data Center News for 17th-22nd February 2025
Top Data Center News for 17th-22nd February 2025
February 24, 2025

Top Data Center News for 17th-22nd February 2025

Data center developer ImpactData has partnered with Raeden, signing a joint venture (JV) agreement to support the development of a 20MW turnkey colocation data center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jet.AI, a company that develops AI solutions for the aviation industry, is selling its aviation ...

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Read SemiQon Raises €17.5m for Quantum Computers
SemiQon Raises €17.5m for Quantum Computers
February 24, 2025

SemiQon Raises €17.5m for Quantum Computers

Finnish quantum startup SemiQon has raised €17.5 million ($18.3m) to support the development of cryogenic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) technology. €15m ($15.7m) was in equity and €2.5m ($2.6m) came from European Innovation Council grants.SemiQon unveiled its first cryo-CMOS t...

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Read Microsoft and Clearloop to Deploy Solar Power in Underserved US communities
Microsoft and Clearloop to Deploy Solar Power in Underserved US communities
February 24, 2025

Microsoft and Clearloop to Deploy Solar Power in Underserved US communities

Microsoft has partnered with Clearloop to deploy up to 100MW of solar projects over the next three years in historically underinvested communities across the US, spanning 20 socioeconomically diverse American communities, including in Arkansas and Louisiana.“We applaud Microsoft for using its ...

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Read Core Scientific Leases AUBix Data Center in Alabama
Core Scientific Leases AUBix Data Center in Alabama
February 24, 2025

Core Scientific Leases AUBix Data Center in Alabama

Data center firm Core Scientific which develops cryptomine and HPC data centers, this week announced plans for a facility in Auburn, Lee County. The company said its Auburn data center will housed within the existing AUBix facility at 1571 W Samford Avenue. It will launch with a capacity of 16...

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Read ImpactData Partners with Raeden for Greensboro Data Center
ImpactData Partners with Raeden for Greensboro Data Center
February 22, 2025

ImpactData Partners with Raeden for Greensboro Data Center

Data center developer ImpactData has partnered with Raeden, signing a joint venture (JV) agreement to support the development of a 20MW turnkey colocation data center in Greensboro, North Carolina.“ImpactData’s strong efforts to obtain readily buildable land and near-term deliverable power fro...

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Read BitFuFu Acquires 51MW Data Center in Oklahoma
BitFuFu Acquires 51MW Data Center in Oklahoma
February 22, 2025

BitFuFu Acquires 51MW Data Center in Oklahoma

Cryptomining firm BitFuFu this week announced it has signed a definitive agreement and acquired a majority ownership in a 51MW operational Bitcoin mining data center in Oklahoma. The transaction was funded with cash from BitFuFu’s balance sheet and common stock.“We have made significant progre...

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Read Jet.AI Pivots to Data Center Development
Jet.AI Pivots to Data Center Development
February 22, 2025

Jet.AI Pivots to Data Center Development

Jet.AI, a company that develops AI solutions for the aviation industry, is selling its aviation business and pivoting to developing data centers. The company is in the process of planning a 50MW facility around Las Vegas for its debut project. FlyExclusive will acquire the business in conjunct...

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Read Aphorio Carter Acquires Two Enterprise Data Centers in Kentucky
Aphorio Carter Acquires Two Enterprise Data Centers in Kentucky
February 21, 2025

Aphorio Carter Acquires Two Enterprise Data Centers in Kentucky

Data center investment firm Aphorio Carter this week announced the acquisition of data centers in Louisville and Simpsonville for a combined purchase price of approximately $35 million. The two properties operate as enterprise data centers occupied by the same Fortune 200 tenant.Each data cent...

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Read Machine Investment Acquires Two Printing Press Sites in Pennsylvania
Machine Investment Acquires Two Printing Press Sites in Pennsylvania
February 21, 2025

Machine Investment Acquires Two Printing Press Sites in Pennsylvania

Machine Investment Group and its affiliates this week announced the purchase of two former LSC Communications industrial facilities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to be redeveloped into data centers. The two separate locations, totaling more than two million square feet will be redeveloped into da...

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Read Bitfarms Explores Pivot to HPC and AI
Bitfarms Explores Pivot to HPC and AI
February 21, 2025

Bitfarms Explores Pivot to HPC and AI

Bitfarms last week announced it had tapped Appleby Strategy Group (ASG) and World Wide Technology (WWT), to conduct a comprehensive feasibility analysis on all its North American sites and advise on its global HPC/AI strategy. According to the company, ASG and WWT are evaluating Bitfarms’ ener...

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Read Nordik DC Partners with Accelsius for New Data Center
Nordik DC Partners with Accelsius for New Data Center
February 21, 2025

Nordik DC Partners with Accelsius for New Data Center

Direct-to-chip cooling specialist Accelsius has partnered with Nordik Data Centers to build an AI data center in Montreal, Canada. The company said it has more than two million sq ft (185,800 sqm) of “ready to develop land," fully equipped with infrastructure and redundant fiber connectivity. ...

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Read AREP Closes $309 Million Data Center Investment Fund
AREP Closes $309 Million Data Center Investment Fund
February 21, 2025

AREP Closes $309 Million Data Center Investment Fund

American Real Estate Partners (AREP), an institutional real estate fund manager and operating company, this week announced the closing of its fourth real estate GP fund, AREP Strategic Opportunity Fund IV with $309 million in equity commitments.“This $309 million raise signals both tremendous ...

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Read Vantage to Rezone Farmland in Indiana for Data Center
Vantage to Rezone Farmland in Indiana for Data Center
February 20, 2025

Vantage to Rezone Farmland in Indiana for Data Center

Vantage Data Centers is asking to rezone the Smith Family Farms land, a 618 acres of farmland as "warehouse industrial," and intends to use 285 acres of the parcel for data center development. Plans for the remaining land have not been shared.At least three data center buildings will be develo...

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Read STMicroelectronics Unveils New Data Center Photonics Chip
STMicroelectronics Unveils New Data Center Photonics Chip
February 20, 2025

STMicroelectronics Unveils New Data Center Photonics Chip

STMicroelectronics has launched a new data center photonics chip, developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The PIC100 chip was developed to support incoming 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps optical interconnects across all workloads, including artificial intelligence (AI).“AI is changing ...

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Read Fluidstack Signs MoU for 1GW AI Supercomputer
Fluidstack Signs MoU for 1GW AI Supercomputer
February 19, 2025

Fluidstack Signs MoU for 1GW AI Supercomputer

GPU cloud provider Fluidstack has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French government to build an AI supercomputer in the country which will be one of the world’s largest low-carbon AI supercomputers. The facility set to house the system will offer 1GW of dedicated AI compute and w...

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Read Infleqtion Demonstrates UK’s Largest Quantum Neutral Atom Array
Infleqtion Demonstrates UK’s Largest Quantum Neutral Atom Array
February 19, 2025

Infleqtion Demonstrates UK’s Largest Quantum Neutral Atom Array

Quantum component manufacturer Infleqtion has successfully demonstrated a 16x16 neutral atom array, the largest reported array of its kind in the UK, a step which the company notes is crucial toward building scalable quantum processors capable of supporting fault-tolerant quantum computing.“We...

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