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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 Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill
Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill
March 31, 2023

Amazon and Oregon's clean energy bill

Amazon AWS

In Oregon, House Bill 2816, aims to require data centers to utilize renewable energy and reduce their carbon emissions and Amazon is fighting it. The giant has reportedly been lobbying against the bill since it was first introduced, despite its big green pledges and commitment to reach zero ca...

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Read OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers
OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers
March 31, 2023

OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers

France

OVHcloud has announced that it will release a full report of Scope 3 emissions produced by its cloud usage beginning this summer. Scope 3 emissions are those which are produced by a company indirectly up and down its value chain, and are increasingly coming under scrutiny. Despite flying under...

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Read HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany
HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany
March 30, 2023

HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

HOCHTIEF and infrastructure investor Palladio Partners have announced they have partnered to jointly build and operate a sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Work on the 9,000-square-meter site in the Heiligenhaus Innovation Park is to commence t...

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Read Ascenty joins UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil
Ascenty joins UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil
March 30, 2023

Ascenty joins UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil

Ascenty

Ascenty is the latest signatory of the UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil, it has been announced. The Global Compact is a voluntary initiative that launched back in 2000 which encourages companies to adopt and promote ten universally accepted principles on human righ...

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Read Microsoft purchases carbon removal credits from CarbonCapture
Microsoft purchases carbon removal credits from CarbonCapture
March 29, 2023

Microsoft purchases carbon removal credits from CarbonCapture

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is the latest company to invest in the potential of carbon capture, with the recent announcement that it will buy "carbon removal credits" from CarbonCapture. The company is the owner of Project Bison, which is a direct air capture (DAC) plant in Wyoming, set to open next year. The ...

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Read QScale signs deal with Energir Development (Energir) for waste heat recovery in Quebec, Canada
QScale signs deal with Energir Development (Energir) for waste heat recovery in Quebec, Canada
March 29, 2023

QScale signs deal with Energir Development (Energir) for waste heat recovery in Quebec, Canada

QScale

QScale has announced that it has partnered with Énergir Development for waste heat recovery at the Q01 Campus currently under construction in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. It aims to become one of the largest waste heat recovery providers of its kind in the region. QScale will reportedly supply free...

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Read GDS and TNB announce partnership
GDS and TNB announce partnership
March 29, 2023

GDS and TNB announce partnership

GDS Services Ltd

GDS has announced that it has signed a supplemental agreement with Malaysia-based utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to power its data center campus in Malaysia. Through the Electricity Supply Agreement (ESA), the company's Nusajaya Tech Park Phase 1 Data Centers will start operations ...

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Read Keepit powers all its data centers in the Americas and EMEA with 100% renewable energy
Keepit powers all its data centers in the Americas and EMEA with 100% renewable energy
March 29, 2023

Keepit powers all its data centers in the Americas and EMEA with 100% renewable energy

Americas

Keepit has announced it has achieved 100% renewable energy across its data centers located in the Americas and EMEA; it currently operates ten data centers across the U.S., Canada, Germany, the UK, and Denmark. The energy sources that will be utilized come under local renewable energy guarante...

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Read EdgeConneX secures $3.3 Billion in sustainability-linked financing
EdgeConneX secures $3.3 Billion in sustainability-linked financing
March 29, 2023

EdgeConneX secures $3.3 Billion in sustainability-linked financing

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has successfully executed $3.3 billion in “innovative” sustainability-linked financing, which it said will enable the development of critical digital infrastructure to support customers' global data center requirements. For this, JGlobal awarded the company wi...

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Read The Green Grid (TGG)'s new tool to tackle data center power consumption
The Green Grid (TGG)'s new tool to tackle data center power consumption
March 28, 2023

The Green Grid (TGG)'s new tool to tackle data center power consumption

United States

The Green Grid (TGG) recently announced the launch of its updated tool, which it says will boost data center power consumption by 50%. Total Cost of Ownership Calculation Tool – dubbed tggTCO, reportedly enables the analysis of different liquid cooling methods' impact on a data center's financ...

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Read nLighten to provide waste heat to City of Eschborn
nLighten to provide waste heat to City of Eschborn
March 27, 2023

nLighten to provide waste heat to City of Eschborn

Germany / Deutschland

Joining the swathe of data center operators pushing forward circular economy principles, nLighten recently signed a Letter of Intent with the City of Eschborn and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmBH (GIZ) to provide its data center waste-heat for reuse. The company...

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Read Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs
Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs
March 27, 2023

Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs

Google

Google has announced the development of a new Request for Proposal (RFP) system in collaboration with LevelTen Energy which it said will reduce the time required to sign a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). This development comes from Google to simplify RFPs for PPAs which it said are "lengthy, ...

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Read ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030
ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030
March 27, 2023

ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

China

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which historically, has been criticized for not “keeping up with its peers,” has announced its pledge to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company has outlined that while it will seek to reduce its operational carbon footprint by 90%, it will rely o...

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Read Meta signs PPA in Texas
Meta signs PPA in Texas
March 23, 2023

Meta signs PPA in Texas

Meta

Meta has announced that it has signed a new PPA for solar energy. The PPA, with Avangrid, will see the giant source 240MW of energy from the True North solar farm which is currently under development in Falls County, Texas, the former's first in the state. The solar farm is set to launch in e...

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Read Nokia involved in ocean plastic prevention project
Nokia involved in ocean plastic prevention project
March 22, 2023

Nokia involved in ocean plastic prevention project

Netherlands

Nokia has outlined its involvement in a project to prevent ocean plastic pollution as part of The Ocean Cleanup project, which is a non-profit organisation that seeks to extract ocean plastic pollution through technological development. To help clear ocean plastic, the company has partnered wi...

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Read Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions
Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions
March 22, 2023

Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions

Northern Virginia

Residents in North Virginia had recently raised their concerns about the decision made by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to permit diesel generators to power data centers in the region. The DEQ announced that it would be looking into the permittance to preserve data center relia...

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Read Microsoft announces CO2 removal initiative with Running Tide
Microsoft announces CO2 removal initiative with Running Tide
March 21, 2023

Microsoft announces CO2 removal initiative with Running Tide

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is teaming up with Running Tide to remove 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from its operations. This will be done through Running Tide's carbon capture and removal technology, which utilizes photosynthesis and ocean alkalinity enhancement to fix carbon from the fast carbon cycle,...

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Read Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin
Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin
March 21, 2023

Amazon announces HVO adoption in Dublin

Amazon AWS

In Dublin, Ireland, AWS has announced it is turning to HVO for its backup generators at its data centers. It will work with companies like Certa in Ireland to help develop a global supply chain, in order to create a more "accessible, steady, and sustainable supply of HVO." Further, it is inves...

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Read Teraco announces solar farm investment plans
Teraco announces solar farm investment plans
March 20, 2023

Teraco announces solar farm investment plans

Teraco Data Environments

Teraco has announced plans to invest in a solar farm located in the City of Ekurhuleni in eastern Johannesburg, South Africa. This investment is in 100MW utility-scale solar farms, which are currently under development and located with the data center, which is reportedly close to signing a w...

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Read Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
March 17, 2023

Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

Equinix

Equinix, in another move in alignment with its sustainability goals, has announced the opening of a rooftop urban farm at its PA10 data center in Paris, France. Promoting circular economy principles, the company will use its servers' waste heat to heat the greenhouse, which was built by Reid ...

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