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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

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Read Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK
Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK
February 28, 2023

Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK

Vodafone

Vodafone has announced the signing of a new PPA with Centrica and Mytilineos for solar power in the UK. The 10-year deal signed by the companies will see the telco procure energy from five solar farms in Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Dorset. In total, the energ...

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Read NTT DATA to test exterior solar cells
NTT DATA to test exterior solar cells
February 28, 2023

NTT DATA to test exterior solar cells

NTT Data

NTT Data has announced that it is pursuing a demonstration testing of film-type perovskite solar cells installed on the exterior walls of buildings in collaboration with Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. This is reportedly aligned with the company's pursuit of environmental measures for its data cen...

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Read Princeton Digital to expand Asian data center footprint
Princeton Digital to expand Asian data center footprint
February 27, 2023

Princeton Digital to expand Asian data center footprint

Princeton Digital Group

Singapore-based Princeton Digital has announced plans to develop more data centers in Asia, in a bid to support operations in its global headquarters. To do this, the company is injecting an investment of $1 billion. With this, the company is expanding into Batam with a 96-megawatt facility, o...

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Read Powerhouse data center developments and sustainability
Powerhouse data center developments and sustainability
February 23, 2023

Powerhouse data center developments and sustainability

Northern Virginia

PowerHouse is one of the latest companies to enter Northern Virginia and join the data center boom. A division of American Real Estate Partners, and backed by investment firm Harrison Street, the company also recently joined the Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) Climate Accord, becoming one of 1...

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Read Deutsche Telekom deploys 300MWh battery storage rollout
Deutsche Telekom deploys 300MWh battery storage rollout
February 23, 2023

Deutsche Telekom deploys 300MWh battery storage rollout

Germany / Deutschland

Deutsche Telekom has announced its plans to rollout battery energy storage systems across Germany. The company has outlined that the systems will support 300MWh.The first system, which is a 1MW/6MWh unit, has already been deployed at Deutsche Telekom's head office in Munich. This is part of th...

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Read CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus
CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus
February 23, 2023

CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus

China

CapitaLand has announced the launch of its China-focused data center development fund, namely CapitaLand China Data Centre Partners (CDCP), through which it is planning two new facilities located outside Beijing, with a focus on sustainability.According to the company, the two development proj...

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Read Comcast issues $1 billion green bond
Comcast issues $1 billion green bond
February 20, 2023

Comcast issues $1 billion green bond

Comcast

Comcast has announced the issuance of a $1 billion 10-year green bond, proceeds from which will be allocated to five investment areas to drive the company’s clean energy infrastructure projects. The company has outlined that through this, it aims to encourage investors to support environmenta...

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Read Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas
Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas
February 20, 2023

Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas

Amazon AWS

It has been revealed that in Oregon, Amazon is planning to power at least three of its Oregon data centers with natural gas fuel cells. That said, the number could be as high as seven. Amazon proposes the fuel cell technology it will use will oxidize the fossil fuel to generate electricity. Ho...

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Read Data center impact study legislation defeated in Virginia
Data center impact study legislation defeated in Virginia
February 20, 2023

Data center impact study legislation defeated in Virginia

Northern Virginia

A piece of legislation that would have compelled the Virginia Department of Energy to study the impacts of data center development on the state’s environment, economy, energy resources and carbon-reduction goals has been defeated. A number of bills have been proposed by Del. Danica Roem, D-Pri...

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Read Digital DEWA launches in Dubai
Digital DEWA launches in Dubai
February 17, 2023

Digital DEWA launches in Dubai

Dubai

Digital DEWA subsidiary Moro Hub has announced the launch of its 16,030 sqm (172,566 sq ft) Dubai data center, the world's largest solar-powered data center. It will have a capacity of 100MW, which be 100 percent powered by solar power from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park in Saih...

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Read PDG: Geothermal energy for Indonesian data centers
PDG: Geothermal energy for Indonesian data centers
February 16, 2023

PDG: Geothermal energy for Indonesian data centers

Indonesia

PDG has announced that it has bought renewable energy certificates (RECs) from state-owned electricity firm, PLN, for geothermal energy for the operation of three data centers in Jakarta, Bandung, and Pekanbaru, in Indonesia. This further cements the company's partnership with PLN, from whom i...

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Read Spotsylvania in the spotlight: Officials discuss data centers
February 16, 2023

Spotsylvania in the spotlight: Officials discuss data centers

Northern Virginia

As the spotlight circles around Spotsylvania County for data center development, the Board of Supervisors is discussing how the county could be affected and how to plan accordingly. So far, one proposal in the region, filed by SpotsyTechnoCampus LLC, could bring forth a new facility in Spotsyl...

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Read LEW TelNet to build new green data center in Augsburg
LEW TelNet to build new green data center in Augsburg
February 15, 2023

LEW TelNet to build new green data center in Augsburg

Germany / Deutschland

LEW TelNet has announced the construction of a new green data center in Augsburg, Germany, which will operate with a PUE of 1.2. Work on the facility, which is located on Oskar-von-Miller-Strasse, will begin in summer 2023, with the first phase of the two-phase project going live mid-next year...

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Read Tackling misleading "100 percent carbon-free energy" claims and the rising costs of PPAs
Tackling misleading "100 percent carbon-free energy" claims and the rising costs of PPAs
February 14, 2023

Tackling misleading "100 percent carbon-free energy" claims and the rising costs of PPAs

United States

It seems like every day, there is another announcement of a tech company signing a new PPA and in 2023, projections are that there are more to come. Research shows that in 2022 alone, the number of PPAs purchased in the first three quarters, surpassed the total volume recorded across the whole...

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Read NuScale receives regulatory approval in US
NuScale receives regulatory approval in US
February 13, 2023

NuScale receives regulatory approval in US

United States

NuScale Power has received regulatory approval for a small modular reactor (SMR) which experts say could be utilized to power data centers at a later date. This makes it the first SMR to obtain this kind of approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for deployment in the US.Speaking...

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Read Iron Mountain inks deal for 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement
Iron Mountain inks deal for 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement
February 13, 2023

Iron Mountain inks deal for 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement

Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain has announced that, through a partnership with RPD Energy, it has made a "landmark series of transactions" meaning that the company will obtain 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement. The US renewable provider RPD Energy will be the lead architect of renewable ene...

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Read Echelon Data Centers-linked firm planning battery storage facility in Dublin
Echelon Data Centers-linked firm planning battery storage facility in Dublin
February 13, 2023

Echelon Data Centers-linked firm planning battery storage facility in Dublin

Echelon Data Centres

Over the last few years, Ireland has witnessed a significant data center boom, so much so, that Ireland introduced a moratorium in Dublin to halt the development of further data centers in the city. As part of this de facto moratorium, EirGrid has outlined that no new grid connection applicati...

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Read Datacom goes 100% renewable in New Zealand
Datacom goes 100% renewable in New Zealand
February 13, 2023

Datacom goes 100% renewable in New Zealand

New Zealand

Datacom has announced that all its facilities in New Zealand are now powered by renewable energy. This is part of a ten-year contract with Mercury Energy, through which its data centers will run on geothermal, wind, and hydro energy sources from the company.As per the deal, the company has sig...

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Read Hanwha and SKS Credit: Big investment in green data centers for South Korea
Hanwha and SKS Credit: Big investment in green data centers for South Korea
February 08, 2023

Hanwha and SKS Credit: Big investment in green data centers for South Korea

South Korea

Hanwha has announced that it will invest in 'green' data centers following signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SKS Credit, an ESG professional manager (PEF), for joint development of data centers and logistics centers linked to new and renewable energy. Through the agreement, the ...

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Read STT GDC signs deal to procure renewable energy in India
STT GDC signs deal to procure renewable energy in India
February 08, 2023

STT GDC signs deal to procure renewable energy in India

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has signed a deal with O2 Power to procure renewable energy in India. As per the agreement, the company will obtain renewable energy under a captive structure to power STT GDC India’s Bengaluru facility, which is located in the state of Karnataka. O2...

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