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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 CKW announces launch of new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland
CKW announces launch of new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland
January 16, 2023

CKW announces launch of new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland

Switzerland

CKW Fiber Services has announced that it has launched a new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland. The facility, first announced back in October 2021, has 700 sqm (7,550 sq ft) of floorspace and is located next to the CKW Rotkreuz substation in Zug canton.Although the company has constructed th...

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Read New data center platform CleanArc Data Centers launches
New data center platform CleanArc Data Centers launches
January 16, 2023

New data center platform CleanArc Data Centers launches

Vantage Data Centers

CleanArc Data Centers, a new data center platform, has just launched, as a product of 547 Energy, a clean energy investment firm and led by Vantage Data Centers founder Jim Trout. According to the company, it will offer hyperscale customers green developments via bundling new data center campu...

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Read Meta signs solar PPA with BP for solar farm in Ohio
Meta signs solar PPA with BP for solar farm in Ohio
January 12, 2023

Meta signs solar PPA with BP for solar farm in Ohio

Meta

Meta has signed a PPA with BP to source renewable energy from an upcoming a 134MWdc (107MWac), 675-acre Arche Solar farm project in Ohio, developed by BP 50:50 joint-venture partner and subsidiary Lightsource BP. The social media company will reportedly receive 100% of the power from the site...

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Read Equinix signs another PPA in Finland
Equinix signs another PPA in Finland
January 09, 2023

Equinix signs another PPA in Finland

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a third power purchase agreement (PPA) in Finland with Neoen, totaling 129MW. Through the ten-year deal, the company will obtain 60% of the output and guarantees of origin to be produced by the future 95MW Storbötet wind farm from the French renewable ...

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Read Residents of The Dalles, Oregon gain access to Google's water consumption data following lawsuit settlement
Residents of The Dalles, Oregon gain access to Google's water consumption data following lawsuit settlement
January 03, 2023

Residents of The Dalles, Oregon gain access to Google's water consumption data following lawsuit settlement

Hyperscale Data Center

Those living in drought-prone The Dalles, Oregon, home to Google’s massive data centers, now know how much water the giant has consumed. This information, previously kept a secret by city officials, has been released following a legal fight funded by Google and launched by the city against The...

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Read Supernap's Thailand data center to be powered with solar
Supernap's Thailand data center to be powered with solar
January 02, 2023

Supernap's Thailand data center to be powered with solar

Switch

Supernap has announced the launch of its first solar project, which will power its Thailand data center. Supernap, the first Tier IV, carrier-neutral, hyperscale data center in Thailand, chose WHA Utilities and Power Plc. (WHAUP) to install the solar power system. During the opening ceremony,...

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Read More applications for data centers in the greater Dublin area as grid capacity concerns continue
More applications for data centers in the greater Dublin area as grid capacity concerns continue
January 01, 2023

More applications for data centers in the greater Dublin area as grid capacity concerns continue

Dublin

According to reports, in the wake of the Dublin data center moratorium over grid issues, 21 new data centers are planned outside of the greater Dublin area. Sixteen of these facilities are large-scale data centers, while a further five smaller-scale data center projects are being discussed wit...

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Read INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution
INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution
December 29, 2022

INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution

NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Datacenters (NorthC) has partnered up with INNIO to use its Jenbacher Ready for H2 engine technology to deliver an emergency backup power solution for its newest data center, set to be constructed in Eindhoven, Netherlands. According to the company, if it is faced with electricity grid...

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Read QTS' Groningen data center connects to the Dutch city's new district heating project
QTS' Groningen data center connects to the Dutch city's new district heating project
December 22, 2022

QTS' Groningen data center connects to the Dutch city's new district heating project

QTS Data Centers

QTS has announced that it has connected its Groningen data center to the Dutch city's new district heating project. The heating project has been built by local utility WarmteStad, which is projected to produce heat for more than 10,000 households, buildings, and knowledge institutions by 2026...

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Read Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures
Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures
December 22, 2022

Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has issued green debentures worth R$2 billion (US$378m), with a maturity of five years. This is the largest green financing in Brazil and the first of its kind in Brazil's data center industry. According to the company, it will be used to finance Scala...

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Read Meta signs deals for seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee
Meta signs deals for seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee
December 19, 2022

Meta signs deals for seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee

Meta

Meta has announced more solar projects, this time in Georgia and Tennessee. According to the company, the projects will be delivered through Silicon Ranch's partnership with Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Together, these three entities w...

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Read Amazon postpones Virginia campus
Amazon postpones Virginia campus
December 19, 2022

Amazon postpones Virginia campus

Amazon AWS

Amazon has pressed pause on its 1 million sq ft (92,900 sqm) data center campus in Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia. This announcement comes after the giant was scheduled to present three linked applications on 30 November. However, its special-use permit application has now been ...

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Read Shell and NuScale announce nuclear-hydrogen partnership
Shell and NuScale announce nuclear-hydrogen partnership
December 19, 2022

Shell and NuScale announce nuclear-hydrogen partnership

United States

Shell has announced a partnership with US-based NuScale through which it aims to evaluate the production of hydrogen from small nuclear power stations inexpensively. This new deal is for the “Development and Demonstration of a Concept for an Economically Optimised IES” project, which will be c...

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Read Prince William County supervisors board sued over PW Digital Gateway decision
Prince William County supervisors board sued over PW Digital Gateway decision
December 14, 2022

Prince William County supervisors board sued over PW Digital Gateway decision

Northern Virginia

Following the Prince William County Board of Supervisors' decision to give the green light to the controversial PW Digital Gateway, it is now being faced with two lawsuits. The decision, which will permit changing the area's comprehensive plan, opening up the area to 25 million sq ft (2.3 mill...

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Read Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact announces launch of audit framework
Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact announces launch of audit framework
December 14, 2022

Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact announces launch of audit framework

Europe

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, made up of 80 data center companies and 22 associations, has announced the launch of an audit tool companies can use to verify the environmental claims they make. The Audit Framework, checked against the EU's Taxonomy regulation, will reportedly ensure tha...

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Read Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing
Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing
December 13, 2022

Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing

Equinix

Following approval from the Loudoun Board of Supervisors last week, data center company Equinix has announced that it will be adding multi-colored LED lights to the exterior of one of its data centers in Ashburn, Virginia. This addition to DC21, located at 22175 Beaumeade Circle in Ashburn, ac...

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Read Offshore wind auction reaches $757 million in bids in California
Offshore wind auction reaches $757 million in bids in California
December 13, 2022

Offshore wind auction reaches $757 million in bids in California

United States

The United States' first floating wind auction, part of the US government's pledge to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, closed on its second day last week, with prices reaching $757m. This is for five leases across 373,286 acres in waters off California, where at least 4.6 G...

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Read CyrusOne accelerates carbon neutral pledge
CyrusOne accelerates carbon neutral pledge
December 12, 2022

CyrusOne accelerates carbon neutral pledge

CyrusOne

Data center firm CyrusOne, a member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is accelerating its carbon-neutral pledge by ten years. The company is now promising to achieve this green goal by 2030 rather than 2040.According to the company, it will achieve this goal by imp...

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Read Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers
Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers
December 12, 2022

Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers

Equinix

Equinix has announced, in line with a broader commitment to reduce its overall power, it will adjust its data center thermostats, shifting temperatures closer to 27°C (80°F) across its global data center fleet. This change, the company said, will lead to less energy used in 'unnecessary data ...

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Read Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns
Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns
December 12, 2022

Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to build an 'unprecedentedly large-scale gas power plant' at its Grange Castle site, an upcoming data center development, due to its concerns about Ireland's energy grid constraints. According to the giant, plans are to build a 170 MW on-site power plant alongsid...

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