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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

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Read Elea Digital announces sustainability-linked bond
Elea Digital announces sustainability-linked bond
December 09, 2022

Elea Digital announces sustainability-linked bond

Elea Data Centers

Brazilian data center firm Elea Digital has announced its first sustainability-linked bond. It has reportedly issued a $38 million bond to invest in more water-efficient equipment, through which it hopes to reduce its Water Usage Efficiency (WUE) to 0.31 liters and 0.2 liters per KW/h by By 20...

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Read JLG and Mitsui sign MoU for data center & solar farm in Johor, Malaysia
JLG and Mitsui sign MoU for data center & solar farm in Johor, Malaysia
December 08, 2022

JLG and Mitsui sign MoU for data center & solar farm in Johor, Malaysia

Malaysia

JL and Group Sdn Bhd (JLG) and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui have announced a partnership that will see the development of a data center and solar farm in Johor, Malaysia. Through the MoU, the two will conduct a joint feasibility study on the development of a hyperscale data center and solar fa...

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Read Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy
Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy
December 06, 2022

Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy

Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it has signed 300MW worth of wind and solar power purchase agreements (PPA) in India with Vibrant Energy, a Macquarie Group's Green Investment Group (GIG) subsidiary. The projects, based in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, are projected to generate 1,163,0...

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Read AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield
AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield
December 06, 2022

AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Canadian alternative investment management company Brookfield have partnered to sign a 601 MW power purchase agreement (PPA). Brookfield Renewable, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, will provide wind and solar energy capacity to AWS’s operations.As per...

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Read Fastweb inks PPA with Statkraft
Fastweb inks PPA with Statkraft
December 06, 2022

Fastweb inks PPA with Statkraft

Italy

Norwegian energy company Statkraft and telco Fastweb have inked a 12-year PPA for the output of a photovoltaic plant which is to be constructed in the region of Lazio, Province of Latina, and will be operational in 2023. The 11.25MW solar plant will produce 19GWh of renewable electricity every...

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Read Meta continues sustainability efforts with new PPA in Arkansas
Meta continues sustainability efforts with new PPA in Arkansas
December 05, 2022

Meta continues sustainability efforts with new PPA in Arkansas

Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that it has signed another PPA with D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), a renewable energy producer in the US. The PPA is a long-term renewable energy off-take agreement through which Meta will procure solar energy from the upcoming Long Lake Projec...

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Read Google signs PPA with Engie for 100MW
Google signs PPA with Engie for 100MW
December 02, 2022

Google signs PPA with Engie for 100MW

Google

ENGIE and Google are teaming up following the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (Corporate PPA). The 12-year 100 MW PPA will see ENGIE deliver more than 5 TWh of green energy to Google from the Moray West project. The project is an offshore wind farm of nearly 900 MW, which is scheduled to...

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Read The rise of the underground data center
The rise of the underground data center
December 02, 2022

The rise of the underground data center

Switzerland

APL has announced that it is teaming up with Swiss-based underground construction company, Eccus, to propose a novel data center location: underground caverns. The underground cavern excavated 30m under existing terrain, is a waterproof cylinder spanning up to 150m long, with chambers built in...

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Read Google signs major solar PPA in Spain
Google signs major solar PPA in Spain
December 01, 2022

Google signs major solar PPA in Spain

Google

Google has announced that it has signed a 12-year PPA with German energy infrastructure developer ib vogt to procure solar energy in the province of Zamora in Spain. ib vogt began work on the 149MWp Garnacha solar power plant in September, which is expected to commence commercial operations i...

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Read Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign
Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign
December 01, 2022

Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign

Amazon AWS

As part of the 'Make Amazon Pay' campaign, climate groups Extinction Rebellion and Not Here Not Anywhere took to the giant's Irish Headquarters in protest. The groups called for Amazon's AWS to pay its workers, its taxes and pay for its damage to the climate, due to its 'unsustainable' environ...

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Read AWS announces water positive goals for 2030 & pledges to report on WUE each year
AWS announces water positive goals for 2030 & pledges to report on WUE each year
November 30, 2022

AWS announces water positive goals for 2030 & pledges to report on WUE each year

Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced its goal of becoming water positive by 2030, which, according to AWS, will see it returning more water to the communities that it uses in its operations. It also promised to report on its WUE each year. Through this announcement, it joins the likes of other tech giants, Go...

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Read Ennis Data Centre appeal reaches next stage
Ennis Data Centre appeal reaches next stage
November 28, 2022

Ennis Data Centre appeal reaches next stage

Republic of Ireland

The appeal against the Ennis Data Centre is reportedly moving to the next stage, according to a report by local newspaper, the Clare Herald. A response from the developer has been passed on from An Bord Pleanála, Ireland's national independent planning body, to the appellants, which include th...

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Read Amazon signs new PPA in Indonesia
Amazon signs new PPA in Indonesia
November 28, 2022

Amazon signs new PPA in Indonesia

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced that it has signed a PPA with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to procure solar power for its operations in Indonesia. The state-owned electric utility will buy electricity from 210 MW of solar projects (four solar projects located in Bali and Java Island.)PLN stated that the ...

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Read LCL to deploy more solar panels at its data center in Gembloux
LCL to deploy more solar panels at its data center in Gembloux
November 25, 2022

LCL to deploy more solar panels at its data center in Gembloux

Belgium

LCL has announced that it is deploying more solar panels at one of its data centers, at the LCL Wallonia One site in Gembloux. Currently, the park has 2,000, but this expansion will see an addition of 1,300, taking the site’s generating capacity to 1.6MW. According to the Belgian data center f...

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Read Irish government confirms terms and conditions for ORESS 1
Irish government confirms terms and conditions for ORESS 1
November 25, 2022

Irish government confirms terms and conditions for ORESS 1

Dublin

Following the Irish government's approval of the terms and conditions of ORESS 1, a huge auction for offshore wind, 2.5GW of renewable energy could be added to the grid, enough to power 2.5 million Irish homes with green electricity. According to reports, at least three offshore energy auction...

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Read Floating data centers on the agenda
Floating data centers on the agenda
November 25, 2022

Floating data centers on the agenda

France

As the data center industry increasingly searches for low-carbon and less water-intensive ways to cool facilities, a number of different methods have been proposed, with everything from underwater to orbital data centers suggested. Denv-R, a French startup, proposes to float data centers on ur...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
November 24, 2022

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
November 22, 2022

Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit

France

As data demand continues to surge and countries ponder different ways to reach their respective climate goals, the European Commission has announced that it’s launching a feasibility study into putting data centers into orbit. Thales Alenia Space, an aerospace company has been chosen to lead t...

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Read New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
November 22, 2022

New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

Meta

Meta has announced that it is deploying a new network timing protocol, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which will keep each server in its data centers on the same time. Servers must be coordinated, otherwise, users can experience delays, errors, and outages.In contrast to Network Time Protocol...

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Read New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating
New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating
November 21, 2022

New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating

Denmark

As part of the EU's Fit for 55 legislative package, it is pushing for data centers to be connected to surrounding district heating networks to use surplus heat. A new report from the Cool-Data project has comprehensively reviewed the rules and incentives around waste-heat recovery by data cent...

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