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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 Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful
Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful
September 22, 2022

Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK Infrastructure has successfully connected its data center to Hafslund Oslo Celsio System in Norway for city-wide heat reuse. This is the first time a project of this kind has taken place in the country. Now, after a one-year ramp-up, STACK's OSL01 data center is now providing heat and h...

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Read New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water
New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water
September 20, 2022

New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water

Microsoft Azure

We are living in an era where water stress and water scarcity are serious global issues that are only worsening. A total of 25% of the world's population is facing water stress and scarcity, and it's forecast that by as early as 2025, this could increase to 50% and by ​​2050, as much as 75% of...

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Read Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025
Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025
September 19, 2022

Zscaler announces carbon neutral status and aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025

California

Zscaler has announced that it has achieved carbon neutral status, and said that it intends to reach net zero emissions by 2025. However, the company has not published a link to the emissions and carbon accounting data underlying this claim along with the announcement, and the data has not yet ...

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Read Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil
Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil
September 19, 2022

Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

Brazilian telco Um Telecom has announced that it is investing R$40 million (US$7.6m) in a new data center in Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The facility, which is expected to achieve Tier III certification, will be based at the Technological Park of Electronics and Associated ...

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Read Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
September 14, 2022

Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

Digital Realty Trust

In Virginia, a former Digital Realty data center is gearing up for a dramatic transformation. Located in Herndon, the company’s old data center will become an agricultural facility, specifically a vertical farm. Vertical farms have similar power, water, and air conditioning requirements to dat...

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Read Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy
Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy
September 14, 2022

Novva Data Centers' new data center in North Las Vegas includes water-free cooling and renewable energy

Novva Data Centers

Novva Data Centers has announced plans for a new 275,000 square foot, 100MW data center based in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility will be located on a 20-acre campus with an injection of $400 million and will reportedly be built with sustainability in mind. Renewable energy will be sourc...

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Read Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes
September 13, 2022

Essential Twitter data center knocked offline by heat extremes

California

As heat extremes in California continue, Twitter has reportedly been left without one of its key data centers in Sacramento. First reported by CNN, an internal company memo outlined that the company experienced the loss of its Sacramento data center region on September 5th, with Carrie Fernand...

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Read Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center
Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center
September 12, 2022

Nxtra to deploy Bloom Energy hydrogen fuel cells at its Karnataka data center

Nxtra Data Ltd

Nxtra has announced that it has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy, what it calls, low environmental impact fuel cell installation at one of its facilities. Its data center in Karnataka will be the target of the installation and will make Nxtra the first company in India to make such a dep...

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Read AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
September 09, 2022

AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center

AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has closed Japan’s first data center green loan as part of its new Green Financing Framework to finance its 110+MW West Tokyo data center, AirTrunk TOK2. The size of the loan has not yet been disclosed. In line with the company’s green financing framework, its p...

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Read Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
September 09, 2022

Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

Digital Realty Trust

Environmentalists are appealing against two data centers Interxion is planning to build in Dublin. The appeal, lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP) by John Conway and Louth Environmental Group, argues that there are a "disproportionate" number of data centers in the area and that the facilities'...

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Read The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor
The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor
September 09, 2022

The YTL Green Data Centre Park and what it means for Johor

YTL: JDC1

YTL Data Centre Holdings Pte Ltd and Sea Ltd recently held the ground-breaking ceremony for The Sea Data Centre, signifying the first phase of the 500MW YTL Green Data Center Park in Johor, Malaysia. The project represents an RM1.5 billion investment into the area over the next ten years, with...

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Read California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy
California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy
September 08, 2022

California's grid constraints sees Verizon turn to backup energy

Verizon Wireless

Records have been broken in Sacramento, California, as temperatures hit 116F (46.7C) this week. In response, as reported by Baxtel earlier this week, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) – the overseer of the State's electricity generation, issued a Flex Alert, requesting energy us...

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Read NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
September 08, 2022

NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

NTT

NTT has announced that it has begun construction on its Cyberjaya 6 data center in Malaysia, with an initial investment of more than $50 million. Set to cater to hyperscalers and high-end enterprises, the facility, when combined with the company's CBJ5 data center, will have a capacity of 22M...

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Read Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022
Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022
September 07, 2022

Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022

Washington

According to reports, the first commercial underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by the end of 2022. Named the ​​"Jules Verne Pod" and created by Subsea Cloud, the 20ft pod will reportedly have space for 16 datacenter racks, accommodate 800 servers, scalable to 100,...

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Read TikTok requests clarification about Ireland's new data center policy statement
TikTok requests clarification about Ireland's new data center policy statement
September 06, 2022

TikTok requests clarification about Ireland's new data center policy statement

Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, the data center expansion debate is bubbling over. A contentious matter in recent years, due to energy grid and environmental concerns, many have called for a moratorium or stricter rules around expansion. There has also recently been confusion around the country's new data center ...

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Read Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy
September 06, 2022

Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently announced that its data center region in New Zealand (specific location not yet disclosed), will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity due to a partnership with Ecotricity, a sustainable electricity retailer. This means that the region will use solar, wind, and hy...

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Read California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave
California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave
September 06, 2022

California officials declare statewide grid emergency due to continued heat wave

California

California temperatures have soared to a record high, placing serious pressure on the power grid, and causing state officials to urge residents to limit their power usage. According to reports, the heat wave is most seriously affecting the Central Valley, which is projected to reach 115 degree...

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Read iM Data Centers Joins Sustainability Consortium
iM Data Centers Joins Sustainability Consortium
September 05, 2022

iM Data Centers Joins Sustainability Consortium

Miami

iM Data Centers, a manufacturer of modular data centers, has announced that it is joining the Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) Climate Accord (ICA), a collaboration between digital infrastructure companies that have come together to push forward carbon neutrality initiatives. According to Dean ...

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Read Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London
Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London
August 30, 2022

Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London

London

It has been revealed that Thames Water has launched a probe into the water use of data centers in the UK's capital,  following the utility company’s discovery that UK data centers have been using drinking water to cool down their servers. The news of review comes as the UK’s hosepipe ban comes...

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Read Echelon's legal challenge over South Dublin data center ban
Echelon's legal challenge over South Dublin data center ban
August 19, 2022

Echelon's legal challenge over South Dublin data center ban

Echelon Data Centres

Echelon Data Centres has reportedly filed a legal challenge with the High Court against South Dublin County Council’s decision to ban new facilities in its function area during the lifetime of its 2022 to 2028 development. This legal action follows the motion tabled by the council’s People Be...

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