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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 Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern
Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern
August 18, 2022

Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's data center in the province of North Holland has been exposed for its extreme water usage. It appears that the facility consumes significantly more water than original estimates, right as the country is faced with record temperatures. According to a report by local media company N...

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Read CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi
CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi
August 18, 2022

CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi

CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it has received approval of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), reaffirming its commitment to the target of reducing absolute Scope 1 (fuels) and Scope 2 (electricity) GHG emissions by 38% by 2030 from ...

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Read South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
August 17, 2022

South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban

Dublin

A dispute has arisen between Irish Minister for Planning Peter Burke and South Dublin County Councillors over its ban on new data centers in the county. Burke had claimed last month that the county’s decision to make data centers “not permitted” use in the new county development plan breached ...

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Read Elisa to share heat from its data center in Helsinki
Elisa to share heat from its data center in Helsinki
August 15, 2022

Elisa to share heat from its data center in Helsinki

Elisa Corporation

According to reports, Finish telco Elisa is the latest company to employ circular economy principles in order to make use of waste heat from its data center in Helsinki. The company recently announced that it has connected to an open district heating system run by energy company Helen, to help...

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Read Protests arise in opposition to recently approved €450m Ennis data center
Protests arise in opposition to recently approved €450m Ennis data center
August 15, 2022

Protests arise in opposition to recently approved €450m Ennis data center

Republic of Ireland

Environmental group Futureproof Clare is opposing the approval of a €450 million ($464.3m) data center project in Ennis, in the West of Ireland, over concerns around public health, and a projected use of "inordinate amounts of water and electricity."The facility, an Art Data Centres project, w...

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Read Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles
Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles
August 15, 2022

Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles

Netherlands

Eurofiber Cloud Infra has announced that it is exploring employing circular economy principles in association with housing corporation Volkshuisvesting, infra-specialist for new energy Firan, and Eurofiber-owned Dataplace, for its data center in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The three have partnere...

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Read Colt planning 50MW West London campus
Colt planning 50MW West London campus
August 11, 2022

Colt planning 50MW West London campus

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt is reportedly planning to build a new data center campus in Hayes, West London, after receiving approval for the project in April. The proposal will see the development of the former Optimum Data Centre, neighboring Tudor Works and Veetec Motor Group facilities, into a new data center ca...

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Read Amazon's emissions increase
Amazon's emissions increase
August 11, 2022

Amazon's emissions increase

Amazon AWS

Despite Amazon's lofty promises of securing carbon neutral status before 2040, the latest statistics from its sustainability report, reveal that the giant's carbon emissions actually increased by 18%, from 60.64 million metric tons to 71.54 million metric tons, the equivalent of 19 coal-fired ...

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Read Chindata and Vertiv make big claims about waterless 'X-Cooling' technology
Chindata and Vertiv make big claims about waterless 'X-Cooling' technology
August 09, 2022

Chindata and Vertiv make big claims about waterless 'X-Cooling' technology

Chindata Group

Chindata and Vertiv have announced what they're calling x-cooling, the "world's first waterless cooling technology," which they say enables data centers to operate without consuming any water, working at a WUE (water usage effectiveness) of zero. The announcement of the technology was reported...

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Read Eirgrid energy decision domino effect: Dataplex enters voluntary liquidation
Eirgrid energy decision domino effect: Dataplex enters voluntary liquidation
August 09, 2022

Eirgrid energy decision domino effect: Dataplex enters voluntary liquidation

DataPlex Group

As covered by DCD, Dataplex has gone into voluntary liquidation, which it said is due to the company having to wait 12 months for grid power approval from Eirgrid, only to be declined. The company had planned to develop brownfield projects, which would have seen the retrofitting of existing st...

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Read Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
August 08, 2022

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its in...

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Read DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia
DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia
August 08, 2022

DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia

DCI Data Centers

DCI Data Centers (DCI) has announced that it has secured land and power for a 20MW data center in Jerrabomba, Australia. Named CBRO1, the facility is set to go online in 2024. The data center, according to the company, will run on a separate grid and use ‘environmentally efficient technologies...

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Read Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA
Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA
August 08, 2022

Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA

Germany / Deutschland

Deutsche Telekom has announced that it has signed a 150MW PPA with Statkraft and Power & Air Solutions, which will provide the company with energy from between 2023 to 2028. According to Statkraft, this deal means that 16 of its own wind farms that no longer receive EEG subsidies will cont...

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Read Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep
Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep
August 05, 2022

Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep

France

Arcep, the French government telecom regulator, has announced that it will start measuring the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from data centers, alongside the volume of water and where that water is sourced from. This comes following the enactment of the Chaize Act, which awarded the regulat...

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Read Datum Datacentres goes the HVO route for backup generators
Datum Datacentres goes the HVO route for backup generators
August 02, 2022

Datum Datacentres goes the HVO route for backup generators

Datum Datacentres Limited

Datum Datacentres is the latest data center company to announce it's switching to hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) to replace its diesel for its backup generators, and is working with Keysource to help its transition to this more sustainable energy option. This comes as a wider commitment to ...

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Read AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile
AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile
July 28, 2022

AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to expand its footprint in Latin America with the development of a new cloud region in Santiago, Chile. Alongside this announcement, the company also explained that it had begun the process required to obtain an environmental permit for a $205 million data center i...

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Read Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center
Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center
July 28, 2022

Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced the ground-breaking of its first facility on its 80MW Johannesburg campus, a project which launched in 2021. The two-story facility called JHB11 reportedly offers 16MW of capacity of 130,000sqft square feet (12,000 square meters). According to the company, t...

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Read Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040
Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040
July 27, 2022

Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040

Europe

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP), a group of data center operators which includes 90% of the European data center sector, recently pledged to cut their water use by a maximum of 400ml per kWh of computer power by 2040. This proposal was taken to the European Commission in its third...

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Read QTS releases annual ESG report renewing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility
QTS releases annual ESG report renewing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility
July 26, 2022

QTS releases annual ESG report renewing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility

QTS Data Centers

QTS recently published its annual ESG report, in which it highlighted its sustainability achievements and the different projects and initiatives it's pursuing in order to expand its commitment to social and environmental responsibility. This follows the company being named as one of America's ...

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Read Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead
Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead
July 26, 2022

Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead

Republic of Ireland

According to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, despite EirGrid warning that data centers are an energy drain and could also prevent the country from reaching its sustainability goals, there will be no data center moratoriums ahead. This news comes following the latest report from the Environmental Pro...

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