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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 Microsoft signs 110MW PPA with AES
Microsoft signs 110MW PPA with AES
May 06, 2022

Microsoft signs 110MW PPA with AES

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it has signed a new PPA with AES for renewable energy to fuel its facilities in California. The PPA is a 20-year “highly customized agreement” which will see Microsoft partially match its load at its California-based data centers. The energy from AES will be sourc...

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Read Meta to expand at DeKalb data center campus and announces new sustainability projects
Meta to expand at DeKalb data center campus and announces new sustainability projects
May 03, 2022

Meta to expand at DeKalb data center campus and announces new sustainability projects

Meta

Meta has announced further expansion with an injection of over $1 billion into three new data centers at its cloud campus in DeKalb, Illinois. The data center will span nearly 2.4 million-square-foot. Speaking about the decision to expand its presence at the cloud campus, Darcy Nothnagle, Dir...

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Read Infrastructure Masons' new data center embodied carbon project
Infrastructure Masons' new data center embodied carbon project
May 03, 2022

Infrastructure Masons' new data center embodied carbon project

Microsoft Azure

Infrastructure Masons, a body for large data center builders, has announced the formation of a new group, the iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), to establish a standard for data centers' embodied carbon. So far, some of the hyperscalers involved in the project include AWS, Google, Meta, and Microso...

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Read Microsoft shares data center PUE and WUE data for the first time
Microsoft shares data center PUE and WUE data for the first time
May 02, 2022

Microsoft shares data center PUE and WUE data for the first time

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has shared its data center power usage effectiveness (PUE) and water usage effectiveness (WUE) data for the first time. Overall, the giant achieved a high level of efficiency with regards to PUE, while when it came to WUE, it didn't quite meet its target, and there was room for impr...

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Read Interxion data center to heat Vienna hospital
Interxion data center to heat Vienna hospital
April 29, 2022

Interxion data center to heat Vienna hospital

Digital Realty: Vienna

Interxion's Vienna data center campus is set to heat the nearby Floridsdorf Hospital, it has been announced. This will be facilitated by the Austrian government injecting €3.5 million ($3.7m) from environmental funds into the project, which will see the construction of an insulated pipe betwe...

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Read Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge
Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge
April 29, 2022

Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge

Amazon AWS

After a prolonged battle by charity An Taisce to defeat Amazon's Co Meath 48 megawatt (MW) data center proposal at the IDA Business & Technology Park, it has been announced that the giant's plans have been given the green light. The charity had opposed the facility based on environmental c...

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Read Alibaba shares new green goals
Alibaba shares new green goals
April 27, 2022

Alibaba shares new green goals

China

Alibaba has announced that it has joined the Low Carbon Patent Pledge (LCPP), which is an international platform that encourages companies to share patents for low carbon technologies. In line with this pledge, the company will make nine key patents for green data center technology available f...

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Read Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center
Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center
April 27, 2022

Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Data Centers has added another layer to its sustainability efforts, after it secured BREEAM design certification for its Phoenix, AZ (AZP-2) data center. This makes the data center company the first in North America to receive "top tier certification" for sustainable constructio...

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Read Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada
Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada
April 27, 2022

Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced it has signed another PPA, this time, with ATCO Group. The PPA will enable the giant to procure solar energy in Canada from a 37MW Deerfoot solar project, which is adjacent to ATCO's 27-MW Barlow project. According to reports, the projects' construction will take place...

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Read Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center
Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center
April 25, 2022

Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center

Google

Google has announced that it is replacing some of its diesel backup capacity at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center, with a 2.75MW battery system from Fluence. This announcement aligns with Google's public pledge to use entirely carbon-free energy by 2030 by reducing its emissions. The batt...

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Read Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant
Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant
April 25, 2022

Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant

Thailand / Prathet Thai

Supernap Thailand has announced that it has signed a PPA with WHA Utilities & Power, to build a solar plant alongside its data center just outside of Bangkok. The project, which will see an investment of THB 30 million (~$886,000), will take place on 10,000 sqm (107,600 sqft) of space. WHA...

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Read Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
April 22, 2022

Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally

Amazon AWS

Amazon recently announced it has invested in 37 renewable energy projects across the globe. Located across the US, Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates, these projects will total 3.5 GW, bringing its global renewable energy portfolio to 15.7GW. Included...

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Read CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
April 22, 2022

CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a signatory and founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is collaborating with Gexa Energy following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Through this agreement, the data center company will be provided with wind and solar power ...

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Read Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
April 22, 2022

Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030

Google

Globally, Google's data centers are huge guzzlers of electricity, consuming around twice as much electricity as San Francisco. According to a Forbes article, in 2019, its facilities sucked up 12.4 terawatt-hours of power, which is comparable to the energy consumption of Sri Lanka. It is simult...

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Read Intel announces net-zero goal
Intel announces net-zero goal
April 21, 2022

Intel announces net-zero goal

Intel

Intel has announced its pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its global emissions by 2040, which it said it will achieve through a number of interim milestones. One of these milestones will be to secure 100% renewable energy for its entire global operations. It will also...

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Read Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
April 21, 2022

Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

Meta

Meta has partnered up with EDP Renewables, it has announced. The energy company will supply solar energy in Texas via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The social media giant, will gain access to 156MW, procured from the 240MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, which EDP Renewables North Am...

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Read The White Data Center (WDC): Sustainability and the circular economy
The White Data Center (WDC): Sustainability and the circular economy
April 14, 2022

The White Data Center (WDC): Sustainability and the circular economy

Japan

The White Data Center (WDC) in Japan's North Island of Hokkaido, is a research project run by the city of Babai. It initially ran between 2014-2019, in collaboration with Japan's NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) research body. Its aim was to research how sno...

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Read Aligned Data Centers announces adoption of material tracing system
Aligned Data Centers announces adoption of material tracing system
April 14, 2022

Aligned Data Centers announces adoption of material tracing system

Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced the launch of a material tracing system called the OriginMark system. According to the company, this tracing system has been introduced to enhance and accelerate supply chain decarbonization. This will be achieved through the use of a unique identifier, simi...

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Read Solar panels to support HostDime's Paraíba data center
Solar panels to support HostDime's Paraíba data center
April 12, 2022

Solar panels to support HostDime's Paraíba data center

HostDime

HostDime has announced that to support its Paraíba data center in Brazil, it has installed a solar plant. The photovoltaic solar power plant, which has already had more than 2,000 photovoltaic modules installed, is located in a rural area of ​​the Pilar municipality in Paraíba, and saw an inv...

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Read Three Gorges Group (CTG) completes first phase of Dongyuemiao data center project
Three Gorges Group (CTG) completes first phase of Dongyuemiao data center project
April 12, 2022

Three Gorges Group (CTG) completes first phase of Dongyuemiao data center project

China

Three Gorges Group has announced that it has completed the first phase of its Dongyuemiao data center project in Yichang, Hubei. Work began on the project back in February 2021. The Chinese energy company outlined that the facility's first phase saw an investment of RMB 845 million ($132.7m), ...

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