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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 Turkcell announces acquisition of 18MW wind farm in Turkey
Turkcell announces acquisition of 18MW wind farm in Turkey
July 08, 2021

Turkcell announces acquisition of 18MW wind farm in Turkey

Turkcell

Turkcell, a Turkish telecoms company with a portfolio of 26 data centers, has announced that its subsidiary Turkcell Enerji, has acquired Boyut Grup Enerji, which owns İzmir Karadağ Wind Power Plant.The deal worth $29.6 million means that Turkcell now has access to 18MW of wind farm energy. T...

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Read Amazon's second Drogheda data center jeopardizes environmental targets
Amazon's second Drogheda data center jeopardizes environmental targets
July 07, 2021

Amazon's second Drogheda data center jeopardizes environmental targets

Hyperscale Data Center

An Taisce, the Irish National Trust, have rallied against Amazon building its second data center on its Drogheda site in County Meath. Although the facility was given the go-ahead in June, the Irish planning board is now awaiting an appeal by the environmental group. It says that the authoriti...

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Read TDC Net expands eco-footprint with four solar farms
TDC Net expands eco-footprint with four solar farms
July 06, 2021

TDC Net expands eco-footprint with four solar farms

Denmark

TDC Net, the Danish telecoms firm, has announced that it is moving forward with four new solar parks. This comes following TDC Net signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Better Energy. By 2023, the four farms will be capable of supplying 140GWh of energy each year. By 2028, the company ...

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Read Regulators instruct Facebook to review power purchase agreements in New Mexico
Regulators instruct Facebook to review power purchase agreements in New Mexico
July 05, 2021

Regulators instruct Facebook to review power purchase agreements in New Mexico

Hyperscale Data Center

Regulators have instructed Facebook to renegotiate the terms of its proposed power purchase agreements regarding solar energy and energy storage facilities in New Mexico.The agreement relates to 50MW of solar energy from Encino North Solar Energy Center, 190MW of solar from Sky Ranch Solar Fac...

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Read Yandex enters 5-year renewable energy deal in Finland
Yandex enters 5-year renewable energy deal in Finland
July 01, 2021

Yandex enters 5-year renewable energy deal in Finland

Yandex NV

Yandex, Russia's largest search platform, has decided to make the push towards renewable energy by signing up for a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for wind power at its Mäntsälä data center. According to Yandex, the deal with Finland's Ilmatar Energy will mean that 20% of the compan...

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Read Scala Data Centers awarded carbon neutral certification in Brazil
Scala Data Centers awarded carbon neutral certification in Brazil
June 30, 2021

Scala Data Centers awarded carbon neutral certification in Brazil

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has secured carbon-neutral certification in Brazil. This comes as the company reaches its net-zero carbon emissions targets, with 100% of its energy consumption deriving from renewable and certified sources. This makes Scala the first company of its kin...

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Read Rocky Mountain Power to build 120MW solar farm in Utah for Facebook power
Rocky Mountain Power to build 120MW solar farm in Utah for Facebook power
June 30, 2021

Rocky Mountain Power to build 120MW solar farm in Utah for Facebook power

Hyperscale Data Center

Rocky Mountain Power has announced that it would be building a new 120MW solar farm in Iron County, Utah, for Facebook. The solar farm will power Facebook’s Eagle Mountain data center. Head of renewable energy at Facebook, Urvi Parekh, commented on the development. He said the Company is happ...

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Read Green Mountain signs agreement to heat land-based trout farm
Green Mountain signs agreement to heat land-based trout farm
June 28, 2021

Green Mountain signs agreement to heat land-based trout farm

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain, the Norwegian colocation company, has entered into an agreement with Hima Seafood to reuse waste warm water from the company’s local data center to grow trout at the farm in Rjukan, Norway.The Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility, located 800 meters from the DC2-Tel...

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Read Oracle 100% green energy pledge now includes its non-cloud facilities
Oracle 100% green energy pledge now includes its non-cloud facilities
June 23, 2021

Oracle 100% green energy pledge now includes its non-cloud facilities

Oracle

Oracle has pledged to power its global operations, including its cloud and facilities with 100% green energy by 2025. Initially, the Company promised to run its cloud facilities alone with 100% green energy by 2025. However, it is planning to include all its global operations now. Oracle claim...

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Read Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects
Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects
June 23, 2021

Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

Amazon AWS

Amazon has overtaken Google as the largest corporate buyer of green energy in the United States. It also holds the title of being the largest renewable energy buyer in Europe. This comes after the Company announced its fourteen new green energy projects in the Us, Spain, Finland, and Canada.Wi...

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Read Europe's Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact
Europe's Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact
June 23, 2021

Europe's Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact

Europe

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, a movement launched in January 2021 to tackle data centers' environmental impact, has made big moves this week. Cloud and datacenter giants in the movement have taken 19 proposals to the European Union (EU), which outline their "ambitious targets" to make ...

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Read Europe's Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact
Europe's Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact
June 23, 2021

Europe's Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact

Europe

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, a movement launched in January 2021 to tackle data centers' environmental impact, has made big moves this week. Cloud and datacenter giants in the movement have taken 19 proposals to the European Union (EU), which outline their "ambitious targets" to make ...

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Read Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030
Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030
June 17, 2021

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix

Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...

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Read 50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy
50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy
June 17, 2021

50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced in its third ESG report that half of its global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy. It did this by increasing the portfolio of its data centers being powered by renewable energy by 20% in 2020. Impressively, it also increased its energy consump...

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Read Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
June 16, 2021

Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

Singapore

It has been announced that social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a $17 million (S$23m) project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. The programme is also being funded by Singapore's Nationa...

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Read DEAC switches to 100% renewable energy
DEAC switches to 100% renewable energy
June 10, 2021

DEAC switches to 100% renewable energy

Delska (DEAC, DLC Data Logistics Center)

DEAC has announced that it is going green by switching to 100% renewable energy for all its data centers. The renewable energy will be sourced from wind farms in Northern Europe.The Latvian data center firm currently owns two 2.3MW and 0.4MW data centers based in Riga, with a third 4MW facilit...

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Read Volcanic geothermal energy for Bitcoin mining data centers in El Salvador
Volcanic geothermal energy for Bitcoin mining data centers in El Salvador
June 10, 2021

Volcanic geothermal energy for Bitcoin mining data centers in El Salvador

El Salvador

Following El Salvador declaring Bitcoin as legal tender, the country's president Nayib Bukele has instructed state-owned geothermal electric company, LaGeo, to create a plan to offer geothermal energy to Bitcoin mining data centers.On Twitter, Bukele announced the news, saying: "I've just inst...

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Read Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center
Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center
June 04, 2021

Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center

Illinois

The former Motorola manufacturing and distribution facility in Harvard, Illinois, may be given new life, with prospective planners looking into transforming the building into a solar-powered data center.Green Data Center Real Estate in Vancouver is reportedly working with Solar Alliance of Kno...

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Read Bechtel and Nautilus form partnership to build sustainable, high-performance data centers
Bechtel and Nautilus form partnership to build sustainable, high-performance data centers
June 03, 2021

Bechtel and Nautilus form partnership to build sustainable, high-performance data centers

Americas

Bechtel and Nautilus have formed a partnership to deliver data centers with better environmental footprints. The centers will reportedly be energy-intensive, delivering high-performance while prioritizing sustainability. The centers will use Total Resource Usage Effectiveness (TRUE) technology...

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Read TIM Brasil signs solar deal with Faro Energy
TIM Brasil signs solar deal with Faro Energy
June 03, 2021

TIM Brasil signs solar deal with Faro Energy

TIM Group

TIM Brasil and Faro Energy just announced that they had signed a renewable energy deal. The deal will see Faro Energy supply TIM Brasil with five solar power plants for its network infrastructure before 2021 runs out. Faro will be responsible for investing, constructing, operating, and mainta...

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