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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 Cloudflare acquires multi-cloud networking startup
Cloudflare acquires multi-cloud networking startup
March 07, 2024

Cloudflare acquires multi-cloud networking startup

CloudHQ

Content delivery network (CDN) and Edge services provider announced this week that it has acquired multi-cloud networking startup Nefeli Networks and has launched a new multi-cloud networking service based on the acquired technology. “We believe the full potential of the cloud will only truly ...

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Read Wex Inc. completes primary cloud migration
Wex Inc. completes primary cloud migration
March 06, 2024

Wex Inc. completes primary cloud migration

Amazon AWS

Global payment processing company Wex Inc. has completed its primary could migration with the full migration of the benefits segment in its annual report. The report did not disclse the cloud provider it moved to. However, the company in 2021 announced that it was entering into a multiyear mi...

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Read Amazon acquires Talen’s data center campus in Pennysylvania
Amazon acquires Talen’s data center campus in Pennysylvania
March 06, 2024

Amazon acquires Talen’s data center campus in Pennysylvania

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has acquired Talen Energy’s 960MW Cumulusdata center campus at a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. According to the investor presentation, Talen sold the site and assets of Cumulus Data for $650 million. The deal comprises $350 million at close and $300m escrowed, rel...

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Read UK government clears purchase of Newport Water Fab factory
UK government clears purchase of Newport Water Fab factory
March 05, 2024

UK government clears purchase of Newport Water Fab factory

United Kingdom

The UK government has finally approved US electronics company Vishay’s takeover of Newport Wafer Fab factory, the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturing site. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has now issued a consent order approving the purchase. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK ...

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Read Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers
Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers
March 05, 2024

Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

Singapore

Telkom Indonesia has consolidated its Singapore data centers under one umbrella unit ahead of a potential sale. The company wrote on LinkedIn that this marks a “significant milestone in our journey toward becoming a regional powerhouse in the data center industry,”  “The rationale behind this ...

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Read Government data center in Jamaica receives $3.8million upgrade
Government data center in Jamaica receives $3.8million upgrade
March 05, 2024

Government data center in Jamaica receives $3.8million upgrade

Caribbean

A government data center in Jamaica known as the eGov Data Centre has received a J$600 million (US$3.8m) upgrade. Works relating to this upgrade began in 2020 and was managed by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU). Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke said of th...

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Read Shentel to sell tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge
Shentel to sell tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge
March 05, 2024

Shentel to sell tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge

United States

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) announced that it has agreed to sell its tower portfolio which consists of 226 portfolio sites to Vertical Bridge for $310.3 million after entering into a purchase and sale agreement with Vertical Bridge last week. Shentel’s President and CEO, C...

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Read Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business
Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business
March 04, 2024

Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business

Finland

Boldyn Networks has completed its acquisition of Cellnex's private network business for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition includes Edzcom, Cellnex’s Finnish subsidiary that specializes in private networks for industrial environments.“By bringing Cellnex's private networks business unit und...

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Read BW Digital acquires new land for data center in Batam, Indonesia
BW Digital acquires new land for data center in Batam, Indonesia
March 04, 2024

BW Digital acquires new land for data center in Batam, Indonesia

Indonesia

Cable operator and Citramas Group BW Digital this week announced that it has acquired a new land for data center construction and has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the ‘joint development of a carrier-neutral digital ecosystem’ in Batam’s Nongsa Digital Park (NDP), which Citram...

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Read Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS
Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS
March 04, 2024

Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS

New Zealand

Legrand has acquired New Zealand cable management firm Mechanical Support Systems (MSS) which offers services including cable containment manufacturing, supply, installation, and design, as well as bespoke fabrication. This acquisition merges MSS’ cable management solutions with the acquiring ...

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Read Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit
Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit
March 04, 2024

Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit

California

AI chip startup Groq has acquired Definitive Intelligence for an undisclosed sum to support its newly formed  GroqCloud unit, which Definitive Intelligence co-founder and CEO Sunny Madra will lead. GroqCloud is a cloud platform that provides Groq hardware documentation, code samples, and on-de...

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Read Iridium to support South Korean military with connectivity
Iridium to support South Korean military with connectivity
March 01, 2024

Iridium to support South Korean military with connectivity

Abidjan

Satellite provider Iridium has entered into an agreement with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Defense (MOD) to provide connectivity for strategic use within the Republic of Korea's military operations. Iridium will provide the ROK Army with a range of services, including real-time pos...

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Read Equinix deploys 1MW solar system on Melbourne data center
Equinix deploys 1MW solar system on Melbourne data center
March 01, 2024

Equinix deploys 1MW solar system on Melbourne data center

Equinix

Equinix has deployed a 1MW rooftop solar system at its ME1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center at 578 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne. The company has now completed the installation of rooftop solar systems at eight of its facilities, including Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, and ...

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Read Leesburg Council vote in favor of rezoning for proposed data center
Leesburg Council vote in favor of rezoning for proposed data center
March 01, 2024

Leesburg Council vote in favor of rezoning for proposed data center

Virginia

Town council officials in Leesburg, Virginia, announced this week that they have voted to approve a rezoning application that will allow data centers and additional industrial and research park uses on two parcels of vacant land to the south of Leesburg. Springfield East, LC, the applicant so...

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Read Penta Infa names Bob Sprengers as new CEO
Penta Infa names Bob Sprengers as new CEO
March 01, 2024

Penta Infa names Bob Sprengers as new CEO

Penta Infra

European data center firm, Penta Infra has named Bob Sprengers as its CEO according to an announcement by the company and lead investor Photon Capital this week. Effective from March 2024, Sprengers will take over from Alex Bakker who has led the company since it was founded in 2015.  “The ti...

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Read Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center
Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center
February 29, 2024

Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center

Vodafone

Following an increasing number of criminal attacks at Vodafone’s Bracknell data center, the company is now making plans to upgrade security at this facility. Vodafone has received permission from the Bracknell Forest Council to install new security fences and gates, reconfigure the car park, a...

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Read Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue
Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue
February 29, 2024

Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue

London

Property investor Segro has raised £900 million ($1.1 billion) in a share issue and intends to use this funds to develop its portfolio across the UK and Europe. The London-listed business had initially been hoping to raise £800 million ($1.01bn), but on Tuesday evening its directors said stron...

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Read Platform.sh offers discount for greener data centers
Platform.sh offers discount for greener data centers
February 29, 2024

Platform.sh offers discount for greener data centers

Microsoft Azure

Platform.sh, a platform for building, running and scaling web applications, is offering customers a three percent 'greener region discount' when using a data center that consumes electricity that is less than 100gCO₂e/kWh. Customers have a choice of six data center regions across five countrie...

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Read Axentec PLC unveils Tier IV-standard data center in Bangladesh
Axentec PLC unveils Tier IV-standard data center in Bangladesh
February 29, 2024

Axentec PLC unveils Tier IV-standard data center in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Robi Axiata subsidiary Axentec PLC has launched a Tier IV-standard data center called  "Cypher", located in the Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore and spans 16,500 square feet. This prefabricated facility will offer 2N redundancy and fault-tolerant power backup systems for its t...

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Read Green Mountain to host HPE AI and HPC infrastructure in Norweigan facility
Green Mountain to host HPE AI and HPC infrastructure in Norweigan facility
February 29, 2024

Green Mountain to host HPE AI and HPC infrastructure in Norweigan facility

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain is to host Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure in two of its Norweigan data centers. Green Mountain has three data centers in Norway and the specific facilities for this project are yet to be reveale...

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