IoT Drives Demand for Data Centers
CHRIS CROSBY, CEO, Compass Datacenters In this edition of “Voices of the Industry” Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters shares his excitement on the impact of technologies like Internet of Things...
View ArticleBloom Energy and Fuel Cells in the Data Center: Evolution or Revolution?
The data center industry is getting comfortable with Bloom Energy fuel cells. You can now find the silvery “Bloom boxes” at data centers operated by eBay, Equinix, Apple, CenturyLink, AT&T, Verizon...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency: The Art & Science of Evaporative Cooling
This week’s “Voices of the Industry”column is from Harold Simmons, Global Director for Strategy at United Metal Products. Harold discusses the fine art of evaporative cooling which does offer...
View ArticleHas the Floating Data Center Finally Arrived?
When it comes to California’s water crisis, a data center startup has an innovative solution. Rather than bringing tens of thousands of gallons of water to the data center, they’re bringing the data...
View ArticleTips for Choosing a DCIM Solution
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Byron Miller, Senior Vice President of Operations at FORTRUST, shares his insights on the key components to look for when choosing a DCIM solution. Byron...
View Article5 Essential Items for Selecting a Fully Compliant Data Center
Data Center Frontier’s Voices of the Industry are educational and thought leadership articles from leading innovators in the data center industry. This week, Shahid Javed from RagingWire explores key...
View ArticleImproving Data Center Efficiency: Learning the Cost of Water
It’s clear that the modern data center has become an absolute integral component of the business. This means that we’re more reliant on data center technologies, the services they provide, and the...
View ArticleConnecting the Unwired World With Balloons, Satellites, Lasers and Drones
Data centers are where the Internet lives. But the geography of the Internet will soon be expanding, creating challenges and opportunities for the data center industry. Silicon Valley hopes to bring...
View ArticleTop 10 Points to Discuss When Touring a Data Center
The modern data center is an expansive engine working to drive the cloud, the user, and new kinds of business demands. The reality in today’s market is that organizations are continuously working to...
View ArticleASHRAE Begins 45-Day Review for New Data Center Cooling Standard
The leading standards group for cooling professionals has begun a 45-day review period for its new energy efficiency standard for data center cooling, known as ASHRAE Standard 90.4. Data center...
View ArticleWhat RagingWire’s 1 Million SF Data Center Tells Us About the Cloud
This week RagingWire Data Centers confirmed plans for a 1 million square foot data center campus in the Dallas data center market. The 80-megawatt project, built on a 42-acre plot in Garland, Texas,...
View ArticleThe State of the Data Center: 3Q 2015
Welcome to our first Data Center Executive Roundtable, a quarterly feature showcasing the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. In our Fall 2015...
View ArticleClose to the Edge
In this edition of “Voices of the Industry” Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters looks at how shifting business demands may change the location of many data centers, putting data centers close to...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Data Center Markets
Today we continue our inaugural Data Center Executive Roundtable, a quarterly feature showcasing the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. In...
View ArticleWhen Dedicated Isn’t Good Enough: Distributed Redundancy vs Dedicated...
Today’s business is directly tied to the capabilities of IT. In fact, organizations will align their strategic goals around what their data center can actually delivery. This is why modern data center...
View ArticleThe Role of Modular Data Center Designs
We continue the Data Center Executive Roundtable for Fall 2015 with a discussion of the development of modular data center designs and factory-built components. Our panel of four experienced data...
View ArticleThe Opportunity in Data Center Cooling
Today we conclude our inaugural Data Center Executive Roundtable, a quarterly feature showcasing the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. In...
View ArticleThe Critical Role Data Centers Play in Today’s Economy
In this week’s edition of Voices of the Industry, Robert D. McClary, Senior Vice President and General Manager at FORTRUST, provides his view on how data centers make the world go ’round. In today’s...
View ArticleInside Amazon’s Cloud Computing Infrastructure
As cloud computing has emerged as the new paradigm for computing at scale, Amazon has firmly established itself as the dominant player. After effectively creating the public cloud market with the...
View ArticleA Data Center is More Than Just a Building
In this week’s edition of Voices of the Industry, William Dougherty, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at RagingWire Data Centers addresses key questions about data center design and...
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