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Executive Roundtable: Edge Computing Adoption Gaining Traction
After years of high expectations, edge computing is emerging as a more significant component of Internet architecture, with adoption growing across industries, use cases and geographies, according to...
View ArticleAWS Adds Cloud Interconnection Hubs in QTS Data Centers
The cloud has been gradually changing the shape of global networks. This trend is seen in the subsea cables that tie the Internet together, which are now often funded by hyperscale operators and come...
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Cloud Outages Sharpen Focus on Uptime and Reliability
Uptime is always job one for data center operators, but it remains a challenge for the largest tech platforms, as shown in Apple’s lengthy outage on Monday. Reliability was already in the spotlight...
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Breaking Historical Power Norms: Energy and Resiliency as a Service
This week, we conclude our article series exploring the state of the grid and improving energy solutions for evolving digital infrastructure power needs. In this article, we’ll look at how new...
View ArticleFlexential Steps Up Building Program for 2022
Colocation and hybrid cloud provider Flexential will step up its building program for 2022. The company plans to expand its data center platform by adding 33 megawatts (MWs) of capacity, more than...
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NVIDIA: New Hardware Will Transform Data Centers into AI Factories
NVIDIA today unveiled powerful new hardware to serve as the key building blocks for its vision to transform data centers into “AI factories,” unleashing new frontiers in technical computing. In the...
View ArticleInternational Data Center Day: The Careers Building Our Digital Future
Today is International Data Center Day, an effort to raise awareness of the data center industry and to inspire the next generation of talent. The initiative, launched by 7×24 Exchange International,...
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How the Supply Chain Crisis Should Change Our Approach Moving Forward
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Bill Tierney, Senior Vice President at ProLift Rigging explores key lessons that can be learned from the supply chain crisis. Bill Tierney, Senior Vice...
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The Data Center Industry Begins to Feel the Supply Chain Pinch
Supply chain disruptions are tough on everyone. But the digital infrastructure sector faces a particular challenge, as it must manage the supply chain crisis during a period of dramatic growth amid a...
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Are Nuclear-Powered Data Centers on the Horizon?
Nuclear-powered data centers? The idea may not be as far-fetched as was long thought. The global effort to slow climate change is making progress, but still trails the benchmarks that scientists say...
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Data Centers Bring $1.2 Billion A Year in Taxes Into Virginia’s Economy
The data center industry brings $1.2 billion in tax revenue into the Virginia economy annually, including $1 billion to local municipalities and $174 million to the state, according to a new study from...
View ArticleRoundtable Recap: Edge, Uptime, Supply Chain and the Nuclear Option
Our Data Center Executive Roundtable for the First Quarter of 2022 explores four topics: Edge computing’s emergence as a more significant component of Internet architecture, ensuring uptime as apps and...
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Digital Twin Technology Deployed at Innovative French Colocation Data Center
A new white paper from Future Facilities presents a case study of how Thésée DataCenter, a French colocation data center provider, uses digital twin technology to deliver a unique, interactive...
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Cybersecurity in the Data Center: New Political Developments Shape New Ways...
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Mark Houpt, Chief Information Security Officer at DataBank, discusses cybersecurity in the context of the war in Eastern Europe. He highlights changing...
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Evolving IT Strategies Require Flexible Architectures
Last week we launched a special report series exploring how high-speed fiber networks can future-proof distributed data centers, specifically looking at how data center growth created complexity. This...
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Shifting the Data Center Facility Management Paradigm: Real-World Use Cases
This week, we’ll conclude our article series exploring how data center facility management is evolving REIT and data center provider operational models. In this article, we’ll look at some real-world...
View ArticleCyrusOne Becomes a Private Company as $15 Billion Buyout is Completed
Data center developer CyrusOne is now a private company after completing its $15 billion sale to investment firms KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners on Friday. It is a transition with consequences...
View ArticleBig Financial Firms Seek to Boost Investment In Data Center Sector
It’s been more than three years since DCF first noted the huge influx of investment capital into the data center sector, which has since led to record-setting M&A action and the creation of many...
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Considerations for Future-Proofing Infrastructure: Resiliency, Security,...
This week, we continue our special report series exploring how high-speed fiber networks can future-proof distributed data centers. Last week, we looked at how market dynamics are driving IT leaders to...
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Living on the Edge
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Sean Farney, Director of Data Center Marketing at Kohler Power Systems explores the ever evolving definition of the edge. Sean Farney, Director of Data Center...
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