Navigating the Path to Data Center Sustainability
The rapid growth of the data center market is challenging operators across the globe – but it’s not the only challenge they face. At the same time that new and developing technologies like artificial...
View ArticleDigitalBridge: Buying Switch Helps Solve the California Capacity Crunch
Key data center markets in California are increasingly power constrained, according to Marc Ganzi. That’s one of the reasons DigitalBridge sees opportunity in its pending $11 billion acquisition of...
View ArticleHow DCIM Software Can Improve Your Bottom Line
There is a shift happening in the data center world as IT leaders strive to support both the needs of their customers and data center management. New requirements and architecture, along with the...
View ArticleLand and Expand: CloudHQ, Scala, Involta, AWS, Google, Microsoft
Welcome to Land and Expand, a new feature at Data Center Frontier highlighting the latest data center development news, including new sites, land acquisition and campus expansions. Here are the new...
View ArticleRenewable Energy and Rising Energy Costs: Market Dynamics at Play
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Chris Pennington, Director of Energy and Sustainability at Iron Mountain Data Centers, provides insights on the market dynamics of renewable energy and energy...
View ArticleHow Fiber Optic Cabling Systems Can Expand Colocation Densities
In a new white paper, Siemon explains how Wellstar Health Systems used advanced data center fiber optic cabling solutions to maximize densities within their leased colocation space. Get the full...
View ArticleTips for Air Cooling in High Density Environments
As power densities in data centers have risen over the past decade, many have wondered if the days of air cooling IT equipment (ITE) are over. While liquid cooling is often talked about as the only...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Data Center Stories for August 2022
Data center safety and innovation were the hot topics in August at Data Center Frontier. Our most widely-read piece featured a discussion of electrical risks faced by data center staff, and resources...
View ArticleData Centers Without Boundaries: The Evolution of DCIM 3.0
We live in a world where data centers have no boundaries. This modern distributed environment, dominated by the cloud, edge computing architectures, and the demand for constant connectivity, has...
View ArticleNorthern Virginia Debates the Future of its Cloud Cluster
This fall, the path for future development in the world’s largest data center market will be decided by decisions on policy and infrastructure in Northern Virginia. Officials in Loudoun and Prince...
View ArticleData Center Jobs: Construction and Development Jobs Available in Major Markets
Each month Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, post some of the hottest data center career opportunities in the market. Here’s a look at some of the latest data center jobs posted on the...
View ArticleNTT’s Adams: Tremendous Demand is Driving Company’s Expansion in Virginia
NTT Global Data Centers Americas (GDCA) is riding a wave of demand for digital services, which is prompting the company to expand its infrastructure offerings in strategic markets, especially Northern...
View ArticleFlexential Boosts its Hillsboro Data Center Footprint with 54 MW Expansion
Colocation and hybrid cloud provider Flexential is expanding its presence in the fast-growing data center hub of Hillsboro, Oregon. Flexential plans to add 54 megawatts of capacity in Hillsboro through...
View ArticleBackblaze Extends its Storage Cloud to the Nautilus Floating Data Center
Backblaze is extending its cloud storage platform to a water-based data center in California, the company said today. Backblaze will deploy 1 megawatt of capacity at the Nautilus Data Technologies...
View ArticleBare Metal + Colocation: The Best of All Worlds
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Databank’s Jeremy Pease and Scott Palsgrove highlight the many benefits of bare metal in a colocation data center and why many enterprises may be wise to...
View ArticleHow Microgrids Help Data Centers Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Allan Schurr, CCO of Enchanted Rock, explains how microgrids fueled by clean, reliable fuels can help mitigate climate change while also making our...
View ArticleAs Demand Outstrips Supply in Cloud Hubs, Secondary Markets May Benefit
The data center industry continues to experience historic demand for more capacity to support the growth of cloud computing, with record pre-leasing of new projects. But the delivery on some of those...
View ArticleCyrusOne Taps Equinix Veteran Eric Schwartz as its New CEO
Data center developer CyrusOne has picked industry veteran Eric Schwartz as Chief Executive Officer, the company said Monday. Schwartz, who has held a series of leadership roles at Equinix, will begin...
View ArticleNovva Data Centers Enters Las Vegas Market with 100 MW Project
Data center developer Novva Data Centers plans to open a new data center in North Las Vegas, Nevada, the company said today. The 100-megawatt facility will be the third data center for Novva, which has...
View ArticleWith New Incentives, Pennsylvania Makes Pitch for Hyperscale Business
With the passage of new tax incentives for data centers in Pennsylvania, developers have announced plans for a hyperscale campus outside Philadelphia that could create 2 million square feet of data...
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