Emerging Power Architectures: New Alternatives for Today’s Data Center
In this week’s Voices of Industry, Peter Panfil, VP Global Power, Emerson Network Power, discusses data center transformation: The impact of emerging power architectures on today’s data centers. Peter...
View ArticleCreating Real World Data Center Solutions for Government Clients
Organizations of across all verticals are finding new ways where cloud and the modern data center impacts their business. They’re shifting workloads, optimizing experiences, and staying very...
View ArticleFaster Flywheel Brings Longer UPS Backup for Active Power
How long do you need emergency power before your backup generators kick in? It’s a critical question for data centers, who rely on uninterruptible power supply systems (UPS) to keep their servers and...
View ArticleJim Smith Joins Microsoft Data Center Team
Industry veteran Jim Smith is joining Microsoft, where he will help build the company expand its massive network of cloud data centers. Smith will join Microsoft infrastructure team as General Manager...
View ArticleHow to Enable IoT connected devices
To start planning and preparing now for tomorrow’s network, we have to understand the requirements for power, light and data today. We have to be smart about thefuture. What will the world we live,...
View ArticleHow to Boost Efficiency with a Single Data Center Management Solution
Energy costs are the fastest-rising expense for today’s data centers. Naturally, power consumption is a top concern for managers of data center, enterprise, and cloud environments. Moreover, there are...
View ArticleAquarius Server: Warm Water Cooling for Open Compute
It seems that it’s Open Compute Project week in New Mexico. Facebook, the driving force behind the open source hardware movement, said Wednesday that it will build a new data center in Las Lunas, New...
View ArticleData Center Optimization: A guide to better efficiency and rack density
As business change and evolve – you better believe that your data center is right there along for the ride. Consider this, a recent report from DataCenterDynamics indicates that the world’s data...
View ArticleSave Energy and Money by Busting Ghost Servers
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Susanna Kass, EVP, Innovation and Sustainability Strategy, at BASELAYER, discusses saving energy and money by busting the ghost servers. Data centers around the...
View ArticleDean Nelson to Head Uber Compute Infrastructure
It appears that Uber is ready to super-size its compute infrastructure. The ride-sharing and logistics specialist has hired industry veteran Dean Nelson, the former head of data centers at eBay, as...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Wealth Manager ICONIQ Invests in T5 Data Centers
ICONIQ Capital, the wealth manager to Silicon Valley billionaires, has moved quickly in its entrance into data center investing. ICONIQ has taken equity positions in two T5 Data Centers projects in...
View ArticleCarter Validus REIT Contemplates Future Path
ASHBURN, Va. – In buying more than 30 data centers over the last five years, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT has often provided an exit for facility owners looking to sell their properties. The...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Data Center Market Poised for Growth
We continue our series of stories on the leading geographic markets for data center space. Data Center Frontier is partnering with DatacenterHawk to provide in-depth market reports on each city we...
View ArticleMicrosoft Reveals New Generation 5 Data Center Design
As it embarks upon a massive expansion of its cloud computing infrastructure, Microsoft has once again retooled its data center design, replacing its outdoor server modules with a more traditional...
View ArticleThe Four Trends That are Driving the Intelligent PDU Market
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Ashish Moondra, Sr. Product Manager Power, Electronics & Software for Chatsworth Products, discusses the four trends that are driving the intelligent PDU...
View ArticlePre-Leasing Drives New Supply in Santa Clara Data Center Market
We continue our series of stories on the leading geographic markets for data center space. Data Center Frontier is partnering with DatacenterHawk to provide in-depth market reports on each city we...
View ArticleThe Ashburn Data Center Building Boom Hits New Heights
ASHBURN, Va. – To visualize how fast cloud computing is growing, take a drive along the eastern end of Gloucester Parkway here in Ashburn. A year ago, the south side of the road was an open field. Now...
View ArticleData Center Maintenance: What Should Be Included?
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Robert McClary, Chief Operating Officer, at FORTRUST discusses data center maintenance and lifestyle strategies and what should be included. Robert McClaryChief...
View ArticleSpace Lasers, Satellites Will Connect Equinix Data Centers
Equinix will house a system of lasers to beam data around the globe, using satellites to transfer data across space at high speeds, the company said today. The laser system from Laser Light...
View ArticleBeyond SkyNet: Reframing AI as a Force for Good
Today we begin a series of stories on artificial intelligence and its potential impact on the technology sector and Internet infrastructure. NEW YORK – Call it the SkyNet Problem. News stories about...
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