Modular Strategies Helping Deploy Data Centers Faster
Today we continue our 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 today’s...
View ArticleInternet of Things Drives Focus on Edge Computing
Today we continue our 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 today’s...
View ArticleHow to Mitigate Risk When Dealing with IT Asset Disposal
Let’s face it, your data is valuable and the bad guys are constantly looking for ways to get in. There is a direct economization around the hacking industry where the value of information continues to...
View ArticleData Centers Consume 600+ Billion Liters of Water a Year – Here’s How You Can...
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Earl Keisling, co-founder and CEO of Inertech LLC, the data center infrastructure technology division of Aligned Energy, discusses why data center water use...
View ArticleIntel Unveils FPGA to Accelerate Neural Networks
Intel today unveiled new hardware and software targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) market, which has emerged as a focus of investment for the largest data center operators. The chipmaker...
View ArticleVapor IO’s Vision for Edge Computing: Lower Cost, More Cloud
Things will be different at the edge of the network. Providing bandwidth and data storage for distributed technologies like the Internet of Things, virtual reality and autonomous cars will require new...
View ArticleInfrastructure Masons: Data Centers Can Be Faster, Sexier
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – If you gathered 100 of the leading data center builders in the same room, what would they talk about? The answer: faster networks, better metrics and how to make data centers sexy....
View ArticleK80 Cooling – A Liquid Cooling Use Case
Did you know that graphics processing units (GPUs) are being used more for big data workloads? Did you also know that these processors have become much more powerful in the workloads they can handle...
View ArticleOne Wilshire Upgrades Clear Way for More Data Centers
LOS ANGELES – One of the world’s most connected buildings is getting a power boost. The owners of One Wilshire, the iconic carrier hotel in downtown Los Angeles, have begun a series of infrastructure...
View ArticleData Center Health Management
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Jeff Klaus General Manager of Intel® Data Center Solutions, discusses an approach to data center health management. JEFF KLAUS, Intel As winter approaches, I’m...
View ArticleHigh Performance Networks Mean Business
In this week’s Voices of the Industry article, Andrew Schaap, Sr. VP of Sales at Digital Realty, discusses the benefits of a high performance network and it’s impact on your big data strategies. The...
View ArticleAmazon Building Custom Chips to Accelerate Cloud Networking
Amazon Web Services is developing customer semiconductors to accelerate its cloud computing network, expanding its push into custom hardware, the company said Tuesday. AWS says its new Annapurna ASIC...
View ArticleInside LinkedIn’s Cutting-Edge Portland Data Center
The new LinkedIn data center in Hillsboro, Oregon breaks new ground in Internet-scale data centers, combining high density with exceptional efficiency and sustainability. The facility, housed in a new...
View ArticleRagingWire Breaking Ground on New Ashburn Data Center
The building boom continues in Data Center Alley. RagingWire will begin construction this month on its VA3 data center, which will anchor a huge new campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The company will invest...
View ArticleEquinix Buys 24 Data Centers from Verizon in $3.6 Billion Deal
In a blockbuster deal for the data center sector, Equinix will acquire 24 data center sites from Verizon, including the two crown jewels of its portfolio – the NAP of the Americas in Miami and the NAP...
View ArticleThe Cloud Brings Colo to Cable Landings
As the cloud wars extend under the ocean, colo is coming to cable landings. At sites stretching from Canada to the tip of Florida, colocation providers are building data centers at the sites where...
View ArticleWill Virtual Reality Make On-Site Data Center Tours Obsolete?
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, James Leach, Vice President of Marketing at RagingWire, looks at the impact virtual reality may have on traditional on-site data center tours. James Leach,...
View ArticleEmerson Network Power Becomes Vertiv, Eyes New Opportunities
LAS VEGAS – As it relaunches as a private company with a new brand, Vertiv confronts a changing landscape in its core niche of data center power and cooling products. Vertiv is the new name for Emerson...
View ArticleThe Past, Present and Future of Modular Data Centers
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, David Shepard EVP, General Manager of the BASELAYER’s Anywhere hardware division, looks over the past, present and future of modular data centers. DAVID SHEPARD,...
View ArticleAmid Consolidation, Equinix and Digital Realty Chart Course to Growth
Amid the consolidation in the data center industry, Equinix and Digital Realty continue to grow through acquisition, solidifying their leadership positions in key segments of the Internet...
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