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The SUPERNAP Design Goes Global With Milan Data Center
Milan has long been renowned as a center for innovative design. That trend now applies to the data center as well as the runway. Last week’s opening of the SUPERNAP Italia is the first deployment...
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The Top 10 Data Center Stories of 2016
What were the year’s biggest data center stories? As we approach the New Year, it’s a good time to reflect on 2016 and look back at the trends and stories that mattered. On the trend front, it was a...
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FORTRUST Adopts Diesel Rotary UPS for Backup Power
Is it a generator? A UPS? A flywheel? The new backup power systems at colocation specialist FORTRUST bring these elements together. As FORTRUST expands its Denver data center, it will use Diesel Rotary...
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The Year Ahead: Delivering on the Promise of Virtual Reality
This is the first in a series of stories looking at key technology trends and their impact on the data center sector in 2017. In 2016 Pokemon Go demonstrated the power of augmented reality to disrupt...
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The Silver Lining in the New Lease Accounting Rules – The Data Center
The modern data center is a key component of the modern business. Strategies, go-to market initiatives, and entire organizational goals are being built around the capabilities of IT. Throughout all of...
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The Year Ahead: Edge Computing Creates Opportunity in 2017
As tech pundits and executives look to the horizon, they see huge demand for edge computing. What they don’t yet see is the infrastructure to support it. That may change in 2017, as the potential...
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Uptime Institute’s Tier Ratings Explained
In this this edition of “Voices of the Industry,” Robert McClary, Chief Operating Officer at FORTRUST, explains the Uptime Institute’s Tier Rating System and the requirements for achieving gold...
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Greenpeace Cites Switch for Leadership on Renewable Energy
Switch has emerged as a leader in the data center industry’s effort to power its operations with renewable energy, according to Greenpeace, which gave the Las Vegas-based company top marks in its...
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Greenpeace: The Cloud is Getting Greener, But Work Remains
The cloud is getting greener, with a growing number of server farms supported by renewable power, according to a new report from Greenpeace. The environmental group, which has been one of the data...
View ArticleInvesting in the Edge: Funding Preps Compass for New Phase of Growth
Compass Datacenters was created to deploy data center capacity in new ways in new places. It will now be pursuing that plan with new investors. Private equity firm Redbird Capital and the Ontario...
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Lithium-Ion Batteries Offer New Options for Data Center Backup Power
In this this edition of “Voices of the Industry,” Peter Panfil, Vice President of Global Power at Vertiv, explains the benefits of Lithium-ion batteries and how they can serve as a new alternative for...
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DBT-DATA Markets Development Sites Amid Ashburn Building Boom
There’s an old saying in real estate: “Buy land – they’re not making any more of it.” Finding land is becoming a challenge in leading data center markets, as developers buy up properties to ensure...
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Amazon Approaches 1 Gigawatt of Cloud Capacity in Virginia
Amazon’s cloud computing operation may soon have more than 1 gigawatt of power capacity supporting its huge US-East data center cluster, according to a Greenpeace analysis of the company’s energy use....
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Executive Roundtable: Data Center Trends to Watch in 2017
Welcome to our sixth 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 Fourth...
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Microsoft Deals Drive Blockbuster Year for Data Center Leasing
Microsoft leased as much as 125 megawatts of third-party data center space in 2016, accounting for the top six deals in the wholesale data center market during 2016, according to a new report. The...
View ArticleGreen Data Center Conference Returns to La Jolla, CA
Early bird registration is open for the 8th Annual Green Data Center Conference 2017 until January 27th. This event is being held on February 21st-23rd at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in La...
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In 2017, The Enterprise Cloud Gets Distributed
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...
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What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Data Centers?
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...
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Edge, IoT Likely to Boost Fortunes of Modular Data Centers
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...
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The Benefits of Multi-Cloud Strategies
In this this edition of “Voices of the Industry,” Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer at Digital Realty, outlines the benefits of multi-cloud strategies and how enterprises are realizing the value of...
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