Going Global: Expanding IT
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Michael Levy, Global Colocation Product Manager at CenturyLink, takes a look at the role data centers and colocation providers play in businesses expanding IT...
View ArticleStrong Demand for Data Center Space in Northern Virginia
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 ArticleVantage Data Centers Acquired by Investors Led By Digital Bridge
Vantage Data Centers is being acquired by a consortium of investors led by Digital Bridge Holdings, which sees the purchase as the first step in a larger expansion into the wholesale data center...
View ArticleDigital Bridge: A Vision Spanning Wireless, Towers and Data Centers
As the new consolidator in the data center industry, Digital Bridge has a vision that extends from the device in your hand to the server in the data center. With new technologies on the horizon that...
View ArticleThe Expansion Continues at Infomart Dallas
Infomart Data Centers has completed commissioning of a new private colocation suite within its Infomart Dallas facility, the company said today. The new space may not be huge, supporting 500 kilowatts...
View ArticleIncentives Push Northern Virginia Data Center 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 ArticleIron Mountain Energy Deal Highlights Greening of Colo Sector
It’s no longer just the hyperscale data center operators who are buying green power. A growing number of multi-tenant data center operators are procuring renewable power for their data centers,...
View ArticleDataStation: Bringing Servers to the Heart of the Grid
PHOENIX, Ariz. – At first glance, the modular data center being developed by the Salt River Project (SRP) doesn’t seem particularly futuristic. But the company believes the prototype, known as a...
View ArticleThe Demand for Data Center Transparency Grows
In this this edition of Voices of the Industry, Robert McClary, Chief Operating Officer at FORTRUST, predicts colocation customers’ increased demand for greater visibility of their IT environments and...
View ArticleNautilus Data Barges Ahead With Floating Data Center
VALLEJO, Calif. – As he surveys the open area before him, more than 230 feet long and 55 feet wide, Arnold Magcale sees the future home of an innovative data center. For the moment, it’s the deck of a...
View ArticleAI Boom Boosts GPU Adoption, High-Density Cooling
The data center team at eBay is plenty familiar with high density data centers. The e-commerce giant has been running racks with more than 30 kilowatts (kW) of power density at the SUPERNAP in Las...
View ArticleGreen House Data Expands to Atlanta With Cirracore Acquisition
Colocation and cloud hosting provider Green House Data continues to build its national footprint. Today the company announced the acquisition of Cirracore, an Atlanta-based infrastructure provider of...
View ArticleAs Power Densities Rise, Providers Lead With Cooling
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – If the data center industry had a Facebook profile, its relationship with density would be …. “It’s complicated.” New hardware for cloud computing and machine learning is bringing...
View ArticleGaining Control of the Expanding Edge
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Dan Draper, Director of Data Center Programs for Vertiv, explores the growing role of facilities supporting edge services and the “expanding edge”. The need to...
View ArticleReno Rising: Region Attracts Cluster of Cloud Campuses
The combination of lots of land and cheap renewable power is establishing Reno, Nevada as the new hotspot for massive cloud campuses. Reno’s appeal is reinforced by Monday’s news that Google has bought...
View ArticleInfrastructure Masons Creates Data Center Ratings System
What if you could review detailed ratings on every aspect of a data center’s performance, searching for colocation space the same way you might evaluate cars, homes or restaurants? The Infrastructure...
View ArticleData Center Compliance is a ‘Necessary Awesome’ for Colocation Providers
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Mark W. Jobson, Director of Product Marketing for Iron Mountain’s data center business unit, discusses why data center compliance should be viewed in a positive...
View ArticleExecutive Roundtable: How the Cloud is Changing the Data Center Industry
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 First...
View ArticleHybrid Cloud Evolves for High Performance
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer at Digital Realty, explores how the hybrid cloud is evolving to suit today’s high performance computing landscape. The way...
View ArticleRoundtable: Data Center M&A Action Will Continue
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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