Airflow Management Basics – Comparing Containment Systems
There’s no slowdown in the amount of power we’re using within the data center. A recent US Department of Energy report found that in 2014, data centers in the U.S. consumed an estimated 70 billion kWh,...
View ArticleSchneider Electric Buys ASCO Power Business From Vertiv
ASCO Power Technologies has lots of experience managing smooth transitions. Now it will manage a transition in ownership. Schneider Electric announced today that it has purchased ASCO from Vertiv for...
View ArticleIron Mountain Acquires FORTRUST, Expanding its Data Center Footprint
In a sign of its growing ambitions in the data center business, information storage specialist Iron Mountain has agreed to purchase Denver-based FORTRUST for $128 million, the companies announced...
View ArticleFrontier Spotlight: The Top Data Center Stories for July 2017
Power is the lifeblood of the data center industry, and continues to engage data center thought leaders, as seen in the most popular stories on Data Center Frontier for July 2017. Electricity was the...
View ArticleThe Antenna Boom: Small Cells, DAS Emerge As Key Enablers for 5G
The telecom industry is seeking to deploy tens of thousands of antenna systems to support next-generation 5G wireless broadband systems, which are expected to deliver low-latency connections for the...
View ArticleWaste Management: Taking out the Trash in Your Data Center
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Solutions, explains how to eliminate waste and common inefficiencies that can often be found throughout the data...
View ArticleCloudHQ Unveils Massive New Manassas Data Center
MANASSAS, Va. – CloudHQ knows how to make an entrance. This week the company plans to deliver on the largest lease in the history of the data center industry, presenting an anchor tenant with 35...
View ArticleSwitch License Deal With Schneider Shines Focus on Design Patents
Reflecting its focus on intellectual property, Switch said today that it has licensed several of its patented designs for data center cooling technology to Schneider Electric. In announcing the...
View ArticleDR Preparedness in 2017: No Pizza Parties Just Yet
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Mark W. Jobson, Director of Product Marketing for Iron Mountain’s data center business unit, discusses the state of DR preparedness and how it pertains to the...
View ArticleRemote Infrastructure – The New Digital Remote Outpost
There’s no doubt that the business is becoming a lot more distributed. And, along with this level of distribution, it’s clear to see that IT continues to play a major role in the way we support remote...
View ArticleIndustrial Internet of Things and the Data Center
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Shay Demmons, EVP and General Manager of the RunSmart software division at BASELAYER, explains the ins and outs of the Industrial Internet of Things and its...
View ArticleStream Data Centers Targets The Hyperscale Market
There are many more hyperscale data centers to be built. Stream Data Centers would like to build some of them. Stream is an experienced player in data center real estate, and has built a strong...
View ArticleBloom’s Breakthrough Moment? Equinix to Install 40 MW of Fuel Cells
As it works to establish its fuel cells as a viable option to power data centers, Bloom Energy has received a huge vote of confidence from one of the industry’s largest players. Equinix Inc., the...
View ArticleIreland Emerges as Champion in Data Center Facilities
In this weeks Voices of the Industry, Marcus Doran, VP and General Manager, Rahi Systems Europe, explains how Ireland has emerged as a champion in data center facilities. Marcus Doran, VP and General...
View ArticleHelp Us Improve DCF, Get Cool Research Insights
What will edge computing look like? How important is artificial intelligence for data center users? Your insights can help us answer these important questions. Today I’d like to ask you to take a...
View ArticleProject Brainwave: Intel FPGAs Accelerate Microsoft’s AI Hardware
The artificial intelligence arms race continues, as the largest tech companies explore new ways accelerate AI workloads for cloud platforms. The appetite for more computing horsepower is following...
View ArticleGoogle Adds Network Tiers to Optimize Cloud Network Costs
The network is the new focus in the cloud computing wars. Google today introduced network tiers, providing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers with the option to save money by having some traffic...
View ArticleCapacity Constraints: How Best to Prepare for the Future
In this week’s edition of Voices of the Industry, Andrew Schaap, CEO at Aligned Energy, explores how cloud service providers and enterprises alike can mitigate the risk of capacity constraints today...
View ArticleGuide to Intelligent Rack Power Distribution
Change is inevitable, and data centers should be designed with this undeniable concept in mind. Companies that cannot shift with the times or trends because of antiquated technology and infrastructure...
View ArticleAs Iowa Leads, Midwest Plays Growing Role in Cloud Geography
No one wants to wait for their music or video. That’s why the location of data centers is critical to delivering online services with low latency. As Internet titans seek to distribute large files to...
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