Facebook: Open Sharing Was Key to Addressing Arc Flash Incidents
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Data center operators don’t love talking publicly about failure. Ranking high on the list of those unwelcome failures is arc flash. That’s why it was notable when executives from...
View ArticleDisruptive Technology: Enabling Digital Transformation
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Sherri Liebo, Senior Vice President, Marketing, at Digital Realty explores how disruptive technology is pushing digital transformation in today’s markets....
View ArticleCompass Points Toward New Markets, Hyperscale Deals
ALLEN, Texas – The location of loading docks and staging rooms may seem like an esoteric element of data center design. Unless you’re rolling a rack filled with a ton of expensive server and storage...
View ArticleCarter Validus Sells 15 Data Centers for $1.06 Billion
Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT has sold 15 data center properties for $1.06 billion in two transactions, the company said today. The company agreed to sell a data center in suburban Chicago to...
View ArticleFinancial Sector Drives Demand in New York Data Center Market
We continue our series of stories on the leading geographic markets for data center space. Data Center Frontier partnered with DatacenterHawk to provide in-depth market reports on each city we profile....
View ArticleEnergy Procurement: A Painful Process Made Easy
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Brian Frazier, Director of Energy Services for Stream Data Centers, outlines the benefits of energy procurement services. Brian Frazier, Director of Energy...
View ArticleStartup EdgeMicro Plans Network of Tower-Based Micro Data Centers
Life at the edge is getting busy. A team of data center veterans this week launched EdgeMicro, a startup planning to deploy factory-built data centers at cell tower sites across the country. EdgeMicro...
View ArticleHow to Build Data Centers Faster, Better, and More Cost Effectively
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Brian Mattson, Vice President of Construction at RagingWire Data Centers, analyzes how to build data centers and accelerate the pace of modern data center...
View ArticleCloudBoom: Leasing, Land Deals Surge in Northern Virginia
The growth of cloud computing continues to transform the landscape in “Data Center Alley,” the fast-growing data center hub in Northern Virginia. The appetite for cloud capacity has prompted a burst of...
View ArticleNew Jersey Data Center Market Sees Return to Growth
We continue our series of stories on the leading geographic markets for data center space. Data Center Frontier partnered with DatacenterHawk to provide in-depth market reports on each city we profile....
View ArticleFrontier Spotlight: The Top Data Center Stories for October 2017
It would seem the data center market is heating up as the weather cools down. Taking a look back at the top data center stories from October, Data Center Frontier’s headlines are full of news of future...
View ArticleWith Cloud, the Core of Your Network is Moving
Advancements in cloud computing are working to redefine businesses’ network strategies. A new white paper from LightEdge Solutions explores this very phenomenon. The report also highlights LightEdge’s...
View ArticleCenteris Signs 7 Megawatt Lease in Seattle Data Center
Data center provider Centeris has leased up to 7 megawatts of IT capacity in its Puyallup, Washington facility to Colocation Northwest, the companies said this week. Colocation Northwest is a...
View Article5 Edge Data Center Management Challenges
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, explores challenges of edge data center deployments, the data and capabilities you need to effectively manage these...
View ArticleEquinix: We’re Ready to Pursue Larger Hyperscale Deals
Colocation industry leader Equinix says it will pursue larger deals with hyperscale Internet companies, a move that will place it in direct competition with some of the data center REITs (real estate...
View ArticleNorthern Virginia Data Center Growth on Overdrive
The Northern Virginia Data Center market shows no sign of slowing. In fact, 2017 has been chock full of news about future data centers, with new players entering the market and construction and...
View ArticleThe Impact of Data Health Management
Big data continues to get bigger, and with it the value of this data grows, as well. But with this growth comes a struggle for many businesses to maintain and organize this data, as well as keep it...
View Article3 Tips for Successful Data Health Management in 2018
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Data Center Solutions at Intel, offers three tips for successful data health management for the coming year. Jeff Klaus,...
View ArticleAmazon Plans Epic Data Center Expansion in Northern Virginia
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working with a real estate partner to build nearly 2 million square feet of additional data center space in Northern Virginia, which is already home to the world’s largest...
View ArticlePeak 10 + ViaWest Acquires Data Center in Philadelphia Market
Peak 10 + ViaWest is continuing to expand into new markets, pushing further into the Northeast with the acquisition of a data center in Collegeville, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. The company said...
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