Chirisa Enters Ashburn Market, Buys Prime Parcel in Data Center Alley
There’s another new player in Data Center Alley. Chirisa Investments has acquired a piece of prime real estate in Ashburn, Virginia where it plans to build a 30-megawatt data center. The Irish company...
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The Internet of Things and Our Data-Driven Future
Today we kick off “Data Driven,” a series of articles examining the volume of data generated by emerging technologies. We begin by exploring the data impact of the Internet of Things. The drive to make...
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As Cloud Investment Surges, What’s the New Normal for Data Centers?
Hyperscale Internet companies stepped up their investment in Internet infrastructure in the first quarter of 2018, setting records and raising a big question for the data center industry: What does the...
View ArticleIron Mountain Acquires Amsterdam’s Evoswitch in $235M Deal
Iron Mountain has acquired the EvoSwitch data center business for $235 million, gaining entry to the Amsterdam market, one of Europe’s major connectivity hubs. The deal also continues a series of...
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Green House Data Boosts its Azure Mojo with Infront Acquisition
As it looks to the clouds, Green House Data is seeing Azure. The managed hosting company, which operates a national network of data centers, is acquiring Infront Consulting Group to boost its services...
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Frontier Spotlight: The Top Data Center Stories for May 2018
The most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in May 2018 featured some big names in the industry, including Google, Intel and LinkedIn. In fact, LinkedIn is investing big in the EdgeCloud, which...
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Facilitating the Transition from Core-to-Edge to Edge-to-Core Computing
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Martin Olsen, vice president, global edge and integrated solutions at Vertiv, explores what is needed to transition from core-to-edge to edge-to-core...
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Cloud MegaLeases, Land Banking Boost Northern Virginia
TYSONS CORNER, Va. – Northern Virginia is the crossroads of the cloud, hosting the world’s largest concentration of data centers. After two straight years of record growth, the Northern Virginia market...
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New Design Helps Facebook Keep Data Cool in Hot Climates
Facebook is deploying a new cooling system in some of its data centers, which will allow it to deploy its cloud campuses in new places, the company said today. The new system, known as StatePoint...
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The Watery Edge: Microsoft Deploys Undersea Servers in Scotland
The world’s boldest edge computing project has taken a major step forward. Microsoft revealed today that it has deployed the second phase of Project Natick, its undersea data center prototype, in the...
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Gartner’s Hype Cycle and DCIM Software: Where Are We Now?
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, discusses DCIM’s progress across the Gartner Hype Cycle and the key differentiators that set second-generation...
View ArticleVantage Starts Building at New Santa Clara Data Center Campus
From its founding, Vantage Data Centers has kept a keen eye on Silicon Valley and its appetite for data center space. The company was founded in Santa Clara, and has been the most prolific developer in...
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Cologix Names Bill Fathers CEO and Chairman
There’s new leadership at Cologix, where industry veteran Bill Fathers has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Grant van Rooyen. The executive change comes a year after Cologix...
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New Network Standards Will Require Network Upgrades — Here’s What to Consider
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, David Knapp, Product Marketing Manager at Chatsworth Products, explores what to consider as new network standards create network upgrade requirements. David...
View ArticleInfomart Unveils Ashburn Data Center, Retooled for the Future
Northern Virginia has a long history as a crossroads for the Internet. One of the data centers that has played a key role in the region’s past is now ready for the next phase of growth in Data Center...
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Online Video is Everywhere, and Filling Up Data Centers
Today we continue “Data Driven,” a series of articles examining the volume of data generated by emerging technologies, with a look at the data impact of online video. There’s no denying that online...
View ArticleUber Prepares for Major Data Center Expansion
MONTE CARLO, Monaco – The connected car will be a driving force in the digital economy, creating a vast business ecosystem and an ocean of data. That’s clearly seen in growth trends at Uber, which...
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Internet of Things Driving Change in Data Center Industry
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live, from developments in smart cities, to connected cars and more. And much of what is driving progress within the Internet of Things is data —...
View ArticleAnalyst: Enterprise IT Transition Powering Data Center Growth
MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Demand from enterprise companies seeking to “cloudify” their IT operations will support solid growth for the multi-tenant data center sector in coming years, a leading securities...
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Executive Roundtable: Is the Cloud More Secure Than the Enterprise?
Welcome to our 11th 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...
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