NTT Global Data Centers Debuts, Plans $7 Billion Expansion
HONOLULU – The new NTT Global Data Centers plans to spend $7 billion on building new data centers, adding capacity across multiple global markets, the company said this week. “NTT is making a gigantic...
View ArticleWill Robots Usher in the Lights-Out Data Center?
This article was adapted from a recent edition of The Data Center Frontier Show podcast. Visit our podcast page to listen to the full episode. The idea of using robots to automate data center...
View ArticleWill Tax Incentives Jump-Start NJ’s Data Center Industry?
Can New Jersey re-establish itself as a major player on the U.S. data center scene? Gil Santaliz believes it can, if the Garden State can follow the lead of at least 27 other states and offer tax...
View ArticleGrowth of TikTok Boosts Data Center Appetite for ByteDance
The short-form videos on TikTok are bite-sized. But the rapid growth of the social media service is prompting its parent company to take big bites of data center real estate. Chinese company ByteDance...
View ArticleThe Bullish Case for Edge Computing
We continue “Facets of the Edge,” a Data Center Frontier series examining the many components of edge computing, and the infrastructure needed to support them. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Can you imagine...
View ArticleTop 3 Trends Drawing Hyperscale Users & Cloud Providers to Wholesale Data...
Anthony Bolner, EVP of Stream Data Centers, explores the leading trends pushing more hyperscalers and cloud providers to use wholesale data centers. Anthony Bolner, EVP of Stream Data Centers It’s...
View ArticleVertiv Explores Path Toward Energy Efficiency Without Compromising Load...
Energy efficiency. As energy needs grow at an exponential rate, with the onset of the big data boom, challenges from natural threats associated with climate change, and more, those two words seem to...
View ArticleData Center Jobs: NYC Commissioning Company Seeks New Director
Job opportunities are popping up across the top data center markets in the U.S. Top jobs for February 2020 include a Director of Commissioning role in New York City, as well as new PM positions in...
View ArticleAnalyst: Enterprise CIOs Seek Simplicity, May Use Fewer Data Center Providers
ASHBURN, Va. – Enterprise decision makers are increasingly looking for single providers to meet their data center and cloud computing needs, according to new data from a Credit Suisse survey of chief...
View ArticleDecreasing Power and Water Today Will Help Data Centers Reach Sustainability...
Kris Holla, Group Vice President and Chief Sales Officer for Nortek Air Solutions, explores how data centers can best reach their future sustainability goals. Kris Holla, Group Vice President and...
View ArticleA New Horizon at One Wilshire
LOS ANGELES – An ambitious upgrade of power and cooling infrastructure at One Wilshire has boosted the iconic carrier hotel’s capacity to deploy new data center space. The upgrades were undertaken by...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Data Center Stories for January 2020
February is here after an unusually warm January across the States. And it seems — according to Punxsutawney Phil, anyway — spring might be on its way early this year. Whatever the weather, the data...
View ArticleNetrality Eyes Expansion, Sharpens Focus on Connected Carrier Hotels
Netrality has new owners, but remains focused on building out a national network of connectivity-rich carrier hotels in major metros. Only at an even larger scale. “The business remains the same,” said...
View ArticleVantage Data Centers Plans $2 Billion Expansion into Europe
Vantage Data Centers is going global with a $2 billion push into Europe, acquiring service provider Etix Everywhere along with land parcels in five markets. The expansion is backed by the resources of...
View ArticleNew Technology Shifting the Distributed IT and Edge Management Landscape
A new report from Vertiv points out to readers right of the bat a modern reality: An outage at a remote IT site not only affects the people and devices at the location it supports, but it can also...
View ArticleThe Ghost in the Machine That Maximizes Uptime
Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores how Intel Memory Failure Prediction (Intel MFP) uses machine learning to improve the performance and reliability of...
View ArticleVertiv Becomes Public Company, Begins Trading on NYSE
Vertiv Holdings Co. has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday after completing a $5.3 billion merger with GS Acquisition Holdings, a public company led by investor David Cote. The...
View ArticleDigital Realty Will Buy Controlling Stake in Seattle’s Westin Building
Digital Realty will acquire a majority interest in the primary interconnection hub in the Pacific Northwest, the company said today. Digital Realty has reached an agreement with Clise Properties to...
View ArticleThe Potential, Benefits of Remote Power Control in MTDC Colocation, Labs & More
In recent years, the data center industry has seen a shift from enterprise-owned Information and Communications Technology (ICT) equipment into multi-tenant data center (MTDC) colocation sites. And...
View ArticleFlexential Lines Up $250 Million to Fund New Data Centers, Services
Colocation specialist Flexential has lined up $250 million to help the company continue to expand its data center footprint. The company said earlier this month that its parent, Flexential Intermediate...
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