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Investor Interest in Data Centers Still High, As Are Deal Valuations
Investor interest in the data center sector remains high, according to investment bankers and securities analysts, who predict that the wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will continue in 2020....
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Exploring Data Center Power — What’s Top of Mind for Today’s Facility managers?
As the data center industry grows, so does its increasingly large power demands, and the frequent need to continuously provision for more power. Download the full report. “This need for more power...
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Vertiv Highlights Opportunities & Challenges of Distributed, Centralized Backup
Power protection strategies. They are critical to the success of today’s critical facilities and to the daily routines of data centers, IT and facility managers. But a big question remains. Does a...
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Netflix: Edge Computing Can Streamline TV & Film Production
HONOLULU – Netflix is interested in edge computing and 5G wireless. But it’s not necessarily to make your streaming video download more smoothly. Netflix sees an opportunity for these new technologies...
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Wojtaszek Resigns at CyrusOne, Durvasula Will be Interim CEO
CyrusOne President and CEO Gary Wojtaszek has resigned suddenly, a step taken “by mutual agreement with the board,” the company said today. Industry veteran Tesh Durvasula has been named to serve as...
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Alternating Phase PDU as a Solution to Three Power Distribution in Data Centers
Three phase power is popular in data centers to minimize the cost of the cables delivering that power. Download the full report. And here are three main phase power principles and challenges. That’s...
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Today and Tomorrow, Sustainable Data Centers Start With Design
Phill Lawson-Shanks, CIO and Sustainability Committee Chair at Aligned Energy hones in on sustainable data centers, and what a “new breed” of data centers focused on energy efficiency will look like....
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DCF Show: 2020 Trends – Data Tonnage & The AI Arms Race
Our 2020 podcast season kicks off with a series of shows based on DCF’s annual forecast, which we call “Eight Trends That Will Shape the Data Center in 2020.” On this podcast, we explore two of the...
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EdgeConneX Sees Growth in New Wave of Edge Applications
Edge computing is all about knitting together a growing universe of devices and applications. Colocation provider EdgeConneX has been on the front edge of this trend, working with a range of...
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Aligned Steps Up Renewable Adoption, Matches 100 Percent of IT Load
Aligned has matched the entire energy footprint of its data centers with purchases of renewable energy, the company said today. The announcement comes as enterprise IT customers and hyperscale...
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Digital Realty Sees New Momentum in Data Center Leasing in Ashburn
Digital Realty has leased 38 megawatts of data center capacity in Northern Virginia over the past five months, turning in a dominant performance in the industry’s largest and most competitive market....
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State of the APAC Data Center Market
Michael Goh, Senior Director and General Manager for Iron Mountain’s Data Center division for Asia, explores how the APAC data center market is evolving and poised for future growth. Michael Goh,...
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Dean Nelson Named Interim CEO of Software-Defined Power Specialist VPS
Two of the data center industry’s most experienced thought leaders will steer the future of an emerging specialist in software-defined power. Virtual Power Systems announced today that Dean Nelson has...
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Silicon Valley Data Centers Prepare Contingencies for Coronavirus Spread
Data center operators are taking steps to ensure continued operations of their facilities in Silicon Valley in the wake of heightened concerns about the spread of th COVID-19 Coronavirus. Companies are...
View ArticleSpotlight: The Top 10 Data Center Stories for February 2020
February was a busy month for the business of data centers, as seen in the most popular stories for the month at Data Center Frontier. Our most-read stories include acquisitions, IPOs, CEO...
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The Importance of Project Buffering & Timing in Data Center Construction
Zech Connell, Project Development at ProLift Rigging Co., shares insight into the importance of project buffering between equipment procurement and installation in the ever-increasing data center...
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Data Center Job Spotlight: Opportunities in Ashburn, NYC, Boston
This month’s top data center job opportunities ranged from Dallas and New York, to several open positions in Northern Virginia. This month’s top jobs on the Data Center Frontier jobs board also...
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Iron Mountain Focused on Building Capacity, Interconnections in 2020
Iron Mountain’s network of data centers has grown larger and greener. Now the company wants to make it even more connected. The company’s global data center footprint now spans more than 3.5 million...
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With Packet Bare Metal Servers, Equinix Pushes Deeper Into Services
Deploying colo as if it were cloud. That’s the big idea driving Equinix’ $335 million acquisition of Packet, which closed on Tuesday. On the surface, the deal is all about bare metal cloud – dedicated...
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Speed: The Next Existential Challenge for Colocation Providers
Ashish Moondra, Senior Product Manager, Power, Electronics & Software, Chatsworth Products highlights two recommendations for some of the most common questions data center operators and colocation...
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