Goldman Sachs Launches $500 Million Data Center Development Platform
Wall Street continues to pour money into the data center sector, as the growth of the digital economy attracts investment dollars. Investor interest in data infrastructure has remained strong through...
View ArticlePrime Data Centers Plans Four-Story Project in Santa Clara
Wholesale data center developer Prime Data Centers will enter the Silicon Valley market with a project in Santa Clara, the company said this week. Prime, which recently launched its initial campus in...
View ArticleEdgePresence Gets $30 Million Strategic Investment from DataBank
With a $30 million strategic investment from DataBank, startup EdgePresence becomes the latest edge computing player to kick its rollout into a higher gear. The deal enables DataBank to extend its edge...
View ArticleData Center Sustainability – The Future is Renewable, Efficient and Innovative
Damien Gaynor, Chief Marketing Officer at Echelon Data Centres, explores the future of data center sustainability and what it will take to reach efficiency goals. Damien Gaynor, Chief Marketing...
View ArticleData Center Site Selection: Know Your Local Stakeholders
Stack Infrastructure and Data Center Frontier finish up a new special report series by exploring the importance of knowing your local stakeholders in successful data center site selection, as well well...
View ArticleEDJX Edge Network Integrates Sustainability, Software-Defined Power
Edge computing creates the opportunity for new approaches to IT challenges. One of the startups applying new ideas and technology is EDJX, which is building an intelligent network to support...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Washington State’s Hydropower and Energy Efficiency
Tim Mirick, Chief Revenue Officer at Sabey Data Centers highlights how Washington’s hydropower and energy efficiency efforts create the perfect environment for data center sustainability. Tim Mirick,...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Unnecessary Hardware Refreshes
Paul Mercina, Director of Product Management, Park Place Technologies, walks readers through three steps to help companies avoid unnecessary hardware refreshes. Paul Mercina, Director of Product...
View ArticleThe Emerging Players in Edge Computing
Data is everywhere. As a digital transformation sweeps across our society and economy, Internet infrastructure must follow the data. Enter edge computing, which extends data processing and storage...
View ArticleData Center Video Effectiveness in a COVID-19 World
Dan Ephraim is a data center industry veteran and Principal at Infrastructure Market Associates, which provides strategic counsel on the data center industry’s usage of video, with a keen eye on...
View ArticleDartPoints Buys Metro Data Center, Expands Into Ohio Hyperscale Hub
With the backing of new owner Astra Capital, edge colocation specialist DartPoints promised that it would be in acquisition mode. It hasn’t wasted any time, announcing Wednesday that it has purchased...
View ArticleData Bytes: IDC Sees Enterprise Cloud Shift Accelerating in 2021
The pandemic is likely to hasten the migration of enterprise IT equipment out of on-premises data centers and into data centers operated by cloud service providers and colocation specialist, according...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Data Center Stories for October 2020
Microsoft, Edge and Ashburn. Those were the hot topics last month for readers of Data Center Frontier. Three stories about innovation and growth at Microsoft were among our 10 most popular stories in...
View ArticleExploring Public, Private & Hybrid Cloud Strategy
Todd Piper, Chief Information Officer at Service Express, explains the differences cloud options on the market and how a hybrid strategy can help companies support their digital transformation...
View ArticleDesigning for Density: AI Brings Denser Racks into Multi-Tenant Data Centers
The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-density applications poses challenges for data center design and management. Average rack densities have been rising, but the trend...
View ArticleData Center Jobs: Opportunities in Ashburn, Atlanta, Phoenix
As we approach the first winter holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic, the evolving tech landscape continues to boost demand for more and more data centers. And colocation facilities are ramping...
View ArticleData Center Power Quality is Critical for Successful Facilities
This post launches the special report series exploring the importance of data center power quality, and its impact on modern facilities. Get the full report. This special report series examines the...
View ArticleGrowing a Sustainable Data Center Business in Challenging Times
Rick Crutchley, Vice President and General Manager of Iron Mountain Data Centers North America explores how the industry can thrive in uncertain times. Rick Crutchley, Vice President and General...
View ArticleDCF Show: The Wild Future of Data Center Storage
The Data Center Frontier Show podcast tells the story of the data center industry and its future. Our podcast is hosted by Rich Miller, editor of Data Center Frontier, who is your guide to the ongoing...
View ArticleThe Visual Edge: A Closer Look at Edge Data Center Design
What does edge computing look like? In recent weeks we’ve been profiling many of the leading players in the emerging market for edge data centers (see our roundup The Emerging Players in Edge...
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