Streamlining Data Center Tasks with Machine Learning
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Service Express Chief Technology Officer Jake Blough shares how machine learning offers new opportunities for IT leaders to accomplish routine tasks in the...
View ArticleTaking Edge Computing Everywhere It Needs To Be
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Phillip Marangella, CMO of EdgeConnex, explores how the Edge is everywhere and flexible solutions can support anything from hyperlocal to hyperscale data...
View ArticleEquinix is Exiting Some Leased Data Centers in Major Markets
Equinix is exiting leased data center space in four major markets across the U.S., and plans to migrate customers to newer Equinix facilities in the same cities, the company has confirmed. The digital...
View ArticleDisaster Planning for Data Centers and Mission-Critical Environments
A new white paper from Stream Data Centers outlines best practices for disaster planning in mission-critical environments, such as data centers. Get the full report. Whether it be an earthquake,...
View ArticleGallium Nitride Power Systems Seek a Larger Foothold in Data Centers
Traditionally built with silicon transistors, server power supplies have been commodity items for decades. Gallium nitride (GaN), a material initially used in high-performance radio frequency (RF)...
View ArticlePhoenix Offers Data Center Friendly Business Environment
Last week in our special report series on the Phoenix data center market, we looked at how major data center players are expanding to the Phoenix suburbs of Goodyear and Mesa. This week, we’ll take a...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud Connects to SpaceX Starlink, Will Host Ground Stations at Data...
In the latest chapter of the cloud connecting to space, Google and SpaceX announced a partnership to connect SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network to Google Cloud infrastructure, enabling the...
View ArticleWhy You Should Question Everything to Truly Drive Data Center Innovation
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Zech Connell, Data Center Market Manager at ProLift Rigging explores how questioning everything about the construction process can drive data center...
View ArticleLasers, Cable, PON Among Contenders for 100 Gbps Enterprise Networks
In the ongoing battle for higher network performance, 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) is emerging as the next necessary upgrade within the enterprise LAN. Increasing local network speeds will ratchet up...
View ArticleGoogle to Tap Geothermal Energy for Nevada Data Center Campus
Google will soon begin using geothermal energy to power its data centers in Nevada with carbon-free energy, the company said today. Google becomes the first hyperscale cloud operator to tap the earth’s...
View ArticleGoogle Moving Workloads Between Data Centers to Use Greener Energy
Google is moving workloads between data centers to boost its use of renewable energy, shifting the data processing for YouTube videos and Google photos to locations where green power is plentiful. It’s...
View ArticleDeveloping a Hybrid IT Strategy to Support a Distributed Workforce
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Flexential’s Ryan Mallory, COO of Colocation Services, and Mike Fuhrman, COO of Cloud & Managed Services explore how a hybrid IT strategy enables...
View ArticleA Look at the Edge From the Perspective of Hyperscale Cloud Providers
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Raul Martynek, CEO at DataBank, refines the definition of edge computing. This is the first of a three-part series looking at the edge from the multiple...
View ArticleThe Bitcoin Energy Debate: Lessons from the Data Center Industry
There’s a vigorous debate underway about the environmental impact of Bitcoin, featuring strong opinions from both critics and defenders of cryptocurrency mining. We’ve seen this debate before, and we...
View ArticleThe Greening of Cryptocurrency: Early Players in Sustainable Blockchain
Make no mistake. Cryptocurrencies will be greener. It is inevitable. There are a number of promising initiatives underway to improve the energy profile of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and...
View ArticleThe Cloud is a Catalyst and It’s Also a Competitive Benchmark
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Chris Bair Senior Vice President, Sales and Leasing at Stream Data Centers explores how the cloud is both a catalyst for change for data centers, as well as a...
View ArticleStacking Server Halls: Facebook Boosts Capacity With New Data Center Design
As it continues a massive global expansion of its infrastructure, Facebook is rolling out a multi-story data center design featuring two floors of server rooms. The new design is being deployed in two...
View ArticleIowa Cloud Cluster Grows With Facebook Altoona Data Center Expansion
The forecast for Iowa is cloudy, with a chance of data centers. The cloud cluster in Iowa is big and getting bigger, with Facebook announcing today that it will build two more data centers at its...
View ArticleYondr Plans $2 Billion Data Center Buildout in North America
Building hyperscale data centers has become a global game, with many developers expanding their activity to new continents. Much of that expansion has seen U.S.-based developers building new projects...
View ArticleGRC Pushes Density Limits with Support for 200 kW Immersion Racks
At DCF we continue to closely track trends in IT rack density and its impact on data center cooling systems. That includes the high-performance computing (HPC) sector, which has been the primary venue...
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