The Space Cloud: Satellite Strategies for AWS, Google and Microsoft
Cloud providers Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building relationships with satellite companies at a rapid clip, working on two distinctly different objectives. Commercial satellite constellations...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Data Center Stories for May 2021
Google. Facebook. Equinix. Switch. Northern Virginia. The industry’s largest players and markets topped the news on Data Center Frontier during May 2021. Although the companies and geography were...
View ArticleData Center Jobs: Engineering Positions Available in Major Markets
Each month Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, post some of the hottest data center career opportunities in the market. Here’s a look at some of the latest data center jobs posted on the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Begins Using Eco-Diesel in Data Center Generators
Microsoft will use low-carbon renewable fuel to provide emergency power for its cloud region in Sweden, the company said today. The backup generators at a new Microsoft data center in Sweden will run...
View ArticleCooling for High[ER] Density Spaces Should be a Design Feature, Not an...
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Doug Ausdemore, Senior Product Development Manager, Data Aire explains how higher density data centers benefit from a specialized cooling strategy. Doug...
View ArticleSwitch to Build Huge Data Center Campus at Dell HQ Near Austin
Switch wants to be Big in Texas, and two locations are not enough. The data center developer has unveiled plans to build a 1.5 million square foot data center campus adjacent to the Dell Technologies...
View ArticleYondr Enters Northern Virginia Market, Plans 500 Megawatts of Data Centers
Developer Yondr Group has acquired 270 acres of land in Northern Virginia, and plans to build 500 megawatts of data center capacity across Loudoun and Prince William counties, the company said today....
View ArticleHow Private/Public Partnerships Will Drive the Next Big Wave of Government...
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Craig Harris, SVP and Chief Government Programs Officer BCS Data Center Operations explores how private / public partnerships are driving government data...
View ArticleNautilus Comes Ashore With Water-Cooled Data Center in Maine
Now that it has launched its first water-based data vessel, Nautilus Data Technologies is moving ashore with a $200 million data center project in Maine that taps a reservoir to create a gravity-fed...
View ArticleBlackstone to Acquire QTS in Blockbuster Data Center M&A Deal
After years of consolidation and mergers, there are still big deals to be done in the data center industry. Blackstone Infrastructure Partners will acquire QTS Realty Trust for $78 a share and take the...
View ArticleFuture Readiness Must Include Asset Preservation
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Cem Candir, CEO of Chemstar WATER, discusses how a proactive approach to cooling system maintenance can maximize the useful life of your data center...
View ArticleThe $10 Billion Dollar Data Center Deal
The Blackstone acquisition of QTS Realty for $10 billion is the biggest deal ever for the data center industry. We highlighted the potential for these type of huge M&A deals in DCF’s 2021 forecast,...
View ArticleA Converged Digital Vision: Colony Capital Rebrands as DigitalBridge
There’s a lot in a name. This week Colony Capital said it is changing its name to DigitalBridge, a move that aligns its brand with CEO Marc Ganzi’s vision for a company driving the transition to a...
View ArticleSpeed-to-Market Can Be Improved With Project Buffering
A new white paper by ProLift Rigging explores how data center speed-to-market can be improved with project buffering strategies. Download the full report. There were major shifts in the global data...
View ArticleWorkload Reality Check: Enterprise Colocation is in High Demand
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, John Day, Vice President of Leasing at Sabey Data Centers, explores why enterprise colocation at data centers will not be rendered extinct by the cloud. John...
View ArticleGoing Global: A Conversation With AJ Byers
The data center industry is now a global business. For developers, this means extending their operations across borders and oceans. As President, International for Compass Datacenters, AJ Byers is...
View ArticleEquinix Plans Global Hyperscale Data Center Building Binge
After early success with its xScale program, Equinix is leveling up its hyperscale data center ambitions. Today the company unveiled plans to build 32 more hyperscale data centers in key markets around...
View ArticlephoenixNAP Will Expand Campus with 500,000 SF Data Center
Cloud infrastructure company phoenixNAP will build a new 500,000 square foot data center as it expands its Phoenix campus to boost its customer capacity, the company said this week. The project is the...
View ArticleMore than $8 Billion in Subsea Cable Investment In the Pipeline
Cloud data centers are continuing to reshape global Internet architecture, including the subsea cables that extend the networks across oceans. Capacity demand from hyperscale operators will be a key...
View ArticleThe Cloud is a Catalyst for Evolution and a Competitive Benchmark
A new white paper from Stream Data Centers explores the cloud as a primary catalyst for evolution in both the on-premises and colocation data center markets, as well as a competitive benchmark for...
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