Space Broadband Wars Heat Up: SES Connects Azure Cloud, Cruise Ships
In a world full of SpaceX Starlink buzz, satellite operator SES is asserting its future in space broadband, touting its existing edge computing customers and ties with Microsoft Azure, along with the...
View ArticleForced Physics Targets Edge Computing With New Cooling Design
Data center cooling startup Forced Physics Data Center Technology is entering the edge computing market, offering an outdoor server enclosure that can operate without water or traditional air cooling....
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Facing Climate Urgency, Facebook Plans to Be Water Positive by 2030
In response to growing concerns about climate change and water scarcity, Facebook says it intends to be water positive by 2030, meaning it will return more water to the environment than it consumes in...
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The Evolution of Data Center Cooling: Liquid Cooling
The type of infrastructure that data centers support today is already different from a few years ago. Greater density levels, new types of workloads like AI and cognitive systems, and a vast reliance...
View ArticleGoogle Plans $1 Billion Data Center Expansion in Ohio Cloud Cluster
Google will invest an additional $1 billion in its data center operations in Central Ohio, expanding its campus in New Albany and acquiring land for future campuses in Columbus and Lancaster. The...
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5 Keys to Serving Enterprise and Hyperscale Customers Well (Spoiler Alert:...
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Chris Bair, Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing at Stream Data Centers discusses 5 keys to successfully serving enterprise and hyperscale customers,...
View ArticleThe Capital Deluge Continues for the Data Center Industry
Global investors are pumping billions of dollars into the data center industry, creating a historic deluge of capital. Recent announcements by huge infrastructure investors and sovereign wealth funds...
View ArticleAligned’s Big Green Funding: $1.7 Billion in Sustainable Loans
Sustainable finance is part of a greener bottom line for the data center industry, as leading players align their capital with their focus on sustainability. Aligned has taken a big step into that...
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Why Colocation Data Center Density Matters
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Jerry Blair takes a closer look at the topic of colocation data center density — and how it can affect cost, performance, and availability. Jerry Blair,...
View ArticleBillion Dollar Deals Are Transforming the Data Center Industry
The biggest merger in the history of the data center industry is nearing completion. Last week the shareholder of QTS Realty Trust voted to approve the company’s $10 billion acquisition by Blackstone...
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Ecosystems at The Edge: Where the Data Center Becomes a Marketplace
When you look at the edge as a business hub, then you can see how small data centers can be transformed into full-fledged service providers and how the edge can fuel digital transformation. This...
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Data Center Evolution and the Road to Liquid Cooling
Last week we launched a special report series on how liquid cooling is allowing the data center industry to leverage density and space more effectively while still being able to scale critical...
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The Silicon Forest: Unparalleled Connectivity in Hillsboro, Oregon
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Ryan Mallory, COO of Colocation Services at Flexential explains why Hillsboro, Oregon is a hot spot for data centers. Ryan Mallory, COO of Colocation...
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Louisiana Data Centers Rely on Generators in Wake of Hurricane Ida
In the aftermath of powerful Hurricane Ida, leading data center service providers in Louisiana continued operating, relying on backup generators to ride out widespread utility outages. The deadly...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Data Center Stories for August 2021
Capital, climate and cooling were the major themes that readers of Data Center Frontier were tracking closely last month, as four of our 10 most popular stories focused on mergers or funding for data...
View ArticleData Center Jobs: Construction 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...
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Digital 9 Acquires Verne Global, Citing Need for Sustainable Data Centers
Verne Global, the data center operator which established Iceland as a destination for high-performance computing, has been acquired by Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9) for £231 million (about $320...
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Natural Language Processing: How This Technique Can Take Your Business to the...
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Jim Carson, Data Science Manager at Service Express, shares how natural language processing techniques can automate tasks and increase accuracy in your...
View ArticleVertiv Makes $2 Billion Acquisition, Warns of Supply Chain Challenges
When it went public last year, Vertiv said it expected to grow through M&A. Today it made good on that promise, buying power distribution specialist E&I Engineering Ireland and its affiliate...
View ArticleStrategic Datasphere Launches, Plans $1.5 Billion in Data Center Investment
Strategic Datasphere is the newest entrant in the data center industry, arriving with $500 million in backing from a large investment firm and plans to deploy $1.5 billion in data center investments in...
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