Data center rack density is trending higher, prompted by growing adoption of powerful hardware to support artificial intelligence applications. Some industry observers see a growing opportunity for specialists in high-density hosting.
Aligned Eyes New Markets After Investment from Macquarie
Aligned Energy has received a strategic investment from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP), which will provide “significant” additional capital to support the company’s growth, including expansion into new markets.
The Top 5 IT Strategies for the Data Center for 2018
The recent State of the Data Center report identified five key trends that IT organizations will be implementing in their data centers in the next 12 months. Bill Kleyman examines these trends.
Focus on Site Selection
Another Data Center Planned for Virginia Beach Cable Landing
Telecom consultant ACA International has announced plans to invest $52 million to open a 130,000-square-foot data center in Virginia Beach, helping build momentum for the city’s cable landing station as a data center hub.
Prince William County Rethinks Data Center Tax Hikes
A proposal to triple a key tax rate for data centers in Prince William County in Northern Virginia appears headed for defeat after failing to gain the needed support from county supervisors.
Focus on Edge
Vapor IO’s Edge Data Centers Power a Network of Drones
Vapor IO edge data centers will serve as launch stations and data hubs for Hangar drones as they fly missions to collect and analyze oceans of business data.
Data Center Careers
New Skills, Training Are Essential for the Data Center Workforce
The adoption of new technologies creates both challenges and opportunities for the data center workforce. Expect training and certification to play a large role in staffing going forward.
Data Center Frontier Special Report
Why Santa Clara is the Focus for Silicon Valley Data Center Activity
Power pricing is a meaningful competitive factor in Silicon Valley, and is one reason that Santa Clara has emerged as the prime location for data centers, according to a new Data Center Frontier special report.
Focus on Open Compute
With 5G on the Horizon, Telcos Embrace Open Compute
As the Open Compute Project matures, leading players say the next wave of growth for OCP hardware may come from telecom companies.
Facebook Unveils New Hardware to Manage Data Center Traffic
Facebook has designed a distributed networking system to support the massive flows of data moving between its data centers. The debut of Fabric Aggregator lays the groundwork for even larger cloud campuses to come.
Focus on Hyperscale
Edge is Eating Away at the Cloud, and The Data Center Will Benefit
Edge computing installations will be distributed, denser versions of traditional data centers. They will support new applications and services, and send data – and business – back to core data centers.
Focus on Edge Computing
The Evolution of Edge Computing: A Look at the Road Ahead
Data center providers are seeking to clarify their strategies for edge computing. In a complex, multi-tier edge landscape, there will likely be many flavors of success.
Focus on Regional Markets
Aligned Sees Cloudy Opportunity in Salt Lake City
Aligned Energy will open its third data center with a 50 megawatt facility in Salt Lake City, a new market for large-footprint wholesale data centers.
Silicon Valley Data Center Market: New Projects Address Supply Constraints
Silicon Valley is one of the largest and most important data center markets. A new report from Data Center Frontier explores the market dynamics and supply and demand in Santa Clara and Silicon Valley.
Voices of the Industry
Surviving Digital Disruption: Change or Die
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Sherri Liebo, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Digital Realty, explores the question: How will your organization and IT architecture thrive in the new digital economy?
The Do’s and Don’ts of Data Center Security
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Eddie Ankers, Director of Corporate Security for RagingWire, discusses best practices for data center security, and insights on how to protect your data center and the assets in it.
Data Center White Paper Library
Protecting Your Organization From Cybercrime
Protection from cybercrime and attacks is top of mind for many executives these days. In fact, according to the United States Department of Justice, cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing the country today. Download the recent C-level report from LightEdge Solutions that explores why protecting your business from cybercrime doesn’t have to be hard.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 15 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.