The Silicon Valley data center market is entering a dynamic new phase of growth and competition, featuring new providers and a robust cycle of new construction. A new special report outlines what sets the second largest data center market in the U.S. apart.
Compass Begins Building Data Center Campus in Goodyear
Compass Datacenters has begun construction on a major new campus in Goodyear, Arizona, which has quickly emerged as a hot destination in the Phoenix data center market.
The Cloud’s Worst Week: Will Outages Slow Enterprise Momentum?
Last week’s cluster of outages for major Internet brands raises fresh questions about the reliability of online service delivery, especially for the enterprise customers that represent future growth for colo & cloud providers.
Infrastructure Masons
Dean Nelson’s Next Chapter: Family, Philanthropy, iMasons and Startups
Industry veteran Dean Nelson has departed Uber, and is starting a consulting business that will make more time for his family, philanthropy, and Infrastructure Masons.
Network
Going xScale: Equinix, GIC Partner on Hyperscale Data Centers in Europe
Equinix will form a joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to build six new hyperscale data centers in Europe. The JV will target the FLAP markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris.
Executive Roundtable
DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable 2Q 2019
Our 15th Data Center Frontier Executive Roundtable features insights from executives from Cyxtera, RagingWire, Iron Mountain, Chatsworth Products, EdgeConneX and Intel DCM.
Cloud
Next Tier Connect Launches, Acquiring Pittsburgh Campus
Next Tier Connect is the newest in a series of platform companies targeting opportunities in the data center sector, with an experienced team and an interest in mixed-use properties.
STACK Infrastructure Expands Chicago Data Center Campus
STACK Infrastructure has announced a significant expansion of its Chicago data center campus, with plans to add at least 20 megawatts of capacity.
Trends
What Mary Meeker Predicts About the Future of Data Centers
Many of the key trends highlighted by venture capitalist Mary Meeker in her Internet Trends report will boost demand for data centers and cloud computing.
Edge Computing
Roundtable: Where Are the Best Opportunities in Edge Computing?
What types of edge computing are most relevant in 2019? In our DCF Executive Roundtable, executives from RagingWire Data Centers, Cyxtera Technologies, EdgeConneX, Iron Mountain, Intel and Chatsworth Products debate the topic.
Energy
Microsoft Plans Zero-Carbon Data Center in Sweden
Microsoft says its new data centers in Sweden will be its most advanced and sustainable to date by integrating renewable energy sources, and a new data center design.
Modular
Cooling the High-Performance Computing Center of Atlanta’s Hot New Tech Square
Vlad Friedman CTO at DataBank, explores data center cooling options, and highlights the rear door cooler system, which the company is implementing at its new ATL1 data center in Atlanta.
Data Center Frontier Special Report
Silicon Valley Data Center Market Sees Robust Leasing Activity
The Silicon Valley data center market is entering a dynamic new phase of growth and competition, featuring new providers and a robust cycle of new construction. A new special report outlines what sets the second largest data center market in the U.S. apart.
Voices of the Industry
The Interconnected World Places New Demands on Data Center Infrastructure: Are You Prepared?
Experts from Chatsworth Products explore how connectivity is changing the landscape for data centers and putting new requirements on data center infrastructure.
7 Best Practices of Data Center Cable Management
Data center cable management is a complex task. Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, explores the ins and outs of data center cable management and how to streamline processes.
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