Data Centers in space? Several space startups are integrating micro-data centers into their satellite designs, offering computing power to process satellite imaging data or monitor distributed sensors for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Here’s a closer look.
Digital Realty, Vapor IO Team on Integrated ‘Core-to-Edge’ Offering
Data center developer Digital Realty and edge computing specialist Vapor IO are rolling out an “edge-to-core” offering in Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. It’s an early examples of integration between edge computing and data centers.
The Home as the New Edge: COVID-19 May Boost Edge Computing
The workforce is more distributed than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our data center roundtable panel discusses how this shift will impact the evolution of edge computing.
Cloud
Facebook Plans $800 Million Data Center in Illinois
Facebook will build an $800 million data center campus in De Kalb, Illinois west of Chicago, signaling that the company’s relentless expansion of its Internet infrastructure is not being slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finance
The Top 10 Data Center Stories for June 2020
After several months of intense focus on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, the news in the data center sector in June shifted to growth and building for the future. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in June 2020.
Interconnection
Doubling Down in Dallas: Equinix Opens New Data Center at the Infomart
The Dallas Infomart begins a new chapter this week with the opening of the $142 million Equinix DA11, a purpose-built data center, which expands the iconic carrier hotel property into a multi-building cloud campus.
In a Hyper-Wired World, Interconnection Matters More Than Ever
Interconnection will become even more pivotal to the digital economy over the next 5 years, which will see a meteoric rise in the volume of data traffic flowing through network intersections.
Hyperscale
CyrusOne Taps Real Estate Veteran Bruce Duncan as New CEO
CyrusOne has named veteran executive Bruce Duncan as its new President and CEO. Duncan has no direct experience in the data center industry, but 40 years of executive leadership across varied real estate asset classes.
Iron Mountain Lands 27-Megawatt Data Center Lease
Iron Mountain has signed a 27-megawatt lease for a new data center in Frankfurt, serving notice that it has joined the top tier of developers that can provide capacity to the largest clients.
Executive Roundtable
Enterprise IT Users Weigh Data Center Options for Navigating Pandemic
Has the COVID-19 pandemic altered enterprise IT spending and how these companies are provisioning data center space? Our Executive Roundtable looks at the latest trends.
Executive Roundtable: The Pandemic’s Impact on Data Center Operations
Our Executive Roundtable explores how data center staffing and operations are holding up through the COVID-19 pandemic. With insights from executives from CoreSite, EdgeConneX, NTT Global Data Centers, Sabey Data Centers and Infrastructure Masons.
Networking
Cisco: AI Can Make Network Operations More Manageable
Artificial intelligence will have a dramatic impact on network operations, according to data from Cisco Systems, augmenting human decision-making and reducing the time spent on repetitive or manual tasks
Special Reports
Price of Power Positions Portland for Data Center Development
A special report from Data Center Frontier focuses on the Portland, Oregon data center market, including the city’s business environment, including hazard risk, economic development, and connectivity infrastructure.
Construction
Pandemic Prompts New Urgency for AI, Software Automation in Data Centers
The COVID-19 pandemic will drive innovation in data center operations, forcing companies to embrace automation to manage some duties that currently rely on close human interaction. The first in a series on innovation to address pandemic-driven challenges.
Voices of the Industry
How Prefab Modular Data Center Solutions Fell in Love with Thermal Control
Data Aire’s Eric Jensen explores the growing relationship and connections between the prefab modular data center and thermal control.
Exploring Project Buffering to Build Data Centers Faster
Zech Connell, Data Center Market Manager at ProLift Rigging Co., explores Project Buffering to build faster data centers.
The New IT Imperative: Disaster Recovery On-Demand
Justin Blake, part of the solutions architect team at CoreSite, explores the ins and outs of disaster recovery, and how to avoid cybersecurity threats.
Advanced Multi-Circuit Metering Closes the Data Gap
Marc Bowman, Multi-Circuit Metering Systems (MCMS) Product General Manager for Anord Mardix, delves into the factors that distinguishes MCM systems. An advanced MCMS approach makes use of the capabilities already built in to MCMS meters and then overlays sophisticated software and analytics on top to provide a robust view of the entire electrical landscape of a data center.
White Papers
Price of Power Positions Portland for Data Center Development
A special report from Data Center Frontier focuses on the Portland, Oregon data center market, including the city’s business environment, including hazard risk, economic development, and connectivity infrastructure.
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