In a clear signal of its growing ambitions in the colocation market, Digital Realty has unveiled PlatformDIGITAL, a broad initiative to sharpen its focus on problem-solving for enterprise customers retooling their IT infrastructure.
Scott Noteboom Joins Liquid Cooling Startup Submer
Veteran data center innovator Scott Noteboom has joined immersion cooling startup Submer as Chief Technology Officer. Noteboom says Submer’s technology can evolve as a platform for new machine-optimized data center designs.
Is A Data Center Disaster Inevitable? Lessons from the Nuclear Industry
Failures at nuclear energy plants offer valuable lessons for the data center industry, and could help reduce the risk of similar headline-making disasters, according to reliability expert Steve Fairfax, who spoke at the 7×24 Exchange Fall Conference.
Podcast
DCF Podcast: Data Center Merger Mania: Updates on Digital Realty, CyrusOne
Everyone’s talking about data center merger mania. In this episode, host Rich Miller discusses two deals: one that happened (Digital-Realty-Interxion) and one that didn’t (CyrusOne).
Design
Scott Noteboom Joins Liquid Cooling Startup Submer
Veteran data center innovator Scott Noteboom has joined immersion cooling startup Submer as Chief Technology Officer. Noteboom says Submer’s technology can evolve as a platform for new machine-optimized data center designs.
Cloud
Digital Realty Will Acquire Interxion in $8.4 Billion MegaDeal
Digital Realty has agreed to acquire Interxion in an all-stock deal with an estimated value of $8.4 billion, the largest acquisition in the history of the data center industry.
Industry Issues
Frontier Spotlight: The Top 10 Data Center Stories for October 2019
The Future of Hyperscale Computing and Digital Realty’s record-setting deal for Interxion are the most popular articles on Data Center Frontier this October, along with updates on Equinix, Cologix, Aligned Energy and STACK Infrastructure.
Data Center Day Kicks Off Focus on Students, Future Workforce
The organizers of International Data Center Day hailed Tuesday’s event as an important first step in raising the profile of the data center industry and building a workforce for the future.
In Ireland, Data Centers Team Up to Save the Bees
The members of Host In Ireland have teamed with the Irish National Biodiversity Centre in a long-term data center industry initiative to help preserve Ireland’s bee population.
Voices of the Industry
Data Center Management Tools: The Key to Supporting Our Data-Driven World
Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores how data center management tools and industry innovation can go hand-in-hand.
10 KPIs You Need to Monitor to Improve Data Center Health and Efficiency
Modern data center managers are under constant pressure to do more with less while simultaneously being tasked with balancing data center uptime and optimizing for efficiency and capacity utilization. Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, offers readers 10 KPIs to track if your goal is improving data center health and efficiency.
Internet of Things
Precision Farming: AI and Automation Are Transforming Agriculture
Today’s farm is powered by data, along with a variety of devices and technologies, including sensors, GPS satellites, drones, and robots. Here’s a look at precision farming, and the role of AI and data.
Network
With $500 Million Funding, Cologix Targets Cloud On-Ramps, SDN
A $500 million investment from an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund is the next step in the transformation of Cologix into a larger player in cloud on-ramps and software-defined networking.
Equinix: Enterprises Will Drive Huge Growth in Interconnection Data Traffic
In the next 5 years there will be a meteoric rise in data traffic flowing through network intersections, according to a new report from Equinix. That means data centers will become even more pivotal to the digital economy.
Special Reports
The Future of Hyperscale Computing
At Data Center Frontier, we believe the next 10 to 15 years will be an era of continuous advancement, as next-generation technologies accelerate the digitization of the global economy. Here’s our take on the road ahead for hyperscale.
White Papers
The Hyperscale Data Center Drives the Global Cloud Revolution
The hyperscale data center is reshaping the global IT landscape, shifting data from on-premises computer rooms and IT closets to massive centralized data center hubs. Explore further how cloud campuses will continue to enable hyperscale operators to rapidly add server capacity and electric power.
On-site Data Center Challenges Explored in New QTS Report
Should you still be in the data center business? That’s the first question asked in a new report from QTS that explores the risks of the on premises data center, and the growing number of colocation offerings available.
Executive Roundtable
DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable 3Q 2019
Our 16th Data Center Executive Roundtable showcases the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed, with panelists from Digital Realty, Intel, Cyxtera Technologies and Iron Mountain.
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.