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Data center startup Quantum Loophole plans "gigawatt-scale" data center cities. (Images: Quantum Loophole)

Startup Quantum Loophole Plans Gigawatt-Scale ‘Data Center Cities’

By Rich Miller - Posted on February 26, 2021

Data center startup Quantum Loophole plans to develop gigawatt scale “data center cities.” CEO Josh Snowhorn leads an experienced team, and says the growth of hyperscale computing calls for new types of real estate solutions.

Building Cloud Data Centers at Internet Speed

By Rich Miller - Posted on February 25, 2021

The world needs more data center capacity, and it needs it yesterday. On the DCF Show, podcast Rich Miller continues our 8 Trends series with a look at how data center development is getting bigger, faster and more efficient.

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‘A Year Like No Other’ as NTT Global Data Centers Accelerates Expansion

By Rich Miller - Posted on February 23, 2021

NTT Global Data Centers Americas is deploying new capacity across multiple U.S. markets in 2021. The expansion kicks into high gear with this week’s launch of new data centers in Suburban Chicago and Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Satellite company Telesat is preparing to deploy its Lightspeed network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide broadband Internet from space. (Photo: Telesat)

SpaceX Gets Connected: Satellite Broadband Meets the Data Center

February 23, 2021 By Doug Mohney

SpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb and Telesat all plan to offer low-latency broadband via constellations of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Here’s an overview of the LEO broadband players, strategies and what these services will mean for the data center industry.

Global Growth

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EdgeConneX, Iron Mountain Expand Into India via Partnerships

February 25, 2021 By Rich Miller

India is emerging as an important new frontier for data center development. Two data center operators with global ambitions. EdgeConneX and Iron Mountain Data Centers, unveiled separate partnerships to extend their footprint in India.

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Building Through the Pandemic, Data Centers Added 17 Million SF in 2020

February 18, 2021 By Rich Miller Leave a Comment

Data center developers added nearly 17 million square feet of new capacity during 2020, deploying new cloud capacity at top speed despite the challenges of construction projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hyperscale

An illustration of Facebook's plans for its expanded data center campus in Utah, which now spans five data center structures. (Image: Facebook)

Facebook to Expand Utah Data Center Campus by 900,000 SF

February 12, 2021 By Rich Miller

Facebook announced this week that it will expand its Eagle Mountain Data Center in Utah by more than 900,000 square feet with two new buildings, highlighting the extraordinary growth of data center campuses.

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Cloud Platforms Building ‘The World’s Computer’ to Drive Digital Change

February 1, 2021 By Rich Miller

CEO Satya Nadella says make Microsoft Azure will be “the world’s computer.” As more IT workloads gravitate to cloud computing, these platforms accounted for more than 70 percent of data center leasing in 2020, a trend that is likely to continue.

The colorful hot aisle of a high-density enclosure at the Microsoft data center in Boydton, Virginia, which has became a focal point of the company’s cloud development. (Photo: Microsoft Corp.)

The Colossal Future Cloud: Land Deals Hint at Even Larger Data Centers

January 18, 2021 By Rich Miller

The cloud needs more real estate. Hyperscale cloud operators are aggressively acquiring real estate, Recent transactions, like Microsoft’s purchase of 900 acres in Virginia, suggest that some of these server cities will reach colossal scale.

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CBRE Embraces Software-Defined Power with VPS Partnership

February 12, 2021 By Rich Miller

Software-defined power will be available to more data centers through CBRE Data Center Solutions, which will offer its global clients a suite of services from Virtual Power Systems (VPS) that unlock stranded power capacity.

Colocation

Many Texas data center operators are relying on emergency backup generators like these to keep customers online during the winter weather crisis. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Texas Data Centers Rely on Generators Amid Power Emergency

February 18, 2021 By Rich Miller

Amid a statewide power emergency, major data centers in Texas are running on generator power to keep customers online and reduce load on the state’s struggling grid. Large operators say service is uninterrupted, but news reports indicate some data centers in the region are experiencing outages.

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Beyond Green Power: New Frontiers in Data Center Sustainability

February 3, 2021 By Rich Miller 1 Comment

As the drive for data center sustainability enters a new and more urgent phase, what are the next frontiers beyond efficiency and energy sourcing? Here’s a look at the technologies, strategies and best practices we are watching at Data Center Frontier: 

Eight Trends

Servers inside a Facebook hyperscale data center in North Carolina. (Photo: Rich Miller)

The Eight Trends That Will Shape the Data Center Industry in 2021

January 6, 2021 By Rich Miller Leave a Comment

What’s ahead for the data center industry? We’ve identified eight themes that will shape the data center business in 2021. The big themes: Pandemic response, sustainability and lots of M&A.

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Iron Mountain has deployed a 7 megawatt solar array on the roof of its data center in Edison, N.J. (Image: Iron Mountain Data Centers)

The Power of Progress: Price, Predictability Boost Interest in Renewables

February 8, 2021 By Rich Miller

The outlook on renewable energy for data centers is changing. That’s one takeaway from a conversation with Iron Mountain executives Kevin Hagen and Alex Sharp about the future of sustainable data centers.

Voices of the Industry

An aerial view of Google's Tennessee data center under construction (Photo:: Aerial Innovations for Google).

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

February 24, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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Maximize your Data Center Budget with High Speed Point-to-Point Cables

February 22, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

Ryan Harris, Sales and Market Manager for High Speed Interconnects with The Siemon Company, explores the ins and outs of a variety of different data center cabling options to suit a variety of different data center budgets, as well as when reaching out to a cabling specialist might be the best approach. 

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Enterprise and Hyperscale Requirements Have Converged

February 19, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

Chris Bair, Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing at Stream Data Centers, highlights how enterprise and hyperscale data center requirements have grown more and more similar over the past two decades. 

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Trends in Next Generation Power Monitoring

February 17, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

Alan Katz, Product Manager for MCMS at Anord Mardix, highlights how the advent of intelligent power monitoring has brought about a variety of new opportunities and positive benefits for the data center industry.

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Fit for the Edge: Modular Data Centers

Fit for the Edge: Modular Data Centers Jackie Pasierbowicz, Director of Sales and Marketing at TAS explores the dramatic rise of multiple markets for edge computing and the benefits of a modular data center strategy.

DCF Spotlight

The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Build-to-Suit Data Center

Case Study: Financial Services Build-to-Suit Data Center — Strength through Flexibility

In the competitive and highly regulated banking industry, demands on financial institutions come not only from customers, but from regulators and shareholders. In fact, the financial services sector is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the nation. Get the new report that shows how a collaborative partnership with Stream Data Centers gave one of the nation’s largest commercial banks the security and control of a standalone facility and the ability to specify the design, build and ongoing operation of a dedicated data center building that incorporated the most critical elements of the existing customer-built facility.

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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