Chuck Kuhn has become an active player in the data center real estate market in Northern Virginia, and his JK Land Holdings is now expanding its business to other leading North American data center markets.
Facebook Showcases its 40 Million Square Feet of Global Data Centers
Facebook has invested $16 billion in building and operating its data centers in the United States, the company said yesterday as it unveiled a new web site showcasing its plans for 40 million square feet of global data center infrastructure.
Prime Data Centers Plans $1 Billion Project in Suburban Chicago
Prime Data Centers is entering the Suburban Chicago market in a big way. The developer says it will invest $1 billion to create a 750,000 square foot data center campus in Elk Grove Village.
Big Data
Satellites, Supercomputers and Big Data Help Refine Storm Forecasts
As Hurricane Ida illustrates, real-time weather data collection and accurate forecasting are essential for protecting lives and property. New satellites are providing imaging data that can help refine weather modeling and forecasts.
Edge Computing
Ecosystems & The Edge: A Three-Tier Architecture
Evolving edge strategies center on a multi-tiered architecture and distributed intelligence. A new special report courtesy of Iron Mountain looks at how the edge can help small data centers transform into full-fledged service providers and fuel digital transformation.
Cooling
Liquid Cooling: Use Cases, Innovation, and Deployment Readiness
The technologies supporting the next generation of immersion cooling have already come a long way. Many challenges facing integrated liquid cooling architectures are being put to rest with innovative approaches to all-in-one liquid cooling solutions. A new Data Center Frontier special report, courtesy of TMGcore, looks at how liquid cooling is driving the evolution of the data center industry.
Finance
Strategic Datasphere Launches, Plans $1.5 Billion in Data Center Investment
Strategic Datasphere is the newest well-funded entrant in the data center industry, arriving with $500 million in backing and plans to deploy $1.5 billion in data center investments in the U.S. and Europe.
Vertiv Makes $2 Billion Acquisition, Warns of Supply Chain Challenges
Vertiv is buying power distribution specialist E&I Engineering Ireland in a $2 billion deal that will boost its portfolio and market reach. The company also warned that data center supply chain shortages are impacting the price and availability of equipment.
Digital 9 Acquires Verne Global, Citing Need for Sustainable Data Centers
Iceland’s Verne Global has been acquired by Digital 9 Infrastructure for £231 million ($320 million) in a deal that highlights investor interest in digital infrastructure assets with a strong sustainability story.
Data Center Jobs
Hybrid Edge Data Centers: Reducing Transmission Times for Mission-Critical Applications
As more mobile devices send data to the edge and the cloud, data centers will need to develop a hybrid approach to their infrastructure that addresses long transmission times that can lead to downtime for mission-critical applications. A new white paper from Belden explores why low-latency hybrid edge computing is the future of the data center market.
Water
Facing Climate Urgency, Facebook Plans to Be Water Positive by 2030
In response to growing concerns about climate change and data center water usage, Facebook says it intends to be water positive by 2030, meaning it will return more water to the environment than it consumes in its global operations.
Risk and Reliability
Louisiana Data Centers Rely on Generators in Wake of Hurricane Ida
Leading data center service providers in Louisiana continued operating through Hurricane Ida, relying on backup generators to ride out widespread utility outages. The battered area’s on-premises data centers face major challenges and extended outages.
Interconnection
Digital Realty Partners With Zayo on Vision for Open Interconnection
Digital Realty will partner with Zayo Group to pursue its vision for an open “fabric of fabrics” providing software-powered connections that span the globe’s major data hubs.
Netrality Expands Carrier Hotel Network, Buys Indy Telcom Center
Internet growth is creating opportunities for digital infrastructure in regional markets, especially the carrier hotels that serve as the network hubs in these cities. That’s the trend behind the industry’s latest M&A deal, in which Netrality Data Centers will acquire Indy Telcom Center.
Voices of the Industry
Self-Contained Cooling Unleashes Compute Power at the Edge
While most data centers have the luxury of sophisticated thermal controls, that isn’t always the case with servers in the field. Kevin Jackson of Emcor Enclosures discusses a cost-effective and highly efficient approach to server cooling in sub-optimal conditions.
Natural Language Processing: How This Technique Can Take Your Business to the Next Level
The future of the data center will rely heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve business processes. Jim Carson, Data Science Manager at Service Express, shares how natural language processing techniques can automate tasks and increase accuracy in your organization.
The Silicon Forest: Unparalleled Connectivity in Hillsboro, Oregon
For businesses looking to enrich the data center experience, the advantages of the Hillsboro, Oregon extend beyond its proximity to the Bay Area and Seattle. Ryan Mallory, COO of Colocation Services at Flexential explains why Hillsboro, Oregon is a hot spot for data centers.
Why Colocation Data Center Density Matters
When it comes to picking the right data center, the importance of density—and specifically power density—is often overlooked. Jerry Blair of DataBank takes a closer look at three critical density factors and highlights a specific density use case to show why colocation density is an important factor to consider.
White Papers
Hybrid Edge Data Centers: Reducing Transmission Times for Mission-Critical Applications
As more mobile devices send data to the edge and the cloud, data centers will need to develop a hybrid approach to their infrastructure that addresses long transmission times that can lead to downtime for mission-critical applications. A new white paper from Belden explores why low-latency hybrid edge computing is the future of the data center market.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 20 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.