Bloom Energy has received a huge vote of confidence from one of the industry’s largest players. Equinix Inc., will install Bloom Energy Servers in 12 data centers in California, New York and Los Angeles.
CloudHQ Unveils Massive New Manassas Data Center
CloudHQ has completed its 43 megawatt data center in Manassas, Virginia, which includes a 35-megawatt lease with an anchor tenant. The massive facility marks CloudHQ’s entry into the Northern Virginia market.
Stream Data Centers Targets The Hyperscale Market
Stream Data Center sees an opportunity in building large data center campuses for hyperscale customers, a fast-growing niche in the Interent infrastructure business.
Focus on Colo
Iron Mountain Acquires FORTRUST, Expanding its Data Center Footprint
Iron Mountain has agreed to purchase Denver-based FORTRUST for $128 million, continuing the consolidation in the data center industry.
DataBank Project is Latest Win for Atlanta Data Center Market
DataBank has announced plans to partner with the Georgia Tech on a new HPC center in downtown Atlanta, continuing a series of major wins for the Atlanta data center market.
Focus on Connectivity
The Antenna Boom: Small Cells, DAS Emerge As Key Enablers for 5G
Telcos hope to deploy tens of thousands of small cell and DAS antenna systems to support next-generation 5G wireless broadband connectivity. Here’s a look at what this may mean for data centers.
5G Wireless: A New Network to Enable the Data Deluge
The arrival of next-generation 5G wireless is expected to bring widespread disruption of American business, as low-latency connections enable new services. 5G broadband also will mean more data traffic, and more business for data centers.
Voices of the Industry
Industrial Internet of Things and the Data Center
You’ve heard a lot about the Internet of Things and how mountains of data will soon overwhelm your servers, networks, and data centers. But have you head how the Industrial Internet of Things could change the landscape? Shay Demmons, EVP and General Manager of the RunSmart software division at BASELAYER, explains the ins and outs of this new development.
DR Preparedness in 2017: No Pizza Parties Just Yet
In an increasingly dangerous world, disaster recovery preparedness is crucial for data centers to protect clients and remain successful and functioning. Mark W. Jobson, Director of Product Marketing for Iron Mountain’s data center business unit, discusses the state of DR preparedness and how it pertains to the colocation industry.
Focus on Energy
Schneider Electric Buys ASCO Power Business From Vertiv
Schneider Electric announced today that it has purchased ASCO Power Technologies from Vertiv for $1.25 billion. ASCO is a leading maker of automatic transfer switches (ATS) for data centers.
The Future of Innovation in Data Center Electrical Infrastructure
Our DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable addresses the need for continuing innovation in data center electrical design and infrastructure.
Focus on Design
Switch Refines MOD Data Center Design for Edge, Smart Cities
Switch has updated its MOD Data Center Design to package its innovations in a smaller form factor, allowing it to expand beyond hyperscale projects to enterprise, edge and smart cities infrastructure.
Executive Roundtable
Roundtable: How the Data Center Consolidation is Evolving
What’s driving the consolidation in the data center industry? Our DCF Executive Roundtable panel weighs in on the trends behind the deals, and what lies ahead.
Focus on Artificial Intelligence
AI Ushering in Platform Shift to Era of the Personal Assistant
Artificial intelligence experts showed off impressive new applications of AI at the O”Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference, but also wrestled with the tensions about hype, language and the societal impact of this technology.
Startups Foresee Future Where AI, Robots Manage Data Centers
Will artificial intelligence and robotics manage the data centers of the future? At DCD Webscale, LitBit and Wave2Wave discussed new AI products to streamline data center management and address the industry’s staffing challenges.
Focus on Site Selection
Vapor IO Teams With Tower Titan on Edge Data Center Network
Data center startup Vapor IO will team with Crown Castle to deploy Project Volutus, a distributed network of small data centers at the base of telecom towers.
East Meets West: Peak 10 Acquires ViaWest for $1.7 Billion
The merger mania in the data center industry continued today as Peak 10 acquired ViaWest from parent company Shaw Communications in a $1.675 billion all-cash transaction.
Data Center Frontier Special Reports
DCIM: Moving Beyond the Physical Aspects of the Data Center
This is the fourth and final entry in a Data Center Frontier series that explores the ins and outs of DCIM systems.
Data Center White Paper Library
Remote Infrastructure – The New Digital Remote Outpost
No business should keep provisioning its remote locations like it did in 2007. Read this whitepaper and learn about the critical factors when deploying a New Digital Outpost!
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