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NTT Global Continues Expansion With New Santa Clara Data Center

By Rich Miller - Posted on April 13, 2021

NTT Global Data Centers Americas has opened its SV1 data center in Santa Clara, which is the company’s first presence in the supply-constrained Silicon Valley market. The facility features a base isolation system to provide advanced protection against earthquakes.

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NVIDIA Launches Grace CPU to Bring Arm Efficiency to Massive AI Workloads

By Rich Miller - Posted on April 12, 2021

NVIDIA is entering the CPU market with an Arm-based processor that will be tightly integrated with its next-generation GPUs. The Grace CPU seeks to bring new levels of power and efficiency to massive AI workloads, and offer a high-end alternative to Intel x86 CPUs.

Foiled Plot to Attack Amazon Reflects Changing Nature of Data Center Threats

By Rich Miller - Posted on April 12, 2021

A foiled plot to attack a data center in Virginia underscores the evolving landscape for data center security. Conspiracies create new risks, but modern data centers remain among the best protected buildings in the world.

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Data Center Jobs: Engineering Positions Available in Major Markets

April 9, 2021 By Kevin Normandeau

Each month Data Center Frontier in partnership with Pkaza post some of the hottest data center career opportunities in the market. Here’s a look at some of the latest job postings.

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The Top 10 Data Center Stories of March 2021

April 1, 2021 By Rich Miller

It was another record month for audience growth at Data Center Frontier, a sign of growing interest in digital infrastructure. Here the 10 most popular stories for March 2021.

Finance

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DataBank Deal Expands Funding Options for Colocation, Edge Computing

March 23, 2021 By Rich Miller 2 Comments

A recent financing by DataBank breaks new ground in financing data center growth, and may help colocation and edge computing specialists raise capital using strategies previously limited to hyperscale deals.

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STACK Infrastructure Raises $400 Million to Fund Growth

March 19, 2021 By Rich Miller Leave a Comment

STACK Infrastructure has lined up $400 million through the sale of securitized notes, the latest in four transactions that have raised $1.8 billion to build more data centers as it expands across U.S. markets.

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DCF Show Podcast: Nancy Novak on Data Center Innovation

March 31, 2021 By Rich Miller

On the DCF Show, our guest is Nancy Novak, the Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters. We discuss how innovation helps deliver faster and larger data center deployments, Nancy also shares her take on diversity in the data center industry,

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The Data Center Security Challenge and Edge Computing

March 18, 2021 By Rich Miller

In the Data Center Executive Roundtable, our panel weighs in on data center security and the new scenarios presented by edge computing and securing a more distributed infrastructure network.

In 20019, about 1,800 data professionals gathered lfor the DCD>NY conference. The event will retun to live format in March 2022. (Photo: Rich Miller)

The Outlook for Resumption of Data Center Tours and In-Person Events

March 17, 2021 By Rich Miller

Our Data Center Executive Roundtable panel weighs in on the COVID-19 pandemic recovery effort and what it means for the resumption of data center tours and in-person events.

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Roundtable: The State of Data Center Metrics

March 16, 2021 By Rich Miller

The data center industry is all about the data. But how good are its metrics? Discussion from the DCF Executive Roundtable with executives from Intel, Kohler Power Systems, Infrastructure Masons and Emcor Enclosures.

Colocation

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With Aptum Deal, eStruxture Expands Data Center Network Across Canada

April 5, 2021 By Rich Miller

With its recent acquisition of Aptum’s Canadian data centers, eStruxture has built a Canada-focused colocation business that now features 14 data centers and 100 megawatts of capacity.

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

January 6, 2021 By Rich Miller 1 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.

Sustainability

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 Leave a Comment

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.

White Papers

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Economization in Today’s Mission Critical Environments

April 1, 2021 By Kathy Hitchens

A new white paper from Data Aire explores economization and why it’s important in mission critical environments like data centers. The report looks at when economization is effective and the key things engineers should consider when choosing between an airside or a waterside economizer. 

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Best of Voices: Top Data Center Insights from Q1 of 2021

April 7, 2021 By Sarah Rubenoff

Education is part of our mission at Data Center Frontier. In our Voices of the Industry feature, we share the experience of data center executives on the front lines of innovation. Here’s a look at the most popular Voices columns for the first quarter of 2021.

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The Truth About Custom Cabinets

March 22, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

Configurable cabinets can future-proof investments, reduce the need for workarounds and retrofits and even save energy. Celina Berglund, Business Development Manager at Emcor Enclosures discusses the positive impact managers and operators will see by choosing custom server cabinets and racks that are configured to their exact needs.

Densification in Mission Critical Lab Environments

March 15, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

AI and GPUs have revolutionized computing, but they also present challenges. Eric Jacobs, Chief Revenue Officer of Aligned, shares insights on how data centers can overcome the primary obstacle to densification – cooling.

Using the Edge to Reach the Cloud: 3 Key Benefits

March 12, 2021 By Voices of the Industry

The Edge is a key pathway to the Cloud. Phillip Marangella of EdgeConneX discusses three essential benefits of using the Edge to reach the Cloud, including overcoming Cloud sticker shock.

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Reduce Your Water Footprint Cost-Effectively: Three Tips for Data Centers

Reduce Your Water Footprint Cost-Effectively: Three Tips for Data Centers Cem Candir, CEO of Chemstar WATER, provides three tips for data centers looking for cost-effective ways to reduce their water footprint. 

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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White Papers

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The Case for Colocation in Enterprise Edge IT Strategy

In a recent survey, enterprises were asked what the top factors were when determining where to process IoT workloads. More than half said security was the top factor, with cost and networking connections also ranking among top concerns. This white paper, sponsored by Stream Data Centers, explores the case for colocation in enterprise edge IT strategy. 

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

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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