A closer look at data center cooling strategies, including tips on balancing power efficiency and water usage — a process that is unique to each data center and is affected by continual technology change.
Soaring Bitcoin Price Boosts Fortunes of Cryptocurrency Mining Firms
The soaring price of bitcoin has boosted the fortunes of cryptocurrency miners, who are seeing strong profits amid surging investor interest in digital assets. Today one bitcoin miner announced a $250 million stock sale, while another is adding 47 megawatts of compute capacity.
Echelon Sees Green in Wind-Powered Irish Data Center Project
Echelon Data Centres is bringing integrated renewable energy to its new wind-powered data center project in the Dublin market, one of Europe’s most important cloud computing hubs.
Jobs
Data Center Jobs: Many Providers Hiring in Early 2021
The data center industry continues to grow, with open positions are open across the country, as many firms look to meet growing demand. We kick off 2021 with positions in the booming Northern Virginia data center market, as well as Montreal, Canada, two positions in San Jose, Calif., and more.
Networking
Henry Siemon Takes Helm as CEO of The Siemon Company
Henry Siemon is the new President and CEO of network infrastructure specialist The Siemon Company, succeeding Carl Siemon. He is the fifth generation of family leadership for the company.
2020 Year in Review
The Top 10 Data Center White Papers of 2020: Insights from an Unusual Year
The hot downloads from Data Center Frontier’s white paper library in 2020 tracked the rise of edge computing, the ins and outs of data center site selection and strategies for addressing data center power and water needs.
Voices of 2020: The Top 10 Voices of the Industry Columns
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 10 most popular Voices columns for 2020.
Executive Roundtable
Roundtable Recap: Being Mission-Critical in 2020, Looking Ahead to 2021
Our Data Center Executive Roundtable experts review the role of data centers in surviving the pandemic, and looks ahead to 2021. Insights from Intel, Sabey Data Centers, Chatsworth Products, NTT Global Data Centers Americas, Iron Mountain, Nortek Air Solutions, and Infrastructure Masons.
Podcast
DCF Show: Talking Data Centers With Dean Nelson
Our guest on the DCF Show is Dean Nelson, founder of Infrastructure Masons and CEO at Virtual Power Systems. Rich and Dean discuss Infrastructure Masons’ mission to ensure that “every click improves the future,” and Dean’s vision for software-defined power.
Voices of the Industry
What Every Risk Officer Should Think About in 2021
John Hevey, Vice President, Corporate Technical Service at BCS Data Center Operations, highlights what a Risk Officer should be focusing on as a turbulent year in the data industry and beyond comes to a close.
Manufacturers Must Manage an Explosion of Industry Data – Is Edge Computing the Answer?
Carsten Baumann, director of strategic initiatives and solution architect at Schneider Electric, explores the role of edge computing in handling today’s big data explosion in the manufacturing sector.
Focusing on Water Usage Effectiveness for Cooling Systems to Boost Sustainability
Miles Auvil, Vertical Market Leader, Data Centers, Edge and High Tech Industrial, Trane Commercial HVAC, highlights how focusing on water usage effectiveness for cooling solutions can ramp up sustainability.
Revved-Up Digital Transformation Among Anticipated Data Center Trends of 2021
John Hewitt, President of the Americas Region for Vertiv, highlights the top digital transformation data center trends of 2021.
White Papers
Strategies for Cloud Service Providers Adapting to Challenging, Demanding Environment
It may seem as if with each year, client demands for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are growing at a rapid pace. And a new eBook from the Siemon Company reiterates how in order to be successful, these companies need to be out in front of everything in their managed data center spaces – ensuring uptime, bandwidth, and operational/cost efficiency today, with the flexibility and scalability to adapt and expand on the fly.
The Top 10 Data Center White Papers of 2020: Insights from an Unusual Year
The hot downloads from Data Center Frontier’s white paper library in 2020 tracked the rise of edge computing, the ins and outs of data center site selection and strategies for addressing data center power and water needs.
Data Center Design
The Visual Edge: A Closer Look at Edge Data Center Design
What does edge computing infrastructure look like? Here’s a video of some of the leading designs from players in the emerging market for edge data centers, plus links to our DCF social channels for images and video.
Pandemic Impact
Roundtable Recap: Being Mission-Critical in 2020, Looking Ahead to 2021
Our Data Center Executive Roundtable experts review the role of data centers in surviving the pandemic, and looks ahead to 2021. Insights from Intel, Sabey Data Centers, Chatsworth Products, NTT Global Data Centers Americas, Iron Mountain, Nortek Air Solutions, and Infrastructure Masons.
The Goldilocks Solution for Healthcare Data Centers Pushed Off-Premise
Anthony Bolner, Executive Vice President and Partner at Stream Data Centers, shares how IT infrastructure leaders at large healthcare enterprises are finding a ‘just-right’ solution in build-to-suit with a provider flexible to their requirements.
Storage
Microsoft: Your Cloud Data May Soon Be Stored in DNA and Holograms
Microsoft is working on new storage technologies to house massive amounts of data in DNA and holograms. These storage technologies could disrupt how data centers are designed and operate.
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