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Bringing Data Center Capacity to a Crowded European City

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The wholesale adoption of – and reliance on – electronic payments, the inexorable rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the continuing roll-out and acceptance of the Internet of Things (IoT), and more all means the dataverse is expanding exponentially. Get the new white paper from Echelon Data Centres that explores why now is the right time to expand London data center capacity, in particular, as well as outlines the company’s recent projects in the Docklands.

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Aligned Adds Capacity by Densifying Ashburn Data Center

By Rich Miller - March 12, 2020

Aligned will add 30 megawatts of new capacity at its Ashburn data center, citing recent leasing success and strong demand in Northern Virginia. The expansion comes just five months after Aligned opened the site.

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Iron Mountain Focused on Building Capacity, Interconnections in 2020

By Rich Miller - March 3, 2020

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Iron Mountain has spent several years adding data center capacity and green power. In 2020 it will also focus on enhancing its interconnection capabilities and building connected customer ecosystems.

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Automating Data Center Power Planning with DCIM Software

By Voices of the Industry - December 16, 2019

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Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, explores how data center infrastructure management tools DCIM can help take “the manual effort, inaccuracy, and risk out of data center power capacity planning.”

Tagged With: AI, automation, data center planning, DCIM, DCIM software, machine learning, Sunbird Software

Data Center Planning: Who’s on First — Real Estate or Technology?

By Voices of the Industry - November 19, 2018

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Hear from Stream Data Centers Michael Lahoud and Paul Moser on data center planning and how your company should approach a data center investment. 

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New Ways to Deploy Edge Capacity for Data Center Leaders

By Bill Kleyman - October 22, 2018

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Data center leaders are looking for new ways to deploy edge capacity for their facilities. Here’s what you need to know. First in a series on edge computing for executives.

Tagged With: BASELAYER, Data Center Infrastructure, DCF Spotlight #2, edge computing special report

Increasing Data Center Capacity and Density without Increasing Risk

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As demands on data centers, like required increases in compute output and storage size grow, so too does the need to better plan for the unknown. However, adding capacity to meet future compute needs can be expensive, and enterprise workloads are not always predictable. Download the new white paper from Server Technology Inc., which explores how to increase data center density and capacity without increasing risk.

Tagged With: compute capacity, high density data centers, Server Technology Inc.

Top 3 Considerations When Adding Data Center Capacity

By Voices of the Industry - October 5, 2017

Early planning is critical in data center deployments, and all key stakeholders should have a chance to give input. In this this edition of “Voices of the Industry,” Samir Shah, Chief of Staff at BASELAYER, covers three of the top considerations when adding data center capacity.

Tagged With: Analytics, BASELAYER, Data Center

Using What-If Analysis to Address Data Center Capacity Demand

By Voices of the Industry - August 31, 2017

A data center is an interconnected system with thousands or, in some cases, over a million pieces of equipment from hundreds of vendors. With what-if analysis done right, you can quickly derive the insights you need to quickly provision and manage resources for the needs of dynamic IT architectures. 

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Capacity Constraints: How Best to Prepare for the Future

By Voices of the Industry - August 28, 2017

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Very rapid technological change means that future demand for data center capacity is anybody’s guess. And that makes life challenging for even the most sophisticated capacity planners. Aligned Energy’s Andrew Schaap explores how cloud service providers and enterprises alike can mitigate the risk of capacity constraints.

Tagged With: Aligned, cloud services, compute capacity

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance

Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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The Rise of the Sustainable Data Center

Sustainability is now a top-of-mind issue in data center construction and management, as cloud computing and digital transformation fuel the world’s growing thirst for processing power. Get the new report from Vertiv that explores the future of the sustainable data center and its impact on the industry. 

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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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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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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