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DOE Study: AI Boom Breeds Localized Energy Constraints, But Grid Can Meet Long-Term Demand

April 22, 2024
The surge in AI adoption and soaring AI demand has helped data center energy use in the U.S. double over the past three years, with another 50% growth likely by 2027, according...

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Improve Data Center Efficiency with Advanced Monitoring and Calculated Points

Max Hamner, Research and Development Engineer at Modius, explains how using calculated points adds up to a superior experience for the DCIM user.
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Data Center World 2024: Expo Hall Photos

April 20, 2024
Our photo walk takes us past the latest in facilities air and liquid cooling, powering, AI, connectivity, networks, design, security solutions and more, as seen on display in ...
PowerSecure
PowerSecure

7 Questions for Microgrid Developer PowerSecure

April 18, 2024
Atlanta-based utility holding company Southern Company acquired microgrid developer PowerSecure about eight years ago in a merger valued at close to $425 million. The company ...
Data Center Frontier

Podcast: Phillip Koblence, COO and Co-Founder, NYI; Co-Founder, Nomad Futurist

April 16, 2024
Data Center Frontier sits down for an instructive chat with Phillip Koblence, a strategic executive and ubiquitous thought leader in the data center and network space.
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Equinix Puts Down $25M In Data Center Nuclear Power Deal with Sam Altman's Oklo

April 15, 2024
The big question for the data center industry is how can the move to nuclear energy happen faster, beyond the conventionally stated temporal cushion of eight to ten years.

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Brookfield Infrastructure's Evoque-Cyxtera Data Center Collaboration Emerges as Centersquare

April 8, 2024
Centersquare is the newly introduced brand for the colocation business of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, produced by merging Evoque Data Center Solutions and the recently...
Meta

Hyperscale Cloud Giants' Data Center Mega Deals Keep Sprouting Zeroes

April 2, 2024
It'd be odd to frame a billion dollars as just a drop in the bucket. Maybe in today's hyperscale climate, it's more like a "hang ten" worthy breaker coursing alongside the larger...

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Donato Solar to Directly Power Three New Illinois Data Centers to 9+MW from 100 MW Pipeline

March 29, 2024
Anthony Donato is a longtime Chicago area businessman who started his namesake company in 2022. He's also CEO of solar data center development startup GAIL Technologies.
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Sustainable Scale: The Unexpected Future

March 22, 2024
Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing and Product Officer for EdgeConnex, outlines pathways to efficient operation and innovation as the data center industry races towards the future...

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For AI and HPC, Data Center Liquid Cooling Is Now

April 5, 2024
No longer on the horizon, liquid cooling technology moves front and center thanks to NVIDIA and massive data center power demands.
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Podcast: NVIDIA, Equinix, JetCool Talk Data Center Liquid Cooling, GTC 2024 AI Conference Trends

April 2, 2024
The discussion begins with a focus on the latest data center industry insights in the context of products, partnerships, and trend-leadership as revealed at the NVIDIA GTC 2024...

Siemens

A New Era for Electrical Safety in Data Centers: Understanding and Implementing NFPA 70B, the Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance

April 1, 2024
Mike Zapata and Ed Stadelman of Siemens Smart Infrastructure outline the NFPA 70B standard and how proactive compliance can benefit your data center.
Plug Power

Data Center Hydrogen Power Is Making Strides, But Can It Ramp Fast Enough?

March 25, 2024
Plug Power expects to see hydrogen fuel cells deploying in scale within two years.

Vertiv

Vertiv's Free Online Configurator Eases Prefabricated Modular Data Center Design, Planning

March 7, 2024
Vertiv Modular Designer Lite is a new web-based application that streamlines the process of designing PFM data centers based on the Vertiv SmartMod and Vertiv SmartMod Max platforms...
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NTT Data, Schneider Electric Collaboration Anticipates More Modular Data Centers for AI Edge Computing

Feb. 27, 2024
We've recently noted how new data center industry partnerships and M&A are facilitating operators' uptake of liquid cooling technology as a linchpin for AI computing. Now, the...

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How Can Data Center Managers Handle Explosive Growth Driven By AI and ML?

April 5, 2024
Marc Caiola, Vice President of Global Data Solutions at nVent, explains how leveraging the right cooling and power technologies can help data centers manage the growth of AI and...
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Hyperscale: The AI Tsunami

March 27, 2024
AFL's Alan Keizer and Keith Sullivan explore how AI is driving change and creating challenges for data centers.

Special Reports

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The Data Center Edge of Tomorrow: Digital Twins, AI and the Network

Oct. 26, 2023
A recent special report article series outlines five critical ways that digital twins and artificial intelligence will impact the network.
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Physical and Digital Network Modernization: The New Role of AI/ML in Testing Automation, Validation and Optimization

Oct. 16, 2023
To keep pace, data center leaders must adopt a new approach to testing and validating the capabilities of their networks.

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EdgeCore Boosts $1.9B Funding with $440M More for Silicon Valley Data Center

April 11, 2024
Meanwhile, the wholesale data center developer is readying another previously announced $600 million in financing for expansion into new regions, located in areas with a combination...
DataBank
DataBank

New $725M Financing for DataBank, Plus Las Vegas Interconnection Hub Pickup, Highlights DigitalBridge Data Center Investment

April 11, 2024
New moves from DigitalBridge edge-colocation and hyperscale campus stalwarts DataBank and Vantage show how in the age of AI, the pace and scope of data center financing has become...

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Data Center Microgrids: Planning for Your Microgrid

The energy grid is increasingly vulnerable to outages thanks to aging infrastructure and the growing impact of climate change. Traditionally, data centers have turned to uninterruptible...

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Poll Question: Data Center A.I. Stakes

This month's Data Center Frontier Poll probes the at-first-glance stakes for data centers making inroads into the expanding realm of AI computing.
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Data Center Frontier Launches Inaugural Data Center Frontier Trends Summit, Sept. 4th-6th in Reston, Virginia

Set to embody the in-depth spirit of DCF's editorial mission, our inaugural live conference's theme-based content aims to support critical decision-making across the data center...