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Build-to-Suit Approaches Provide Solution for Speed-to-Market and Flexibility

By Voices of the Industry - May 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Andrew Schaap, CEO at Aligned explores how adaptive, intelligent and sustainable infrastructure will be able to meet future data demands. This includes build-to-suit data center approaches.

Tagged With: Aligned Energy, build-to-scale data center, build-to-suit data centers, Hyperscale, provisioning

Data Centers Feeling the Heat! The History and Future of Data Center Cooling

By Voices of the Industry - May 7, 2020 1 Comment

Dror Shenkar, Senior Architect of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, Intel,  and Shahar Belkin, VP R&D at Zuta-Core, explore the past, current and future landscape of data center cooling. What’s next? 

Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Data Center Cooling, Intel

Brexit Prep Has Boosted Data Centers, Subsea Cables. But What Now?

By Rich Miller - October 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

European data centers are preparing contingencies for a potential “no deal” Brexit, which could impact everything from energy pricing to delivery of generators. But the runup to Brexit has been a period of surprisingly strong investment in digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Amsterdam, Dublin, Europe, Frankfurt, London, Undersea Cables

Rethinking Redundancy: Is Culture Part of the Problem?

By Rich Miller - May 22, 2019 1 Comment

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Cloud computing’s focus on software-based application resiliency is prompting new conversations about infrastructure redundancy in the data center industry, as seen at Data Center World 2019.

Tagged With: Distributed Redundancy, Variable Resiliency

How a Colocation Doubled Rack Densities with Increased Operational Efficiencies: No Shortcuts Necessary

By Voices of the Industry - March 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

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After significant growth, Xfernet, a Los Angeles-based colocation, needed to move its facility into a 14,000 square foot data center space with shallow raised floors, low ceilings and limited footprint for new cooling equipment. Chatsworth Products’ John Thomas highlights how the California colocation achieved higher rack densities and ramped up efficiency by using new data center cooling strategies. 

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Colocation, data center cabinet, Data Center Cooling, Racks

How to Operate Your Data Center Like a Cloud Provider

By Voices of the Industry - March 15, 2018 Leave a Comment

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In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, discusses the challenges of managing data centers in a world where cloud is king, what enterprise and colocation data centers can learn from the cloud, and how to modernize data center operations to remain competitive — and operate you data center like a cloud provider. 

Tagged With: Cloud, Colocation, enterprise data center operations, Sunbird Software

A Look at the Data Center of the Future

By Voices of the Industry - September 7, 2017 Leave a Comment

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From the vantage point inside today’s datacenter it’s a safe bet that the pace of change in datacenters will accelerate over the next decade and beyond. Raritan asked the datacenter experts at 451 Research to examine the forces of change over the next decade so that they could share predictions about new datacenter types, and to suggest ways to get ready for the future. 

Tagged With: Data Center Design, Raritan

Capacity Constraints: How Best to Prepare for the Future

By Voices of the Industry - August 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

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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 Energy, cloud services, compute capacity

6 Dashboards for Managing Every Modern Data Center

By Voices of the Industry - February 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Most data centers have a wide variety of assets, and a dashboard will give you an at-a-glance view of what you have, how much you have, and the current status of each asset so you can accurately plan for upcoming maintenance and provisioning of assets. Read on as Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, explores the top dashboards and KPIs that help every modern data center boost productivity and efficiency.

Tagged With: Analytics, Data Center, Data Center Metrics

Executive Insights: Thomas Doherty of Aligned

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The Data Center Frontier Executive Roundtable features insights from industry executives with lengthy experience in the data center industry. Here’s a look at the insights from Thomas Doherty of Aligned Data Centers. As Chief Operating Officer of Aligned Data Centers, Tom draws on over 35 years experience in real estate, design and construction to provide […]

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5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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

Experts agree that combining the interests of real estate and technology leads to the ideal data center strategy for your company. Whatever you call the investment, make sure that your provider delivers the best possible solution that meets your needs today while offering flexibility for the future. Download a new series of executive briefs, courtesy of Stream Data Centers, to explore tech and real estate investment in the data center planning process. 

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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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