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Is the Midwest a New Silicon Valley? Here’s Why You Should Take Advantage of the Trend.

By Voices of the Industry - April 4, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Site selection is a strategic process that requires the right blend of power, cost savings, environmental conditions, and scalability. Blake Proffitt of DartPoints explores the reasons that enterprises and hyperscalers are building new data centers in the American Midwest.

Tagged With: Colocation, DartPoints, Data Center Site Selection, Hyperscale, Ohio

Living on the Edge

By Voices of the Industry - March 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Edge

The edge is no longer a specific size or as precise of a place as it once was, but just because it has grown more complex doesn’t mean that we can’t distinguish what or where it is. Sean Farney, Director of Data Center Marketing at Kohler Power Systems explores the ever evolving definition of the edge.

Tagged With: Edge Computing, Edge Data Centers, Kohler Power Systems, machine learning

Cybersecurity in the Data Center: New Political Developments Shape New Ways of Thinking in 2022—and Beyond

By Voices of the Industry - March 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The current conflict in Eastern Europe raises new cybersecurity concerns on a global level. Mark Houpt of DataBank describes describes the state of affairs from a cybersecurity perspective and highlights best practices data center operators should implement to minimize their risk.

Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Center Security, DataBank

How the Supply Chain Crisis Should Change Our Approach Moving Forward

By Voices of the Industry - March 23, 2022 1 Comment

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While the supply chain crisis has had major negative effects, there are some positives from our current situation. Bill Tierney, Senior Vice President, at ProLift Rigging explores key lessons that can be learned from the supply chain crisis.

Tagged With: Data Center Construction, Data Center Design, Data Center Site Selection, ProLift Rigging Co.

Simulation Helps Data Centers Manage Three Key Industry Challenges

By Voices of the Industry - March 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Sherman Ikemoto, Managing Director at Future Facilities explains how simulation can help data center operators manage the accelerating pace of business, rising densities, and energy consumption.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, future facilities, high density data centers, Virtualization

Water Is Life

By Voices of the Industry - March 11, 2022 1 Comment

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Water is a resource we must acknowledge as finite, and we must safeguard it accordingly. Stream Data Center’s Chris Bair and Yvonne Deir share their perspectives on data center water use and how to optimize water consumption.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, data center water, Energy Efficiency, Stream Data Centers

7 Ways Your Business Can Benefit From Colocation

By Voices of the Industry - March 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

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To safely store, manage and analyze data, businesses need flexible space and connectivity solutions that can meet existing and future needs without compromising security or compliance. Megan Hofmeyer, Strategic Marketing Director at QTS outlines seven ways in which colocation can allow you to easily scale your business infrastructure to fit your needs.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Design, Interconnection, QTS

Factory Integrated Racks Optimizes Rack-Level Deployments

By Voices of the Industry - March 4, 2022 Leave a Comment

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While some may view building a rack as a DIY kit approach, designing and building a rack that balances complex, interacting elements requires experience and expertise. Joel Wineland, CTO of Rackline, explores the importance of using a factory integrated rack approach for rack-level deployments.

Tagged With: ASA Computers, cloud data centers, Data Center Design, on-premises data center, Racks

The Fourth Pillar of Data Center Management

By Voices of the Industry - March 2, 2022 1 Comment

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Historically, the three pillars of data center management were all data center operators needed. Carsten Baumann, Director Strategic Initiative & Solution Architect at Schneider Electric explores how the need for sustainability has led to the emergence of a fourth pillar of data center management – environmental sustainability management (ESM).

Tagged With: Data Center Management, data center sustainability, Environment, Schneider Electric

The Truth Behind the Top 5 OEM Maintenance Myths

By Voices of the Industry - February 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Buying brand-new equipment might seem like your only option, but it’s a myth and not the only one. Chad Peters, Director of Infrastructure Solutions at Service Express busts five myths around OEM maintenance.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, data center maintenance, hardware, Service Express, Software

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Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center The data center industry continues to experience significant global supply chain problems. Brett Williams of Service Express, explores the importance of leveraging the secondary hardware market to overcome supply chain roadblocks.

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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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