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Rich Miller is the Founder & Editor of Data Center Frontier. He writes about the places where the Internet lives, telling the story of data centers and the people who build them.

About Rich Miller

I write about the places where the Internet lives, telling the story of data centers and the people who build them. I founded Data Center Knowledge, the data center industry's leading news site. Now I'm exploring the future of cloud computing at Data Center Frontier.

GI Partners Acquires Data Center in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Cloud Plaza data center has been acquired by private equity firm GI Partners. (Photo: Rich Miller)

GI Partners, a private equity firm with deep experience in the digital infrastructure sector, has acquired a data center in Sterling, Virginia that is leased by a large technology firm, the company said today.

Tagged With: Ashburn, GI Partners, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Sentinel Data Centers

Aligned Expands Green Loan by $1.4 Billion to Accelerate Growth

By Rich Miller - May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

A large data hall in an Aligned facility. (Photo: Aligned)

Aligned Data Centers has increased its sustainability-linked loan from $375 million to $1.75 billion . The additional $1.4 billion in funding provides Aligned with more resources to build data centers for its customers, many of whom are working to reduce their climate impact.

Tagged With: Aligned, Sustainable Finance

DCF Show: Sabey’s Tim Mirick on the Austin Data Center Market

By Rich Miller - May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

On the Data Center Frontier Show, Sabey Chief Revenue Officer Tim Mirick joins us to talk about Sabey’s history in data center development, and its big expansion announcements for 2022 in Austin and Central Washington.

Tagged With: Austin, Sabey Data Centers

Hillsboro Data Center Market Boosted by Significant Pre-Leasing

By Rich Miller - May 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

hillsboro data center market

The Hillsboro data center market is poised for substantial growth over the next several years, and data center developers clearly see Hillsboro and the larger Portland, Ore., market as a hot spot for hyperscale and enterprise facilities.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Site Selection, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Data Center Market, NTT

Evoque to Partner With Archer Datacenters on $200M Nashville Campus

By Rich Miller - May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

In the latest step in its expansion beyond colocation, Evoque has formed a joint venture with Archer Datacenters to create a 100-megawatt data center campus in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Tagged With: Archer Datacenters, Evoque, Nashville, Renewable Energy

Subsea Links: DC BLOX, Flexential, Cologix Connect to Cable Projects

By Rich Miller - May 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

An illustration of the planned DC BLOX cable landing station in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. . (Image: DC BLOX)

The geography of subsea cables is changing, and data center providers are responding with new facilities and partnerships. That trend was on display in announcements this week from DC BLOX, Flexential and Cologix.

Tagged With: Cologix, DC BLOX, Flexential, Subsea Cables

The Largest Data Center Deals of All Time

By Rich Miller - May 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

CoreSite and CyrusOne announced acquisition deals on the same morning. (Images: Rich Miller, CyrusOne)

The list of the largest data center deals of all time has been remade with a flurry of M&A, including the acquisition of Switch by DigitalBridge and IFM. Here’s a look at the billion-dollar deals and the trends behind them.

Tagged With: CoreSite, CyrusOne, QTS Realty

DigitalBridge to Buy Switch for $11 Billion as Data Center M&A Binge Continues

By Rich Miller - May 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Switch SUPERNAP data center

Data center developer Switch will be acquired by DigitalBridge and infrastructure investors IFM and taken private in an all cash deal valued at about $11 billion. The deal continues a trend in which public data center REITs have been bought by large investors and taken private.

Tagged With: DigitalBridge, switch

Quantum Loophole’s ‘Data Center City’ Secures Aligned as First Tenant

By Rich Miller - May 10, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Aligned Ashburn data center in Northern Virginia. (Photo: Aligned)

Aligned Data Centers has signed an agreement to acquire land, power, and water at Quantum Loophole’s massive new data center campus in Maryland, a big step toward extending the Northern Virginia cloud cluster across the Potomac into Frederick County.

Tagged With: Aligned, Maryland, Quantum Loophole

Cologix Recapitalization Powers Scalelogix Hyperscale Strategy

By Rich Miller - May 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Cologix provides an example of how investment and M&A can alter the trajectory of a data center provider’s journey. A $3 billion recapitalization has set the stage for Scalelogix, an initiative to deploy 200 megawatts of capacity in key hyperscale markets,

Tagged With: Asset Backed Securitization, Cologix, securitization

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Voices of the Industry

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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Sustainably Meeting High Density Cooling Challenges

As the power densities of IT equipment have increased over the past twenty years, data center designers and operators face a number of challenges when it comes to managing this intensified heat load. A new special report from Data Center Frontier and Nautilus Data Technologies explores issues and potential solutions to supporting high density cooling in an efficient and sustainable way.

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DCF Spotlight

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

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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Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 20 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution. Meet the DCF team.

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