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Data Bytes: Enterprise Cloud Spending Gets $1.5B Boost From Pandemic

By Rich Miller - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

This chart from Synergy Research shows that the cloud growth rate, which had been slowing as the market matures, was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Note that this chart shows cloud growth rate, not cloud customers or revenue, which are both climbing steadily. (Graphic: Synergy Research)

This week we have several new data points on data center capital spending and the impact of COVID-19. Synergy sees a $1.5 billion boost in enterprise cloud spending in the third quarter of 2020.

Tagged With: COVID-Industry, DataBytes

Next-Gen Power Supply for This-Gen Businesses

By Voices of the Industry - December 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Power use growth has been offset through energy efficiency gained by the dramatic shift of compute workloads from legacy data centers to newer, significantly more efficient, enterprise-class colocation campuses and hyperscale cloud data centers. Ben Garrard, Vice President of Product Management at CoreSite, takes a deep dive into the changing landscape of power supply in today’s data centers. 

Tagged With: CoreSite, Data Center Power, Energy

Data Center Construction Surging Amid Supply Constraints in Top Markets

By Rich Miller - December 2, 2020 1 Comment

The QTS Data Centers Shellhorn DC-1 project in Ashburn. (Image: QTS)

Data center developers are scrambling to add capacity, as this year’s record leasing activity has consumed much of the available supply of server space. Several leading markets are seeing a boom in construction.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Ashburn, Data Center Construction, Digital Realty, Editors Choice 1, Northern Virginia, QTS Realty

The Top 10 Data Center Stories for November 2020

By Rich Miller - December 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

Digital Realty's Building P in Ashburn is among the multi-tenant data center facilities housing different types of workloads. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Edge, Equinix and Atlanta were the three themes that grabbed readers’ attention in November. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in November 2020, in order of article views.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Equinix, Microsoft, Switch Data Centers, Vantage Data Centers

COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Data Center Leasing to Record Heights

By Rich Miller - November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Data center customers have leased more than 500 megawatts of capacity in 2020, an all-time record. With space scarce in key markets, cloud platforms and video services are pre-leasing data centers before they are built.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, Editors Choice 2, Leasing

Gaining Control of Your Cloud Spend: A Data Center Decision-Maker’s Guide

By Voices of the Industry - November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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How can organizations gain control of their cloud spending? As data center managers reviewing budgets for 2021, DataBank CTO Vlad Friedman takes a look at strategies and tools to optimize your cloud and data center spending.

Tagged With: Cloud, Colocation, DataBank

Microsoft Plans Cloud Data Center Campus Near Atlanta

By Rich Miller - November 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Microsoft is finalizing plans for a data center campus near Atlanta, according to local economic development officials, who this week authorized tax incentives and a $420 million bond resolution to support the project.

Tagged With: Atlanta, Atlanta Data Center Market, Microsoft, Switch Data Centers

News Roundup: Park Place, Vapor IO, Flexential

By Rich Miller - November 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

Park Place Technologies CEO Chris Adams announces his company's acquisition of Curvature. (Image: Park Place)

The steady stream of new about the data center industry continues. This week: third-party maintenance specialist Park Place Technologies acquires Curvature, Hivelocity expands its bare metal edge with Vapor IO, and Flexential adds capacity in its Atlanta data center.

Tagged With: Flexential, park place technologies, Vapor IO

Applying Sustainability Practices that will Reach Data Center Net-Zero Energy Goals

By Voices of the Industry - November 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Kris Holla, Group Vice President, Channel Sales for Nortek Data Center Cooling, highlights how focus on renewable energy alone will not help data centers reach sustainability net-zero goals. 

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, data center energy, data center sustainability, Nortek

Designing for Density: AI Brings Denser Racks into Multi-Tenant Data Centers

By Rich Miller - November 2, 2020 2 Comments

Digital Realty's Building P in Ashburn is among the multi-tenant data center facilities housing different types of workloads. (Photo: Digital Realty)

The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges for data center design, as high-density racks of GPUs require low-latency access to massive datasets, including some in the cloud.

Tagged With: Colovore, Digital Realty, GPUs, high density data centers, NVIDIA

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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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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