Altoona, Iowa will become Meta’s largest cloud campus with the addition of two new data centers. The new capacity will boost the Altoona campus to more than 5 million square feet of data center space,
AI, Autonomous Vehicles and Crypto Drive Future Compute Requirements
New technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and cryptocurrency are driving current and future compute needs.. A new DCF special report courtesy of NTT explores how hybrid architectures help support these workloads.
Start Designing for Portability – Right Now
Today, IT leaders are familiar with the value and benefits of hybrid hosting models and even agile-friendly environments, but what about application portability? Rob Lerner, Vice President of Sales and Cloud Strategies at DataBank, stresses the concept of application portability and shows how it can help companies generate a win-win-win in terms of cost, performance, and geography.
Problems With AWS Network Devices Caused Widespread Cloud Outage
Problems with several network devices in Northern Virginia caused a major outage at Amazon Web Services, with the ripples spreading across the Internet to interrupt service for many popular web services that run their infrastructure on the AWS cloud.
Iron Mountain Signs 20 Megawatt Lease in Northern Virginia
Iron Mountain has signed a 20 megawatt multi-year lease with a Fortune 100 customer in its VA-2 data center in Manassas, Virginia, the company said this week. Iron Mountain has now leased 44 megawatts of data center capacity in 2021.
The Everywhere Cloud: AWS Extends Its Reach to the Edge
Amazon Web Services is extending its edge computing operations with more Local Zones, including a private local zone for capital markets inside a Nasdaq data center in New Jersey. The Nasdaq deal highlights how AWS is targeting vertical markets.
Data Center Jobs: Engineering and Superintendent Positions Available in Major Markets
Each month Data Center Frontier in partnership with Pkaza post some of the hottest data center jobs in the market.
The Outlook on Data Center Sustainability in 2022
It is clear that we no longer need to choose between the planet and profit. The more sustainable solutions are reducing risks and improving profitability for companies, making for good business practices that can also benefit the communities in which we operate. Chris Pennington, Director of Energy and Sustainability at Iron Mountain Data Centers shares thoughts on what will drive data center sustainability efforts in 2022.
Data Center Evolution: Which Model is Right for Your Organization?
What’s unique about the data center evolution is that one solution doesn’t necessarily negate the use of or need for another. Service Express Director of Infrastructure Solutions Chad Peters outlines four data center models and the advantages and challenges of each.
Top 10 Data Center Stories for November 2021
Merger mania swept the data center industry in November, and dominated industry news headlines. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in November 2021.
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