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Insights: Colocation
Customers can buy data center space in a number of ways. One of the most popular is colocation, tenants buy space by the rack, cabinet or cage. Larger requirements typically use the wholesale data center model, in which a tenant leases a finished suite of “turn-key” raised-floor space. The dividing lines between the two have blurred in recent years, which wholesale providers pursuing smaller deals while colo specialists add suites to their offerings. Both retail colocation providers and companies selling wholesale data center space are pushing into new markets, extending these IT outsourcing services to new audiences.
As Data Center Space Grows Scarce, Enterprise Users Need to Plan Ahead
If you’re an enterprise IT user seeking to expand your data center infrastructure, you’d better be shopping ahead. Data center space is growing scarce due to a combination of historic demand from hyperscale customers and a slowdown in new construction.
NYI Expands Into Former Equinix Space at 60 Hudson Street
NYI is expanding its operations at 60 Hudson Street in New York into space formerly occupied by Equinix. NYI is expanding via a joint venture with QTD Systems, which acquired the facility from Equinix and plans to use part of the space to research quantum computing technology.
Power and Taxes: The Business Environment in Northern Virginia
The data center industry brings $1.2 billion in tax revenue into the Virginia economy annually thanks to tax incentives and Virginia’s business-friendly environment, both of which attract data center investment in the Northern Virginia market.
The Top 10 Data Center Stories for July 2022
The growing pains for data center development in Northern Virginia and Dublin and the “big short” call by Jim Chanos were the hot stories in a sweltering month. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in July 2022
With New Brand and Owners, Hudson Interxchange Looks to Grow at 60 Hudson
Hudson Interxchange (Hudson IX) is the successor to DataGryd, which was acquired by UK investor Cordiant Digital Infrastructure. The revamped Hudson IX has a new brand, and will expand its footprint inside 60 Hudson Street, one of the world’s most iconic carrier hotels.
The Importance of Rack Hygiene in High Density Data Centers
No matter how well a containment system is constructed and installed, its benefits can be reduced or negated if good “rack hygiene” practices are not followed. Learn more about the importance of rack hygiene in high density data centers in this new article from TechnoGuard.
Bigger Campuses Drive Cloud Growth in Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia has long been a strategic priority for hyperscale operators, and the past year has been an extremely active period for data center construction and real estate transactions to lock down development sites for future data center campuses.
American Tower Adds Stonepeak as Investor in its Cloud-to-Edge Data Center Strategy
American Tower has advanced its data center strategy on several fronts, consolidating its CoreSite acquisition with its data center assets, and lining up infrastructure investor Stonepeak for a $2.5 billion equity stake in its data center business.
40 KPIs to Improve Data Center Health and Efficiency
Sunbird outlines 40 critical KPIs that data center managers should monitor to improve data center health and efficiency. The report covers KPIs from nine areas: capacity, cost, asset, change, space, power, efficiency, cooling, and connectivity.
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.