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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.

3 Questions to Ask Your Data Center About Environmental and Social Responsibility

By Voices of the Industry - December 5, 2019 1 Comment

It’s a fact we know all too well. Data centers consume a lot of power – and demand is only growing. In a world rightly concerned about climate change, growing energy requirements can be a liability. Kevin Hagen of Iron Mountain explains how asking the right questions of your data center provider can turn a potential sustainability liability into an opportunity.

Tagged With: Data Center Power, data center sustainability, Environment, Iron Mountain

Chicago Data Center Development Brings New Construction, Providers

By Rich Miller - December 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Moves from CoreSite, RagingWire, STACK Infrastructure, Equinix, Iron Mountain and more have made 2019 a stand-out year for colocation development in Chicago. This excerpt from a new Data Center Frontier Special Report gives a full rundown of highlights of development activity in the Greater Chicago market for 2019.

Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago Data Center Market, Chicago Data Center Market Special Report, Data Center Markets, RagingWire Data Centers

Data Center Energy Demand Drives Move Toward Greener Sources

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

There is one thing the industry knows for sure. Data center energy usage has been on the way up — for years — and there are certainly no signs of this trend stopping. The priorities have become: No. 1, delivering lower emissions; and No. 2, the option of longer run times and fast-start natural gas generators. INNIO highlights in a new white paper how growing data center electricity demand has paved the way for a new generation of data center energy strategies.

Tagged With: Colocation Provider, data center energy, data center solutions, INNIO, natural gas generators

IoT & AI Changing the Face of Data Centers as 2020 Nears

By Voices of the Industry - December 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Servers inside a Facebook hyperscale data center in North Carolina. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Marc Cram, Director of Sales for Server Technology, explores how the data demands and more of the IoT and AI are changing the tech and data center industry. Explore what’s in store for 2020, right around the corner. 

Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Internet of Things, Server Technology

Reliable, Green Data Center Solutions that Help Monetize Your Assets

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Data center energy usage has been increasing dramatically, and the trend isn’t stopping. Delivering lower emissions and the option of longer run times, fast-start natural gas generators can provide electricity when data center operators need it. Download a new white paper from INNIO that highlights how growing data center electricity demand has paved the way for a new generation of data center solutions and data center power strategies.

Tagged With: data center solutions, gas engines, INNIO, natural gas generators

Nelson Fonseca is New CEO at Cyxtera, Medina Now Executive Chairman

By Rich Miller - November 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

Cyxtera has named Nelson Fonseca as its new CEO. (Photo: Cyxtera)

Nelson Fonseca has been named Chief Executive Officer for Cyxtera Technologies, with Cyxtera founder and CEO Manuel Medina becoming Executive Chairman for both Cyxtera and AppGate, the recently-announced spin-out of Cyxtera’s security businesses.

Tagged With: cybersecurity, Cyxtera, Security

Chicago Data Center Demand Driven by Cloud & Interconnection Growth

By Rich Miller - November 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

A look at the CoreSite CH1 data center (center) showing its proximity to the Chicago Stock Exchange. (Photo: Rich Miller)

The growth of cloud computing has had significant benefits for the Chicago market. This excerpt from a new Data Center Frontier special report explores what drives supply and demand trends for the data center industry in the downtown Chicago market.

Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago Data Center Market, Data Center Markets, NTT, RagingWire Data Centers

Growing the Number of Buildings Where Networks can Exchange Data Traffic

By Sarah Rubenoff - November 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Projects like the IEIC (Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee), of which QTS is a member, work to “stimulate transformation, regional economies and internet infrastructure growth globally,” and are designed to deemphasize the heavy reliance of the current concentrated, congested peering points. A new white paper from QTS, “QTS Peering and Data Exchange,”  explores how companies can help the industry proliferate the number of buildings where internet and content networks can exchange traffic and do so in a neutral and open way.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, data exchange, QTS Realty

DC Rectifiers Capable of Delievering 98% Energy Efficiency

By Sarah Rubenoff - November 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

Thanks to technology advancements and components such as gallium nitride (GaN) that enable ultra-high 98% efficiency and improved power densities, power loss can be reduced up to 50% compared to 96% efficient rectifiers. That’s according to a new report from Vertiv that walks readers through a breakthrough in energy efficiency that has the potential to reduce power losses over a wide load range, working to optimize CAPEX and OPEX.

Tagged With: data center energy, Data Center Power, Energy Efficiency, GaN power, rectifiers, Vertiv

Empower Your Edge Computing — for the Cloud

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Today, colocation providers like EdgeConneX are working with leading cloud and IT service providers to bring their solutions to the edge, deployed in close proximity to enterprises, so they can easily access secure, local connectivity to the cloud for any and all of their workloads. Download the new white paper from EdgeConnex exploring edge computing for the cloud that offers an in-depth look at what factors have driven the cloud to the mainstream, the challenges to enterprise cloud adoption, security concerns, spend, the benefits of an integrated cloud solution and more.

Tagged With: Edge Computing, EdgeConneX, Hybrid cloud, hybrid IT

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Voices of the Industry

3 Questions to Ask Your Data Center About Environmental and Social Responsibility

3 Questions to Ask Your Data Center About Environmental and Social Responsibility It’s a fact we know all too well. Data centers consume a lot of power – and demand is only growing. In a world rightly concerned about climate change, growing energy requirements can be a liability. Kevin Hagen of Iron Mountain explains how asking the right questions of your data center provider can turn a potential sustainability liability into an opportunity.

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The Hyperscale Data Center Drives the Global Cloud Revolution

The hyperscale data center is reshaping the global IT landscape, shifting data from on-premises computer rooms and IT closets to massive centralized data center hubs. Explore further how cloud campuses will continue to enable hyperscale operators to rapidly add server capacity and electric power.

An aerial view of major facilities in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. (Image: Loudoun County)

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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White Papers

UPS

Single-Phase UPS Lifecycle Management: Protecting IT Availability

With an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), you have made a significant investment in power protection for your operations, so it doesn’t make sense to risk that investment on batteries that may not work when needed most. This white paper from Vertiv highlights the critical role of the battery within single-phase UPS systems and discusses the options for ensuring power and business continuity, especially as IT networks increase in size and complexity and/or become more dispersed.

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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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