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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.

Data Center Jobs: Engineering and Construction Jobs Available in Major Markets

By Kathy Hitchens - August 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Each month Data Center Frontier in partnership with Pkaza post some of the hottest data center jobs in the market. Find your next job here!

Tagged With: Data Center Jobs, Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting

As Data Center Space Grows Scarce, Enterprise Users Need to Plan Ahead

By Rich Miller - August 3, 2022 Leave a Comment

Panelists in the Data Center Week trends panel in June included (clockwise from upper left) DCF Editor Rich Miller, Stuart Lawrence from Stream Data Centers, Prime Data Centers' Jonathan Gibbs and Chris Pennington of Iron Mountain Data centers. (Image: Endeavor Business Media)

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.

Tagged With: Enterprise, Leasing

NYI Expands Into Former Equinix Space at 60 Hudson Street

By Rich Miller - August 2, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

By Rich Miller - August 2, 2022 Leave a Comment

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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.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Digital Realty, Hyperscale data center, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

The Top 10 Data Center Stories for July 2022

By Rich Miller - August 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

One of the many Amazon Web Services data centers in Northern Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

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

Tagged With: Advanced Energy, enchanted rock, Google, Iceotope, JetCool Technologies, Microsoft, Opus:Interactive, Technoguard

With New Brand and Owners, Hudson Interxchange Looks to Grow at 60 Hudson

By Rich Miller - July 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

Hudson Interxchange CEO Thomas Brown with the company's new logo. (Photo: Hudson IX)

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.

Tagged With: 60 Hudson Street, DataGryd, Hudson Interxchange, New York

The Importance of Rack Hygiene in High Density Data Centers

By Julius Neudorfer - July 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

high density

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.

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, Hyperscale, Racks, Technoguard

Bigger Campuses Drive Cloud Growth in Northern Virginia

By DCF Staff - July 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

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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.

Tagged With: Data Center Frontier Special Report, Digital Realty, Hyperscale data center, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

American Tower Adds Stonepeak as Investor in its Cloud-to-Edge Data Center Strategy

By Rich Miller - July 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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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.

Tagged With: American Tower, CoreSite, Stonepeak

40 KPIs to Improve Data Center Health and Efficiency

By Kathy Hitchens - July 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

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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.

Tagged With: Data Center Management, Data Center Operations, DCIM software, Sunbird Software

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Building an Enduring World Begins with Accountability and Defining an Approach for Long-term Success

Building an Enduring World Begins with Accountability and Defining an Approach for Long-term Success TJ Faze, Head of ESG Strategy and Engagement at Vertiv, outlines the company's learnings around its recent ESG efforts.

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Hybrid and Multi-Cloud IT Executive Buyer’s Guide

Opus:Interactive outlines best practices and provides checklists for assessing your hybrid and multi-cloud needs.

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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.

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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Data Center 101

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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Charting the future of data centers and cloud computing. We write about what’s next for the Internet, and the innovations that will take us there. We tell the story of the digital economy through the data center facilities that power cloud computing and the people who build them. Read more ...
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