Over the last decade, electrical metering has become “key” for data center management. That’s according to a new Anord Mardix report that explores the potential for optimizing data center power management with advanced multi-circuit monitoring systems. A new report from Anord Marix explores how data center power management can work toward your advantage utilizing advanced multi-circuit monitoring systems.
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.
Equinix Acquires 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada for $750 Million
Global colocation giant Equinix will buy a portfolio of 13 data center sites from Bell Canada (BCE) for $750 million in cash, the companies said today.
Unexpected Benefits of Multi-Tenant Data Centers During a Network Crisis
Chad Rodriguez, Vice President of Network and Cloud, along with Chris Bair, Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing for Stream Data Centers, share key considerations for successfully managing network and cloud demands during a crisis.
How the Data Center Industry Can Support Customers in Today’s Challenging Times
Dan Rattner, Chief of Staff, VP, Administration, Data Centers at Iron Mountain, shares how COVID-19 has impacted the data center industry and given rise to innovation.
Build-to-Suit Approaches Provide Solution for Speed-to-Market and Flexibility
Andrew Schaap, CEO at Aligned explores how adaptive, intelligent and sustainable infrastructure will be able to meet future data demands. This includes build-to-suit data center approaches.
Subsea Cables, Tech Workforce Boost Portland Data Center Market
The Portland data center market benefits from the active technology cluster in the emerging data center district in Hillsboro, and ready access to fiber rings that connect facilities to trans-Pacific subsea cables that land on the Oregon coast.
How to Approach Your Data Center Provider About Social & Environmental Responsibility
Ultimately, making good choices surrounding energy sourcing can help save money, reduce risks, and contribute to solutions to today’s environmental and social responsibility challenges. A new white paper from Iron Mountain explores further how to turn a potential sustainability liability into an opportunity for your organization, and what questions to make sure to ask your data center provider.
Amid COVID-19, Legionella Raises Key Questions for Data Centers
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, Kris Holla of Nortek Air Solutions explores how Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease) and its dangers raise important issues for the data center industry, including the merits of new evaporative cooling technologies.
Portland Emerges as the Hot Data Center Market for the Pacific Northwest
Portland, Oregon has emerged as the hottest market for multi-tenant data center development in the Pacific Northwest. A new special report from Data Center Frontier explores provides a market analysis and insights on supply and demand in the Portland data center market.
INAP Emerges From Bankruptcy With Less Debt, New CEO
Colocation provider INAP has completed a financial restructuring and emerged from bankruptcy, just seven weeks after filing for Chapter 11 protection.
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