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DAC Cables Shine in the Cloud

By Voices of the Industry - May 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Data centers with the fastest throughput and processing times have a digital advantage. Ryan Harris, Sales Engineer and Market Manager for The Siemon Company, explains why direct attach copper (DAC) cables are here to stay.

Tagged With: Cloud, data center cables, Data Center Design, siemon

Cologix Recapitalization Powers Scalelogix Hyperscale Strategy

By Rich Miller - May 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Cologix provides an example of how investment and M&A can alter the trajectory of a data center provider’s journey. A $3 billion recapitalization has set the stage for Scalelogix, an initiative to deploy 200 megawatts of capacity in key hyperscale markets,

Tagged With: Asset Backed Securitization, Cologix, securitization

How to Accelerate Digital Business with Resilience in Mind

By Voices of the Industry - May 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Businesses must have a robust hybrid IT infrastructure that supports today’s business needs while innovating with an intention for the future. Patrick Doherty of Flexential explores how IT leaders can accelerate digital business growth while also increasing resilience.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, Flexential, infrastructure, Interconnection, Networking

Is the Midwest a New Silicon Valley? Here’s Why You Should Take Advantage of the Trend.

By Voices of the Industry - April 4, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Site selection is a strategic process that requires the right blend of power, cost savings, environmental conditions, and scalability. Blake Proffitt of DartPoints explores the reasons that enterprises and hyperscalers are building new data centers in the American Midwest.

Tagged With: Colocation, DartPoints, Data Center Site Selection, Hyperscale, Ohio

AWS Adds Cloud Interconnection Hubs in QTS Data Centers

By Rich Miller - March 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

The QTS Chicago data center is the first data center to receive UL 3223 certification. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Amazon Web Services has deployed components of its network infrastructure in QTS data centers in Chicago, Atlanta, and Piscataway, N.J., The multi-megawatt agreement boosts access to AWS, as well as QTS’ efforts to make interconnection more distributed.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, QTS Realty

7 Ways Your Business Can Benefit From Colocation

By Voices of the Industry - March 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

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To safely store, manage and analyze data, businesses need flexible space and connectivity solutions that can meet existing and future needs without compromising security or compliance. Megan Hofmeyer, Strategic Marketing Director at QTS outlines seven ways in which colocation can allow you to easily scale your business infrastructure to fit your needs.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Design, Interconnection, QTS

Data Centers Must Rethink Interconnection in Order to Evolve

By Paul Gillin - January 20, 2022

An illustration of the DataBank ATL-1 data center, part of the Coda mixed-use development in Atlanta's Technology Square. (Image: DataBank)

Data centers must evolve to become points of connectivity between cloud servers, endpoint devices and partner ecosystems. A new DCF special report courtesy of DataBank shares shared the organization’s perspective on what will be the hub of the near-term future of software-driven IT infrastructure.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, DataBank, Interconnection, Networking, Virtualization

Virtual Interconnection: New Technology For Cutting Edge Data Centers

By Paul Gillin - January 14, 2022

Interconnection can improve network performance and enable new services at edge data centers. (Image: Shutterstock)

Virtual interconnection is a new frontier that’s seeing rapid acceptance by colocation and cloud service providers. In a new DCF report, DataBank shares its take on the near-term future of software-driven IT infrastructure.

Tagged With: DataBank, Edge Computing, Interconnection, Virtualization

The Future is Software Driven and Virtualization is the Path Forward

By Paul Gillin - January 7, 2022

The exterior of the DataBank SLC5 data center on the comp[any's Granite Point campus in Bluffdale, Utah. (Image: DataBank)

Software-defined infrastructure is an evolution of virtualization in which the entire IT resource is managed as a single pool. A new DCF special report courtesy of DataBank looks at the future of software-driven IT infrastructure.

Tagged With: DataBank, Interconnection, IT Infrastructure, Virtualization

Digital Realty Acquires Teraco as Africa Data Center M&A Continues

By Rich Miller - January 3, 2022

The exterior of CT2, the new Teraco Data Environments data center om Brackenfell, Cape Town in South Africa. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Digital Realty will buy control Teraco Data Environments in a transaction that values the South Africa-based developer at $3.5 billion. The deal is the latest in a series of M&A deals for providers in Africa.

Tagged With: Africa, Digital Realty, Johannesburg

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Maintaining Low-Latency and Sustainability at the Network Edge

Maintaining Low-Latency and Sustainability at the Network Edge Schneider Electric's Steven Carlini and Andres Vasquez discuss building data centers at the network edge while also meeting sustainability goals.

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Using Simulation to Validate Cooling Design

Kao Data’s UK data center is designed to sustainably support high performance computing and intensive artificial intelligence. Future Facilities explores how CFD can validated the design, implementation, and operation of their indirect evaporative cooling systems.

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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.

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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: 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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