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Cologix Acquires Santa Clara Data Center Campus From vXchnge

By Rich Miller - April 15, 2021

The vXchange data center in Santa Clara, which is being acquired by Cologix. (Photo: vXchange)

Data center provider Cologix has added its first major presence on the U.S. West Coast, acquiring a data center campus in Santa Clara, Calif. from vXchnge.

High Speed Interconnects in the Data Center

By Kathy Hitchens - March 18, 2021

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In high-performance data center architectures, cabling matters. A new white paper from Siemon explains how high speed interconnects that are compatible with network equipment, and are high quality and high performance, can reduce costs.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, Interconnection, siemon

Digital Realty: Data Gravity Will Reshape the Interconnection Landscape

By Rich Miller - March 10, 2021

Digital Realty has outlined its vision for a more distributed interconnection landscape, with network connections moving closer to giant storehouses of data, rather than being concentrated in network hubs in city centers.

Tagged With: Digital Realty

SpaceX Gets Connected: Satellite Broadband Meets the Data Center

By Doug Mohney - February 23, 2021

Satellite company Telesat is preparing to deploy its Lightspeed network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide broadband Internet from space. (Photo: Telesat)

SpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb and Telesat all plan to offer low-latency broadband via constellations of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Here’s an overview of the LEO broadband players, strategies and what these services will mean for the data center industry.

Tagged With: Satellite, SpaceX

Cologix Breaks Ground on 1 Million SF Data Center in Ashburn

By Rich Miller - December 15, 2020

A row of cabinets inside a data center. (Photo: Cologix)

Cologix says it has broken ground on a large data center campus in Northern Virginia, commencing construction on a planned 1 million square foot campus in the heart of “Data Center Alley” in Ashburn.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Cologix, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

In Latest Urban Greenfield Project, CoreSite Opens LA3 Data Center

By Rich Miller - December 3, 2020

The new CoreSite LA3 data center in Los Angeles. (Photo: CoreSite)

CoreSite has opened its LA3 data center, adding capacity in the Los Angeles market. CoreSite says it is the city’s first purpose built data center, designed from the ground up as a for storing and delivering data.

Tagged With: CoreSite, Los Angeles

Equinix Expands in Ashburn, Plans Fleet of Four-Story Data Centers

By Rich Miller - November 17, 2020

The Equinix DC21 data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Equinix)

Equinix is expanding in Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley, opening a new campus in Ashburn featuring an innovation lab and new design for a series of four-story data centers.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Equinix, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

Equinix Metal Taps Automation for Speedier Server, Network Deployments

By Rich Miller - October 6, 2020

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The Equinix Metal service aims to bring cloud-style automation to colocation, enabling dedicated servers to be provisioned “as a service.” It’s based on tech from the recent acquisition of Packet.

Tagged With: bare metal clouds, Equinix

Study: Data Gravity Will Guide the Global Digital Economy

By Rich Miller - September 30, 2020

A technician works inside the Digital Realty data center inside 60 Hudson Street in New York City, a key aggregation point for global data traffic. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Digital Realty believes the growth of the digital economy will be guided by the “data gravity” of massive aggregation points for data, which will be a magnet for applications and infrastructure. New research predicts where this will happen.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, Data Gravity, Digital Realty

DataBank Acquires zColo Data Centers in Major Expansion

By Rich Miller - September 29, 2020

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Colocation provider DataBank has agreed to acquire zColo in a deal that dramatically expands DataBank’s data center network, adding 44 data centers across 23 markets in the U.S. and Europe.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Zayo

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Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers

Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers No two are data centers are alike when it comes to design or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage infrastructure. Shad Secrist of Belden outlines the differences between 5 of the most common types of data centers including edge, colocation and hyperscale.

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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.

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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 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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