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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.

Budget Restrictions, Security Demands Top IT Challenges Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Servers inside a 365 Data Centers facility in New Jersey. (Photo: 365 Data Centers)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the IT industry, in particular, as IT professionals were charged with keeping institutions afloat, helping millions of U.S. workers transition to remote work and more.  A new white paper from Service Express offers  quick insights into how IT navigated through remote work demands, supply chain disruptions, increases security requirements and more to keep business operations moving forward. 

Tagged With: Coronavirus, IT, Security, Service Express

Questions to Ask Your Data Center Partner to Ensure the Smartest Cooling Strategies

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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When you are selecting a data center partner, ask about the cooling approaches they use. The answers can provide insights into the data center’s ability to meet your expectations and your company’s sustainability goals. This new white paper from Trane explores the ins and outs of data center cooling, and how to ensure the most efficient solution.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Cooling, Data Center Design, Trane

Next-Gen Power Supply for This-Gen Businesses

By Voices of the Industry - December 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Power use growth has been offset through energy efficiency gained by the dramatic shift of compute workloads from legacy data centers to newer, significantly more efficient, enterprise-class colocation campuses and hyperscale cloud data centers. Ben Garrard, Vice President of Product Management at CoreSite, takes a deep dive into the changing landscape of power supply in today’s data centers. 

Tagged With: CoreSite, Data Center Power, Energy

In Latest Urban Greenfield Project, CoreSite Opens LA3 Data Center

By Rich Miller - December 3, 2020 1 Comment

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

Data Center Infrastructure Monitoring Key to Power Quality

By Julius Neudorfer - December 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

A power room inside the QTS Ashburn data center. (Photo: Rich Miller)

It is impossible to discuss monitoring power quality without mentioning Data Center Infrastructure Monitoring (DCIM), as well as power monitoring and management systems. The final entry in a  special report series highlights the importance of data center infrastructure monitoring to ensuring power quality in today’s colocation facilities. 

Tagged With: Data Center Power, powerside, special report

Empowering Hyperscale Operators with a Collaborative Approach

By Voices of the Industry - December 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

This finished data hall inside the QTS Data Centers Richmond campus is pre-configured for hyperscale data centers tenants, with 6 megawatts of power capacity. (Photo: Rich Miller)

With their focus on customized specs, hyperscale operators have “flipped the coin” on the typical supplier/customer relationship. Todd Schneider, Director of Product Management and Hyperscale Business Development at Chatsworth Products, discusses how to build collaboration among hyperscale data centers, integrators and manufacturers.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Hyperscale, Hyperscale data center

Gaining Control of Your Cloud Spend: A Data Center Decision-Maker’s Guide

By Voices of the Industry - November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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How can organizations gain control of their cloud spending? As data center managers reviewing budgets for 2021, DataBank CTO Vlad Friedman takes a look at strategies and tools to optimize your cloud and data center spending.

Tagged With: Cloud, Colocation, DataBank

Perfecting Power Quality Management in Today’s Data Centers

By Julius Neudorfer - November 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Our special report series continues with a look at different elements of power quality management (PQM) for today’s data centers, including ground leakage currents, energy efficiency, the evolution of UPS systems, PDU transformers and more. 

Tagged With: Data Center Power, powerside, special report

365 Data Centers Acquires Atlantic Metro

By Rich Miller - November 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Servers inside a 365 Data Centers facility in New Jersey. (Photo: 365 Data Centers)

365 Data Centers is acquiring Atlantic Metro Communications, which provides network and cloud services to enterprise customers, continuing to build 365’s presence in the data-intensive Northeast corridor.

Tagged With: 365 Data Centers

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

By Rich Miller - November 17, 2020 1 Comment

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

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Voices of the Industry

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

DCF Spotlight

The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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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QTS Peering and Data Exchange

A new report from QTS asserts there is a critically important role for the intermediary who enables internet networks and content networks to exchange traffic — the user and the content to connect — enabling data exchange. Download the new white paper today that explores how companies like QTS 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.

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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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