Design

The latest developments in data center design, providing updates on the innovations and best practices for creating energy efficient and sustainable data centers. Our stories provide insights into the role of modular and pre-fabricated data center designs, the impact of the Open Compute Project and open hardware movement, and new approaches to creating data center racks and servers.
Data Center Frontier

Executive Roundtable: How New Data Center Designs Will Meet Shifting Industry Paradigms

March 18, 2024
In the first installment of our Q1 Executive Roundtable, we ask five data center industry leaders about ways the unprecedented growth in digital infrastructure for AI and the ...

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Diving Into the Depths of Procurement & Sourcing

March 11, 2024
Robert Moffit, president of BluePrint Supply Chain, explores the complexities of industrial construction procurement and sourcing, revealing often-overlooked questions.
Vertiv

Vertiv's Free Online Configurator Eases Prefabricated Modular Data Center Design, Planning

March 7, 2024
Vertiv Modular Designer Lite is a new web-based application that streamlines the process of designing PFM data centers based on the Vertiv SmartMod and Vertiv SmartMod Max platforms...
Rich Miller

'C' Revision of TIA-942 Data Center Standard Specifies for Fiber Connectivity, Cabinet Widths

Feb. 16, 2024
The newly authorized TIA-942-C standard will include several significant modifications from the TIA-942-B version—including the incorporation of previously published standards...
NVIDIA
Nvidia AI
Nvidia AI
Nvidia AI
Nvidia AI
Nvidia AI

The Eight Themes That Will Shape the Data Center Industry in 2024

Jan. 2, 2024
The AI boom will ripple through the digital infrastructure sector, impacting the availability of space, the supply chain, pricing, cooling, power and design.
Rich Miller / Data Center Frontier
Phoenix Skyscape
Phoenix Skyscape
Phoenix Skyscape
Phoenix Skyscape
Phoenix Skyscape

DCF's Top 10 Data Center White Papers of 2023

Dec. 27, 2023
Here are the 10 most popular data center white papers of 2023 from Data Center Frontier, ranked by number of reader downloads.
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Voices of 2023: The Top 10 'Voices of the Industry' Columns

Dec. 26, 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, who better to turn to for advice on how to handle the changing business landscape, than the data center industry’s leaders? Here are the top 10 most ...
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Data Center Logistics - Industry 4.0
Data Center Logistics - Industry 4.0
Data Center Logistics - Industry 4.0
Data Center Logistics - Industry 4.0
Data Center Logistics - Industry 4.0

Roundtable: Manufacturing Outlook and Possibilities for U.S. Data Center Supply Chains

Dec. 14, 2023
We asked our Executive Roundtable for their takes on opportunities going into 2024, geographical and otherwise, for an expansion of U.S. manufacturing capabilities to benefit ...
PowerHouse Data Centers
PowerHouse Data Centers, Data Center Alley, Virginia
PowerHouse Data Centers, Data Center Alley, Virginia
PowerHouse Data Centers, Data Center Alley, Virginia
PowerHouse Data Centers, Data Center Alley, Virginia
PowerHouse Data Centers, Data Center Alley, Virginia

Roundtable: Tips On Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Properties for Data Centers

Dec. 12, 2023
We asked our Executive Roundtable for considerations regarding "adaptive reuse" of vacant office, retail and other commercial real estate properties for data center design and...