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Insights: Data Center Design

Data Center Frontier charts the future of data centers and cloud computing. We track the latest developments in data center design, providing updates on the innovations and best practices for creating energy efficient and sustainable data centers.

Our thesis: New markets will require new approaches to datacenter design, creating facilities that can operate with very different climate and energy profiles. This will require major innovation in the way data centers are designed, built and powered.

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.

Insertion Loss Reduction: Performance Study

By Kathy Hitchens - March 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

A new study from Tactical Deployment Systems compares the insertion loss of HD8² to traditional plug-and-play fiber connectivity. The report explains how eliminating the MPO connection with an integrated hard-wired cassette will significantly reduce the insertion loss found in the traditional setup.

Tagged With: connectivity, Fiber, fiber cross connects, Tactical Deployment Systems

Making Your Data Center Water Positive

By Voices of the Industry - March 3, 2021 Leave a Comment

Cem Candir, CEO of Chemstar WATER, provides insights on new innovations in data center water treatment and gives details on how some hyperscalers are making their data centers water positive.

Tagged With: Chemstar Water, data center water, water positive

Fit for the Edge: Modular Data Centers

By Voices of the Industry - February 26, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Jackie Pasierbowicz, Director of Sales and Marketing at TAS explores the dramatic rise of multiple markets for edge computing and the benefits of a modular data center strategy.

Tagged With: Modular Data Centers, TAS

Enterprise and Hyperscale Requirements Have Converged

By Voices of the Industry - February 19, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Chris Bair, Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing at Stream Data Centers, highlights how enterprise and hyperscale data center requirements have grown more and more similar over the past two decades. 

Tagged With: Cloud, enterprise data center, Hyperscale, Hyperscale data center, Stream Data Centers

From PUE to ‘GUE’ – Measuring the Continued Evolution of Data Center Sustainability

By Voices of the Industry - February 8, 2021 3 Comments

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Sean Farney, Director of Data Center Marketing, Kohler Power Systems, highlights the need  for an all-encompassing and standardized way to measure and report on data center sustainability across the entire data center ecosystem.  

Tagged With: data center energy, data center sustainability, Green Data Centers, Kohler Power Systems

EOL & EOSL and Long-Term Hardware Infrastructure Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - January 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

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With close to 25 years of data center and IT expertise, Chad Peters of Service Express shares insights regarding the equipment life cycle and how IT leaders can better prepare their budget, strategy and future projects.

Tagged With: data center equipment, hardware, infrastructure, Service Express

Voices of 2020: The Top 10 Voices of the Industry Columns

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Education is part of our mission at Data Center Frontier. In our Voices of the Industry feature, we share the experience of data center executives on the front lines of innovation. Here’s a look at the 10 most popular Voices columns for 2020.

Tagged With: colocation industry trends, Voice of the Industry

AWS Designs In-Rack Micro UPS Units For a More Efficient Cloud

By Rich Miller - December 11, 2020 2 Comments

Amazon Senior VP of Infrastructure Peter DeSantis shares an image of a Mac Mini server running within an AWS data center during this week's re;Invent 2020 conference. (Image: AWS)

Amazon Web Services has begun designing its own rack-level Micro UPS units for its data centers, eliminating a centralized UPS in a move that will dramatically improve the power efficiency of its cloud computing operations.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, UPS

What Your Cage Says About Your Company

By Voices of the Industry - December 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Chris Williams, Business Development Manager at Emcor Enclosures  discusses the positive impact managers and operators will see by selecting a well-designed high quality cage as an additional layer of physical security for their data center, regardless of size or scale.

Tagged With: crenlo, data center cages, Emcor Enclosures

The Visual Edge: A Closer Look at Edge Data Center Design

By Colleen Miller - November 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

What does edge computing infrastructure look like? Here’s a video of some of the leading designs from players in the emerging market for edge data centers, plus links to our DCF social channels for images and video.

Tagged With: Edge Computing

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Water Scarcity: How Data Centers Can Help

Water Scarcity: How Data Centers Can Help Water scarcity is a looming global crisis. Kris Holla, Group Vice President, Channel Sales, Nortek Air Solutions, and Michael Lesniak, AVP Global Corporate Accounts, Global Data Center Solutions at Nalco Water, discuss how data centers can conserve the planet’s diminishing fresh water supply and practice water stewardship.   

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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.

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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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Remote Management of Data Center Cabinets

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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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Charting the future of data centers and cloud computing. We write about what’s next for the Internet, and the innovations that will take us there. We tell the story of the digital economy through the data center facilities that power cloud computing and the people who build them. Read more ...
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Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 20 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution. Meet the DCF team.

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