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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.

The Pandemic May Accelerate the Arrival of the Lights-Out Data Center

By Rich Miller - September 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

We conclude our DCF Executive Roundtable with a discussion of the future of data center automation, and how it is being shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several panelists believe the “lights-out” data center is drawing closer.

Tagged With: automation, CoreSite, Digital Realty, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, Nortek, Vertiv

Busway: Safety and Reliability

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Since its introduction within the automotive industry in the 1930’s through to its current widespread use in data centers, busway offers a high density, flexible power distribution solution for many applications. Get the new report from Anord Mardix that explores a fresh approach — integral coupling — which utilizes a unique male and female coupling system that is integral to the individual busway sections.

Tagged With: Anord Mardix, busway, Data Center Power

The Role of PDU Design in Mission Critical Uptime

By Voices of the Industry - September 18, 2020 1 Comment

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Marc Cram, Director of Sales for Server Technology, highlights what the role of PDU design means for mission critical uptime in today’s data centers. 

Tagged With: Data Center Design, mission critical data center, pdus, Server Technology

Remote Management of Data Center Cabinets

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Get the new white paper from Chatsworth Products that explores the most beneficial applications for intelligent rack PDUs with remote power control, defines the key capabilities to require on intelligent track PDUs with remote power control, and lists additional monitoring and security capabilities that should be considered when selecting intelligent rack PDUs for use in laboratories, in remote/edge sites or when colocating enterprise-owned equipment into MTDCs.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, data center cabinets, pdus, remote management

Data Center Airflow Management Basics: Key Steps for Optimizing Cooling Performance

Data Center Airflow

Get the new white paper, by Chatsworth Products (CPI) and Innovative Research Inc. (IRI), that provides an overview of the key steps for optimizing the cooling performance of air-cooled data centers. This includes employing a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling software tool for analysis and exercising airflow management best practices that will help data center managers understand the what and how of optimizing airflow and, consequently, cooling performance.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Data Center Cooling, Data Center Design

Racing in a Modular World

By Voices of the Industry - September 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging, explores what it takes to win with modular construction in the speed to market race. 

Tagged With: Data Center Construction, Data Center Design, Modular Data Centers, ProLift Rigging Co.

Microsoft: Servers in Our Underwater Data Center Are Super-Reliable

By Rich Miller - September 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Project Natick data center module was recently retrieved from the ocean floor near Scotland. (Photo: Microsoft)

Servers housed for two years on the ocean floor were substantially more reliable than those in traditional data centers, Microsoft said today. The findings could bring benefits to data center economics for traditional projects on land.

Tagged With: Microsoft, Project Natick, Undersea Data Centers

Sustainable Lighting: Key Considerations For Green Data Centers

By Voices of the Industry - September 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

Tim Miscovich, Chief Commercial Officer at wtec shares his insights on the impact of data center lighting and how your lighting plays a key role in your green data center strategy. 

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Green Data Center, wtec

Stream Data Centers Teams with Banking Leaders on Build-to-Suit Data Center

By Sarah Rubenoff - September 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

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A new report from Stream Data Centers highlights how the data industry company and and leaders of one of the leaders of one of the nation’s larger commercial banks joined forces as part of a comprehensive data center consolidation plan and ascertained the need for a new core build-to-suit data center that would complement its primary Tier IV data center and execute the project.

Tagged With: build-to-suit data centers, Data Center Design, featured whitepaper, Financial Sector, Stream Data Centers

Three Considerations When Deploying Edge Computing

By Rich Miller - September 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Deploying edge computing infrastructure can be challenging for end users, who must adapt their models and processes for a smaller, denser environment to process more services and user data. There are three common challenges reported by end users working with edge designs: Defining the use case, inexperience with edge deployments and data management concerns. 

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Data Center Design, Edge Computing, edge computing special report, Edge Data Centers

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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.

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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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White Papers

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Customer-Specific Solutions to Safeguard Your Business

Corporate security is not optional. Scarcely a day passes that we don’t see the result of a breach, whether from a physical attack or an information leak. Yet many businesses don’t understand the full range of environmental and organizational policies required to mitigate risk. Download the new white paper from Stream Data Centers that aims to help assess your engterprises security and define security protocols for your business.

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Data Center 101

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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