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Insights: Data Center Energy

Electricity is the lifeblood of every data center. At Data Center Frontier, we're exploring new frontiers in data center energy as we see data centers in new places. Some of these new facilities will seek new sources of energy, especially renewable technologies such as wind and solar, as well as landfills and other sources of biogas. Other technologies, such as Bloom Energy fuel cells, may prompt consolidated approaches to power architecture.

We're interested in how modular data centers and other design innovations allow new methods of deploying Internet infrastructure, creating opportunities to make use of solar arrays, wind turbines, fuel cells, combined heat & power (CHP), microgrids, and the recycling of server exhaust heat to warm buildings through district heating.

Data Center Operators Look to Cooling Strategies for Greater Efficiency

By Paul Gillin - January 15, 2021 1 Comment

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A closer look at data center cooling strategies, including tips on balancing power efficiency and water usage — a process that is unique to each data center and is affected by continual technology change.

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, data center sustainability, Liquid Cooling, Vertiv

Tackling Data Center Water Usage Challenges Amid Historic Droughts, Wildfires

By Paul Gillin - January 8, 2021 1 Comment

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Data center water use has broad impacts. It affects the quality and availability of local water supplies, particularly when groundwater is involved. This special report series  examines data center water usage amid historic droughts and wildfires in California and beyond. 

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy, sustainability, Vertiv

Nashville Explosion: AT&T Repairs Damage to its Building and Network

By Rich Miller - December 28, 2020 1 Comment

AT&T deploys a temporary cell tower in Nashville, with the company's iconic office tower visible at left. A Christmas Day explosion damaged the company's central office on Second Avenue, causing widespread network outages. (Image: AT&T)

AT&T is working to repair key infrastructure after a Christmas day explosion damaged its regional telecom hub in Nashville, interrupting the building’s primary power connection and interrupting 911 services.

Tagged With: AT&T, Central Office, Nashville

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

The Top 10 Data Center Stories of 2020

By Rich Miller - December 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

An overhead view of data center buildings on a Google campus. (Image: Google)

It’s been a strange and extraordinary year, in which many existing data center trends have been amplified by the pandemic. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in 2020, ranked by page views.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, American Tower, Equinix, Google, Microsoft

A Smart Grid that Includes Data Center UPS Units: A Potential ‘Win-Win-Win Solution’

By Paul Gillin - December 18, 2020 4 Comments

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The grid that provides most of the electrical power in the U.S. was designed in the 1890s. A Smart Grid that includes data center UPS units has the potential to be a win-win-win solution for all parties.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy, smart grid, sustainability

Focusing on Water Usage Effectiveness for Cooling Systems to Boost Sustainability

By Voices of the Industry - December 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Miles Auvil, Vertical Market Leader, Data Centers, Edge and High Tech Industrial, Trane Commercial HVAC, highlights how focusing on water usage effectiveness for cooling solutions can ramp up sustainability. 

Tagged With: data center sustainability, sustainability, Trane

DCF Show: Talking Data Centers With Dean Nelson

By Rich Miller - December 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Our guest on the new Data Center Frontier Show is Dean Nelson, founder of Infrastructure Masons and CEO at Virtual Power Systems.

Our guest on the DCF Show is Dean Nelson, founder of Infrastructure Masons and CEO at Virtual Power Systems. Rich and Dean discuss Infrastructure Masons’ mission to ensure that “every click improves the future,” and Dean’s vision for software-defined power.

Tagged With: Data Center, Infrastructure Masons, Virtual Power Systems

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

New Concepts of the Sustainable Data Center Arise Amid an Evolving Market

By Paul Gillin - December 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Sustainability is now a top-of-mind issue in data center construction and management, as cloud computing and digital transformation fuel the world’s growing thirst for processing power. This new special report series explores the future of the sustainable data center and its impact on the industry.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy, sustainability, Vertiv

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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.

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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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The Rise of the Sustainable Data Center

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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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