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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.

Iron Mountain Adds Hourly Renewable Energy Tracking for its Data Centers

By Rich Miller - April 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

Iron Mountain has deployed a 7 megawatt solar array on the roof of its data center in Edison, N.J. (Image: Iron Mountain Data Centers)

Iron Mountain will begin tracking the hourly renewable content of the energy used in several of its data centers, reflecting the growing enterprise interest in the sustainability of their IT supply chain.

Tagged With: Green Data Centers, Iron Mountain, Renewable Energy

WEBINAR: Push vs. Pull: Rising Rack Densities & The Cooling Conundrum

By Kathy Hitchens - April 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

Join Data Center Frontier’s Editor in Chief Rich Miller and Aligned CEO Andrew Schaap for an informative webinar on the need for more dynamic infrastructure and cooling systems in data centers.

Tagged With: Aligned, Cooling, Data Center Design, infrastructure, webinar

Economization in Today’s Mission Critical Environments

By Kathy Hitchens - April 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

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A new white paper from Data Aire explores economization and why it’s important in mission critical environments like data centers. The report looks at when economization is effective and the key things engineers should consider when choosing between an airside or a waterside economizer. 

Tagged With: Cooling, Data Aire, Data Center Design, econmization

OVH to Shutter Second Strasbourg Data Center After Smoke Incident

By Rich Miller - March 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

The OVH SBG2 data center in Strasbourg, France. (Photo: OVH)

Ten days after a fire destroyed its SBG2 data center in Strasbourg, French hosting company OVH says it will abandon efforts to restart the adjacent SBG1 data center.

Tagged With: Batteries, OVH

Executive Roundtable: Lessons Learned from the Texas Energy Crisis

By Rich Miller - March 15, 2021 Leave a Comment

Our 22nd Data Center Executive Roundtable kicks off as our expert panelists assess energy security in the wake of the recent energy crisis and outages in Texas and California, two of the largest data center markets.

Tagged With: Emcor Enclosures, Infrastructure Masons, Intel, Intel DCM, Kohler Power Systems, Netrality

Tier 4 Emissions and Nonemergency Generators

By Kathy Hitchens - March 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

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A new white paper from Kohler explores how stationary nonemergency generators can meet the EPA’s Tier 4 emissions levels. The report explains the differences between systems that are compliant through aftertreatment devices, and those that are factory-certified. It also provides guidance on how organizations like data centers can select the best solution for their situation.

Tagged With: EPA, Generators, Kohler Power Systems

Managing Energy Efficiency New Focus for 5G

By Voices of the Industry - March 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Scott Armul, Global Vice President of DC Power at Vertiv explains the many challenges and opportunities that the transition to 5G represents for data center operators. 

Tagged With: 5G, Energy Consumption, Vertiv

Texas Data Centers Rely on Generators Amid Power Emergency

By Rich Miller - February 18, 2021 4 Comments

Many Texas data center operators are relying on emergency backup generators like these to keep customers online during the winter weather crisis. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Amid a statewide power emergency, major data centers in Texas are running on generator power to keep customers online and reduce load on the state’s struggling grid. Large operators say service is uninterrupted, but news reports indicate some data centers in the region are experiencing outages.

Tagged With: Austin, Dallas, Dallas Infomart, Digital Realty, San Antonio, Uptime, Wind

Trends in Next Generation Power Monitoring

By Voices of the Industry - February 17, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Alan Katz, Product Manager for MCMS at Anord Mardix, highlights how the advent of intelligent power monitoring has brought about a variety of new opportunities and positive benefits for the data center industry.

Tagged With: Anord Mardix, data center energy, multi-circuit metering, power monitoring, waveform

CBRE Embraces Software-Defined Power with VPS Partnership

By Rich Miller - February 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

Software-defined power will be available to more data centers through CBRE Data Center Solutions, which will offer its global clients a suite of services from Virtual Power Systems (VPS) that unlock stranded power capacity.

Tagged With: CBRE, Virtual Power Systems

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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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The Rise of the Sustainable Data Center

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. Get the new report from Vertiv that explores the future of the sustainable data center and its impact on the industry. 

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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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