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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 Centers Embrace Vegetable Oil as Cleaner Fuel for Generators

By Rich Miller - June 6, 2022 1 Comment

A row of backup generators at the Compass Datacenters facility in Goodyear, Ariz., one of the sites where Compass will use HVO in place of diesel to fuel its generators. (Photo: Compass Datacenters)

A growing number of data centers are turning to vegetable oil to reduce their impact on the environment, adopting fuels based on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to fuel the generators that provide backup power, replacing diesel fuel.

Tagged With: Biofuels, Diesel, Generators, HVO

Going Beyond Compliance: When Compliance Alone is Not Enough

By Voices of the Industry - June 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

Compliance

While exceeding compliance may be possible, it can cost more to do so. Allan Schurr of Enchanted Rock explains how clean microgrids can help data centers exceed minimum compliance and save money. 

Tagged With: backup power source, data center microgrids, enchanted rock, Renewable Energy

Are Operators Ready for Green Data Center Laws?

By Voices of the Industry - June 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Data center climate pacts become nothing more than greenwashing if we do not take tangible, viable steps to create sustainable energy usage in operations. Mark Fenton of Future Facilities explores how a data center digital twin can help operators improve energy efficiency.

Tagged With: Cooling, data center sustainability, future facilities, Virtualization

Will Battery Storage Solutions Replace Generators?

By Paul Gillin - May 31, 2022 2 Comments

An illustration of the Tesla Megapack, which provides 3 megawatts of energy storage capacity. (Image: Tesla)

Battery storage solutions are finally rounding the corner and becoming viable alternatives to diesel generators for data center backup power. Here’s a closer look at storage, as well as the role of biomass and hydropower, via Kohler Power.

Tagged With: data center energy, hydropower, Kohler Power Systems, Renewable Energy

The State of Renewable Energy for Data Centers

By Paul Gillin - May 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

Solar

The U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) lists five major sources of renewable energy. We look at the state of three types of renewables for data centers – solar, wind, and geothermal power.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Kohler Power Systems, Renewable Energy, Solar

A Sensible Path to Data Center Sustainability

By Paul Gillin - May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

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New technologies are driving data center energy demand, while customers seek to reducing energy consumption. Managing rapid growth and improving data center sustainability aren’t mutually exclusive goals, according to Kohler.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Hyperscale, Kohler Power Systems

Data Center Jobs: Engineering Jobs Available in Major Markets

By Kathy Hitchens - May 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Data Center Jobs

Each month Data Center Frontier in partnership with Pkaza post some of the hottest data center jobs in the market. Find your next job here!

Tagged With: Data Center Jobs, Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting

How Digital Twin Technology Helps Global Organizations Manage Change

By Kathy Hitchens - April 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Despite this changing landscape and the complexities that come with it, data centers must always adapt to the new normal. Future Facilities explores how digital twin technology has helped organizations in the healthcare, aerospace, automotive, and finance sectors manage the constant change found in the data center industry.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, data center efficiency, future facilities, Virtualization

How Data Center Management Solutions Drive Sustainability and Help Ensure a Climate-Secure World

By Voices of the Industry - April 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The data center industry, which gave wings and provided thrust to the digital transformation of business and society during a time of tumultuous change, has another urgent, mission-critical responsibility—to our environment. Eric Xie, Software Application Engineer for Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores the journey to data center sustainability and net zero carbon emissions, including the role that data management solutions will play.

Tagged With: Data Center Management, data center sustainability, Energy Consumption, Intel DCM

Sean Farney: Sustainability is Now A Board-Level Imperative

By Rich Miller - April 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

Industry veteran Sean Farney has been involved in some of the most innovative projects in digital infrastructure. In our Earth Day edition of the DCF Show, Sean discusses the progress on data center sustainability, the future of backup power, and converting stores into edge data centers.

Tagged With: Generators, microgrids

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance

Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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Data Center Planning — Who’s on First — Real Estate or Technology?

Experts agree that combining the interests of real estate and technology leads to the ideal data center strategy for your company. Whatever you call the investment, make sure that your provider delivers the best possible solution that meets your needs today while offering flexibility for the future. Download a new series of executive briefs, courtesy of Stream Data Centers, to explore tech and real estate investment in the data center planning process. 

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DCF Spotlight

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

An aerial view of major facilities in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. (Image: Loudoun County)

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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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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