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Voices of the Industry

Our Voices of the Industry feature showcases guest articles on thought leadership. Education is part of our mission at Data Center Frontier. With Voices of the Industry, we tap the experience of data center executives on the front lines of innovation and market dynamics, and share their insights with our readers. Learn more about participating in the Voices of the Industry guest article program.

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

Six Ways Edge Computing is Changing the Digital Ecosystem Landscape

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

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The pandemic exposed a nation-wide digital divide. Brad Alexander of DartPoints, outlines how edge computing is bridging that gap and changing the digital ecosystem landscape.

Tagged With: 5G, DartPoints, Edge Computing, Edge Data Centers, Hyperscale

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center

By Voices of the Industry - May 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The data center industry continues to experience significant global supply chain problems. Brett Williams of Service Express, explores the importance of leveraging the secondary hardware market to overcome supply chain roadblocks.

Tagged With: data center maintenance, hardware, Service Express

Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers

By Voices of the Industry - May 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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No two are data centers are alike when it comes to design or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage infrastructure. Shad Secrist of Belden outlines the differences between 5 of the most common types of data centers including edge, colocation and hyperscale.

Tagged With: Belden, Colocation, Data Center Design, Edge Data Centers, Hyperscale

Maintaining Low-Latency and Sustainability at the Network Edge

By Voices of the Industry - May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Schneider Electric’s Steven Carlini and Andres Vasquez discuss building data centers at the network edge while also meeting sustainability goals.

Tagged With: cloud computing, data center sustainability, edge, Schneider Electric

DAC Cables Shine in the Cloud

By Voices of the Industry - May 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Data centers with the fastest throughput and processing times have a digital advantage. Ryan Harris, Sales Engineer and Market Manager for The Siemon Company, explains why direct attach copper (DAC) cables are here to stay.

Tagged With: Cloud, data center cables, Data Center Design, siemon

How to Accelerate Digital Business with Resilience in Mind

By Voices of the Industry - May 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Businesses must have a robust hybrid IT infrastructure that supports today’s business needs while innovating with an intention for the future. Patrick Doherty of Flexential explores how IT leaders can accelerate digital business growth while also increasing resilience.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, Flexential, infrastructure, Interconnection, Networking

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

Evaluating Data Center Cybersecurity Before it’s too Late

By Voices of the Industry - April 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

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With the rise of edge data centers and the increase in cloud-based computing expanding the potential attack surface, companies are now facing more challenges with things like misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and gaps within their end-to-end cybersecurity. Andrew Nix of Schneider Electric explores how a well-kept cybersecurity plan can keep cybercriminals at bay.

Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Center Management, Data Center Security, Schneider Electric

Data Center Sustainability: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Voices of the Industry - April 13, 2022 1 Comment

An example of a hyperscale data center developed by EdgeConneX. (Image: EdgeConneX)

When we think of sustainability in the context of data centers, the challenge can be intimidating because it encompasses so many factors that demand our attention. Phillip Marangella, CMO of EdgeConneX, celebrates the progress and commitments the data center industry has made around sustainability.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, EdgeConneX, Efficiency, Hyperscale data center

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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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Using Simulation to Validate Cooling Design

Kao Data’s UK data center is designed to sustainably support high performance computing and intensive artificial intelligence. Future Facilities explores how CFD can validated the design, implementation, and operation of their indirect evaporative cooling systems.

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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.

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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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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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