Investors are increasingly funding data center growth in smaller cities like Chattanooga and Greenville as well as the huge cloud clusters in Northern Virginia. Regional developer DC BLOX has lined up $187 million from Bain Capital Credit and Post Road Group.
Insights and Trends on Edge Computing
Data is everywhere. As a digital transformation sweeps across our society and economy, Internet infrastructure must follow the data. Enter edge computing, which extends data processing and storage closer to the growing universe of devices and sensors at the edge of the network.
The goal of edge computing is to process data and services as close to the end user as possible. It’s an architecture that allows the compute and content delivery process to happen within 10 milliseconds or less of the user. The trend driving the edge computing model is the increased use of consumer mobile devices, especially consumption of video and virtual reality content and the growth of sensors as part of the Internet of Things.
DataBank Deal Expands Funding Options for Colocation, Edge Computing
A recent financing by DataBank breaks new ground in financing data center growth, and may help colocation and edge computing specialists raise capital using strategies previously limited to hyperscale deals.
Equinix Introduces Factory-Built Data Center Design for Edge Computing
Equinix has introduced a new data center design for edge computing, which uses factory-built modules to add capacity in smaller increments. The new design is being deployed for the first time in a new facility in Bordeaux, France.
Using the Edge to Reach the Cloud: 3 Key Benefits
The Edge is a key pathway to the Cloud. Phillip Marangella of EdgeConneX discusses three essential benefits of using the Edge to reach the Cloud, including overcoming Cloud sticker shock.
Digital Asset Allocation Strategy and Web 3.0
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, JP Laqueur, Senior Vice President of Marketing at DataBank, examines how Web 3.0 has created the need for a strong Digital Asset Allocation strategy.
Edge Computing Solves Challenges Associated with Digital Transformation
Learn how edge computing helps to solve many of the challenges associated with using the cloud in your digital transformation strategy.
The Cloud is Better at the Edge
This white paper explains how edge computing helps to solve many of the challenges associated with using the cloud for your digital transformation strategy.
Fit for the Edge: Modular Data Centers
Jackie Pasierbowicz, Director of Sales and Marketing at TAS explores the dramatic rise of multiple markets for edge computing and the benefits of a modular data center strategy.
The Cloud is Better at the Edge
Phillip Marangella, chief marketing officer of EdgeConneX, highlights how many of today’s CIOs are bringing their cloud strategies to the edge.
Agriculture and Data Centers — a Match Made for the Future
A new report from QTS Data Centers explore the symbiotic relationship between data center technology and agriculture, and the impact tech will have on the future of farming. The white paper shares on the need for robust, low-latency connectivity to support the future of farming.
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