Microgrids can provide data centers with new options on how to provision and manage power, offering more ways to add renewables and improve uptime. Our 6 DCF Roundtable experts explore the future of data center microgrids.
Data Center Frontier Executive Roundtable
The Data Center Frontier Executive Roundtable is a feature showcasing the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. At the close of each quarter, we convene a conversation between a group of experienced executives from the data center, colocation and cloud computing industries. The questions change to address the latest industry developments, including trends in data center design, site selection, cooling and business models.
Roundtable: Is The Data Center Industry Making Progress on Diversity?
After several years of active discussion of diversity, equity and inclusion, how is the data center industry doing? Our DCF Roundtable panel of 6 industry thought leaders assesses the progress thus far, and the work that lies ahead.
Making Decisions at Cloud Speed: New Architectures, More Choices
IT users have a growing universe of options to deploy their applications and services. Today our DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable panel examines how cloud and edge architectures are shaping customer deployment decisions.
Executive Roundtable: Liquid Cooling isn’t Just for Density Anymore
The adoption of liquid cooling in data centers is on the rise, according to our Executive Roundtable panel of experts, who cite a confluence of factors that includes rising density, sustainability and the growth of edge deployments.
Roundtable Recap: Edge, Uptime, Supply Chain and the Nuclear Option
Our Executive Roundtable for Q1 2022 explores four topics: The growing traction for edge computing, ensuring uptime as apps and services become more complex, the state of the data center supply chain, and the potential for nuclear power as an option for data centers.
Are Nuclear-Powered Data Centers on the Horizon?
Are nuclear-powered data centers an option in the battle to forestall climate change? That’s the focus of today’s edition of the DCF Executive Roundtable. featuring five experts on data centers and cloud computing.
The Data Center Industry Begins to Feel the Supply Chain Pinch
After several years of supply chain disruptions, the data center industry is working harder to keep pace with continuing demand for capacity. The DCF Roundtable offers expert takes on the state of the data center supply chain.
Cloud Outages Sharpen Focus on Uptime and Reliability
Reliability is in the spotlight after major outages in 2021 for some of the Internet economy’s marquee names Our DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable panel of industry experts examines uptime in the cloud computing era.
Executive Roundtable: Edge Computing Adoption Gaining Traction
After years of high expectations, edge computing is emerging as a more significant component of Internet architecture, with adoption growing across industries, use cases and geographies, according to the experts on the DCF Executive Roundtable.
Roundable Recap: Data Center Thought Leaders Look Ahead to 2022
Our Executive Roundtable for 4Q 2021 explores four topics: the outlook for hyperscale computing in 2022, trends in enterprise IT spending, the key themes in data center cooling, and the potential impact of “metaverse” technologies on the data center industry.
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.