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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 Recap: Edge, Uptime, Supply Chain and the Nuclear Option

By Rich Miller - March 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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.

Tagged With: DartPoints, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Kohler Power Systems, Vertiv

Are Nuclear-Powered Data Centers on the Horizon?

By Rich Miller - March 24, 2022 1 Comment

An illustration of the campus plans for Cumulus Data, which is creating a nuclear-powered data center in Salem, Pennsylvania. (Image: Cumulus Data/Talen Energy),

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.

Tagged With: DartPoints, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Kohler Power Systems, Nuclear, Vertiv

The Data Center Industry Begins to Feel the Supply Chain Pinch

By Rich Miller - March 23, 2022 Leave a Comment

Data center operators have employed a variety of strategies to navigate supply chain pressures and line up equipment for construction projects. (Image: Shutterstock)

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.

Tagged With: DartPoints, Data Center Supply Chain, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Kohler Power Systems, Vertiv

Cloud Outages Sharpen Focus on Uptime and Reliability

By Rich Miller - March 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

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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.

Tagged With: DartPoints, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Kohler Power Systems, Netrality, Vertiv

Executive Roundtable: Edge Computing Adoption Gaining Traction

By Rich Miller - March 21, 2022 1 Comment

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.  

Tagged With: DartPoints, Edge Computing, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Kohler Power Systems, Vertiv

Roundable Recap: Data Center Thought Leaders Look Ahead to 2022

By Rich Miller - December 17, 2021

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.

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Aire, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Nortek, Sabey Data Centers

The Metaverse Will Need A Lot of Data Centers

By Rich Miller - December 16, 2021

Horizon Worlds is a social VR experience launched by Meta (Facebook) where users can create and explore together. (Image: Meta)

Whatever form they take, metaverse technologies are bound to be resource-intensive applications. We asked our Roundtable experts to put on their futurist hats and explore what the metaverse might mean for digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Aire, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Nortek, Sabey Data Centers

Sustainability, Water Scarcity Make Data Center Cooling a Hot Topic

By Rich Miller - December 15, 2021

The cooling water supply system in a Google data center in Atlanta, which is one of the company's sites using recycled water to reduce its impact on the local water supply. (Image: Google)

Water scarcity has focused attention on the volume of water required to cool thousands of servers. How will data centers adapt to this challenge? Our expert panel discusses the key themes in data center cooling and sustainability as we enter 2022.

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Aire, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Nortek, Sabey Data Centers

Roundtable: Will The Enterprise IT Recovery Continue into 2022?

By Rich Miller - December 14, 2021

Colocation cabinets inside 60 Hudson Street, a carrier hotel in Manhattan. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Will the recovery in enterprise IT spending continue into 2022? Our Executive Roundtable discusses what to look for in digital modernization, hybrid IT and cloud repatriation and how these trends may impact demand for data centers.

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Aire, EdgeConneX, Enterprise, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Nortek, Sabey Data Centers

Hyperscale Poised for More Growth in 2022, if Supply Chain Keeps Pace

By Rich Miller - December 13, 2021

The rapid growth of hyperscale computing is poised to continue in 2022, but supply chain performance will matter. Our Executive Roundtable features expert takes from EdgeConneX, Aligned, Iron Mountain Data Centers, Data Aire, Sabey Data Centers, Nortek Data Center Cooling, and Infrastructure Masons.

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Aire, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, Iron Mountain, Nortek, Sabey Data Centers

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Maintaining Low-Latency and Sustainability at the Network Edge

Maintaining Low-Latency and Sustainability at the Network Edge Schneider Electric's Steven Carlini and Andres Vasquez discuss building data centers at the network edge while also meeting sustainability goals.

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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 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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