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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.

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

Roundtable Recap: Third-Quarter Update on Key Data Center Trends

By Rich Miller - October 1, 2021

Here’s an update on key trends for 2021: A recap of our Data Center Executive Roundtable, featuring expert insights from executives at Vertiv, Infrastructure Masons, Sabey Data Centers and Kohler Power Systems.

Tagged With: Infrastructure Masons, Kohler Power Systems, Sabey Data Centers, Vertiv

Roundtable: Hydrogen Has Promise as Future Backup Power Solution

By Rich Miller - September 30, 2021

Microsoft used hydrogen stored in tanks on trailers parked outside a lab near Salt Lake City, Utah, to fuel hydrogen fuel cells that powered a row of data center servers. (Photo: Power Innovations.)

Our data center roundtable looks at the technologies that can drive long-term sustainability for the data center industry – including hydrogen, which was mentioned by several of our experts.

Tagged With: Infrastructure Masons, Kohler Power Systems, Sabey Data Centers, Vertiv

How ‘Software-Defined Everything’ Impacts the Data Center

By Rich Miller - September 29, 2021

Software-defined services are defining more and more elements of data center operations and services. (Image: Shutterstock)

If “software is eating the world,” what does that look like for the data center industry? The DCF Executive Roundtable looks at how “software-defined everything” is changing the game.

Tagged With: Infrastructure Masons, Kohler Power Systems, Sabey Data Centers, Vertiv

Roundtable: Will Changing Weather Impact Site Selection, Data Center Ops?

By Rich Miller - September 28, 2021

Changing weather patterns include more heatwaves and drought, stronger hurricanes, and record numbers of wildfires. (Image: NOAA)

Recent weather-related disasters and climate considerations are prompting some changes in data center operations (including cooling) but our Roundtable is split on whether site selection will change much.

Tagged With: Compass Data Centers, Infrastructure Masons, Sabey Data Centers, Site Selection

Executive Roundtable: The Chip Shortage and Data Center Supply Chain

By Rich Miller - September 27, 2021

How serious a problem are the semiconductor shortage and the challenges facing the data center supply chain? Our DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable experts from Vertiv, Sabey Data Centers, Infrastructure Masons and Kohler Power Systems weigh in.

Tagged With: Infrastructure Masons, Kohler Power Systems, Sabey Data Centers, Vertiv

Roundtable Recap: Mid-Year Update on Key Data Center Trends

By Rich Miller - June 25, 2021

Here’s a mid-year update on key trends for 2021: A recap of our Data Center Executive Roundtable, featuring expert insights from executives at Iron Mountain, Vertiv, Aligned, EdgeConnex, Infrastructure Masons, Nortek Data Center Cooling and Data Aire.

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

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Building an Enduring World Begins with Accountability and Defining an Approach for Long-term Success

Building an Enduring World Begins with Accountability and Defining an Approach for Long-term Success TJ Faze, Head of ESG Strategy and Engagement at Vertiv, outlines the company's learnings around its recent ESG efforts.

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Bypass Architectures

Distributed and Centralized Bypass Architectures Compared

When designing a power protection scheme for data centers, IT and facility managers must ask themselves whether a distributed or centralized backup strategy makes more sense. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to that question. Download the new white paper from Vertiv that explores the principle of centralized versus distributed bypass and applies it equally to standalone monolithic and integrated-modular UPS architectures.

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DCF Spotlight

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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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