Google is building more data centers in more places than ever before, and appears likely to make good on its pledge to invest $13 billion in new data center campuses in 2019.
Insights and trends on hyperscale computing and data centers
A Hyperscale data centers is defined as when one tenant leases at least 10 Megawatts of data center space. Typically, the architectures are designed to provide a single, massively scalable compute architecture that can scale with demand. Hyperscale computing is necessary when a company needs to build a robust and scalable cloud, AI, or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run global companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.
QTS Expands Atlanta Campus to Support 12 MW Hyperscale Deal
QTS Realty has signed a 12-megawatt lease with a hyperscale customer, which will become the anchor tenant in a new data center building on the company’s Metro Atlanta campus.
Frontier Spotlight: The Top 10 Data Center Stories for October 2019
The Future of Hyperscale Computing and Digital Realty’s record-setting deal for Interxion are the most popular articles on Data Center Frontier this October, along with updates on Equinix, Cologix, Aligned Energy and STACK Infrastructure.
The Hyperscale Data Center Drives the Global Cloud Revolution
The hyperscale data center is reshaping the global IT landscape, shifting data from on-premises computer rooms and IT closets to massive centralized data center hubs. Explore further how cloud campuses will continue to enable hyperscale operators to rapidly add server capacity and electric power.
Hyperscale Needs an Edge, Too
Cloud, social, SaaS and mobile companies will benefit from strategic, proximity-based edge computing infrastructure. Phillip Marangella of EdgeConneX explores the factors guiding hyperscale demand at the edge.
Northern Virginia: Less Hyper, But Still Plenty of Scale
After years of rocket-ship growth, the Northern Virginia data center market is still flying high, but in a slightly lower orbit than in 2018. Industry CEOs, executives and analysts discuss trends in Data Center Alley.
The Future of Hyperscale Computing
At Data Center Frontier, we believe the next 10 to 15 years will be an era of continuous advancement, as next-generation technologies accelerate the digitization of the global economy. Here’s our take on the road ahead for hyperscale.
HyperSpeed: How the Data Center Supply Chain Keeps Pace
Hyperscale deployments are moving faster than ever. Our DCF Executive Roundtable outlines ways the data center supply chain keep pace with the rapid growth of digital infrastructure.
Hyperscale Computing Poised to Make Dramatic Impact on Service Providers
The growth of hyperscale computing has major implication for data center service providers, driving segmentation within the service provider universe. This excerpt from a recent Hyperscale Data Center report highlights the implications of major growth of hyperscale computing for data service providers, as well as the future of hyperscale.
How Hyperscale Customers & Data Centers are Unique
A new Data Center Frontier special report explores the hyperscale data center market, and how its growth has changed how we compute. This excerpt from the report series explores the influence of hyperscale customers, the geography of hyperscale data centers — and what sets them apart.