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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.

Data Center Tax Revenues Provide Pandemic Cushion for Some Counties

By Rich Miller - October 7, 2020 1 Comment

Construction continues at Aligned’s second hyperscale data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Aligned)

Data centers have provided an economic cushion for hard-hit county budgets in areas with clusters of cloud computing campuses. Data centers have been in growth mode, providing a bright spot as the pandemic has depressed revenues for state and county governments.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Data Center Incentives, Economic Development, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

Using Out-of-Band Real-Time Power, Thermal, and Utilization Analysis in HPC

By Voices of the Industry - October 5, 2020 1 Comment

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George Clement, Senior Application Engineer, from Intel,  highlights a case study that shows the importance of data center management to gain greater insight into power demand, thermal efficiency, server utilization, and capacity planning in their HPC environment. 

Tagged With: DCM, HPC, Intel, thermal control

Executive Roundtable: What’s Next for Hyperscale Computing?

By Rich Miller - September 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

In our 20th Data Center Executive Roundtable, six data center authorities assess the accelerating market for hyperscale computing, and how developers, service providers and the supply chain can keep pace.

Tagged With: CoreSite, Digital Realty, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, Nortek, Vertiv

Facebook Adds 1.5 Million SF of Data Centers in $1 Billion Georgia Expansion

By Rich Miller - September 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

An illustration of Facebook's expansion of its Newton County, Georgia data center campus, which will add three massive data center buildings. (Image: Facebook)

Facebook will invest $1 billion to add three huge data center buildings to its campus in Georgia. The construction project will add 1.5 million square feet of capacity.

Tagged With: Atlanta, Atlanta Data Center Market, Facebook

STACK Lines Up Funding as Data Center Buildouts Gain Pace

By Rich Miller - September 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

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STACK Infrastructure has lined up $325 million in low-cost debt to fund new construction, including a 32-megawatt data center in San Jose that has been fully pre-leased.

Tagged With: Infrastructure Funds, Silicon Valley, Stack Infrastructure

With New Backers, EdgeConneX Ready to Be a Builder and Buyer

By Rich Miller - August 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

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With its acquisition by EQT, EdgeConneX will have more resources to deliver capacity quickly, and in new places. It will also look to expand through acquisitions, says CEO Randy Brouckman.

Tagged With: Edge Data Centers, EdgeConneX, EQT, Infrastructure Funds

Microsoft Buys Land in Dulles Cloud Corridor

By Rich Miller - August 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

The view from inside the cold aisle of a Microsoft Azure data center. (Photo: Microsoft)

Microsoft has acquired land in the fast-growing Dulles Cloud Corridor in Northern Virginia, paying about $1.4 million an acre for land zoned for data center use.

Tagged With: Dulles Cloud Corridor, Loudoun County, Microsoft, Northern Virginia

Facebook Keeps Building with $800 Million Data Center in Tennessee

By Rich Miller - August 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

Facebook will invest $800 million in a new data center campus in Gallatin, Tennessee, about 20 miles north of Nashville. It is the company’s third new data center announcement since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Tagged With: Facebook, Hyperscale data center

Digital Realty Plans Massive Cloud Campus in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - August 5, 2020 1 Comment

A data center operated by Digital Realty, the world's largest technology landlord. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Digital Realty plans to build the world’s largest multi-tenant data center campus near Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia. The Digital Dulles campus will create 7.5 million square feet of new data center space in the world’s most active cloud market.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Digital Realty, Dulles Cloud Corridor, Northern Virginia

AWS Plans Massive Expansion of its Northern Virginia Cloud Cluster

By Rich Miller - August 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

A recent design for an Amazon Web Services data center on Loudoun County, Virginia. (Photo: Amazon Web Services)

Amazon Web Services is continuing to expand in Northern Virginia, including a massive data center campus just south of Dulles Airport, which could add up to 2.5 million square feet of cloud computing capacity.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Dulles Cloud Corridor, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

An aerial view of major facilities in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. (Image: Loudoun County)

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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Solutions to Data Center Water and Power Availability

The major challenges facing the data center industry today are finite water and power resources. This is especially true for large scale operations and particularly the ongoing trend toward hyperscale facilities. Get the new report that explores a new data center cooling method called the StatePoint Liquid Cooling (SPLC)4 system from Nortek Solutions. This report explores a usage case study in Singapore. 

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