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Insights: Data Center Site Selection

The latest trends in data center site selection and geography: where cloud computing facilities are being built and why, including the cost of power and tax incentives.

Connectivity Drives Boston Data Center Market

By DCF Staff - June 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Boston has a highly developed fiber and connectivity ecosystem, which is one reason the region is attractive to data center operators. A new DCF special report courtesy of Digital Realty examines the business environment for data centers in the Boston area.

Tagged With: boston data center market, connectivity, Data Center Site Selection, Digital Realty, Fiber

Trends in Supply and Demand Shape the Boston Data Center Market

By DCF Staff - June 2, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

Boston’s active startup community includes nearly 60 robotics companies, along with numerous startups in fintech and education. We look at the role of startups in supply and demand trends in the Boston data center market.

Tagged With: boston data center market, Digital Realty, Startups

Novva Data Centers Plans National Expansion Backed by $355M Funding

By Rich Miller - June 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Novva Data Centers flagship campus in West Jordan, Utah. (Photo: Novva Data Centers)

Novva Data Centers is going national. The Utah-based developer plans to expand across the United States and deploy up to 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) of data center capacity in strategic markets by 2027.

Tagged With: Novva, Utah

Biotech, Education and Pharma Sectors Drive Boston Data Center Market

By DCF Staff - May 23, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The Boston data center market supports enterprise customers in higher education, biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical sector. The region is also a growing hub for startups. A new DCF special report provides an overview of demand profile of the Boston market.

Tagged With: boston data center market, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Data Center Site Selection, Digital Realty

DCF Show: Sabey’s Tim Mirick on the Austin Data Center Market

By Rich Miller - May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

On the Data Center Frontier Show, Sabey Chief Revenue Officer Tim Mirick joins us to talk about Sabey’s history in data center development, and its big expansion announcements for 2022 in Austin and Central Washington.

Tagged With: Austin, Sabey Data Centers

Hillsboro Data Center Market Boosted by Significant Pre-Leasing

By Rich Miller - May 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The Hillsboro data center market is poised for substantial growth over the next several years, and data center developers clearly see Hillsboro and the larger Portland, Ore., market as a hot spot for hyperscale and enterprise facilities.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Site Selection, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Data Center Market, NTT

Quantum Loophole’s ‘Data Center City’ Secures Aligned as First Tenant

By Rich Miller - May 10, 2022

The Aligned Ashburn data center in Northern Virginia. (Photo: Aligned)

Aligned Data Centers has signed an agreement to acquire land, power, and water at Quantum Loophole’s massive new data center campus in Maryland, a big step toward extending the Northern Virginia cloud cluster across the Potomac into Frederick County.

Tagged With: Aligned, Maryland, Quantum Loophole

Land and Expand: NTT Global Data Centers Builds Out its New Campuses

By Rich Miller - May 5, 2022

An aerial view of the NTT Global Data Center Americas PH1 facility in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo: NTT Global Data Centers Americas)

NTT Global Data Centers Americas has spent the past two years entering new markets in Hillsboro, Chicago, Santa Clara and Phoenix. The company’s expansion is now shifting to adding capacity by building more data centers on its campuses.

Tagged With: NTT Global Data Centers Americas, Phoenix

EdgeConneX Continues Global Expansion, Buying Indonesia’s GTN

By Rich Miller - April 28, 2022

The GTN data center near Jakarta, Indonesia, which has been acquired by EdgeConneX. (Image: EdgeConneX)

EdgeConneX said today that it will further expand its presence in Asia with the acquisition of GTN Data Center in Jakarta. Indonesia is a fast-growing market for hyperscale operators.

Tagged With: Asia-Pacific, EdgeConneX, Indonesia

New Data Center Players Enter the Greater Chicago Market

By Rich Miller - April 25, 2022

A data hall inside the newly-opened Aligned ORD-01 data center in Northlake, Ill. in the Greater Chicago market. (Image: Aligned)

Interest in the Greater Chicago data center market is on the rebound, sparked by economic incentives and new projects in both the Downtown and Suburban Chicago markets. That includes new projects from Aligned and Skybox Datacenters.

Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago Data Center Market, Chicago Data Center Market Special Report, Cloud, Colocation, Data Center Site Selection, NTT, Raging Wire

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Voices of the Industry

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.

White Papers

Cloud-Based Gaming Company Case Study

A new white paper from Aligned presents a case study of their multi-year colocation partnership with a global cloud-based gaming company. The report outlines the challenges presented by the client, the solutions provided by Aligned, and three of the key business results achieved by the partnership.

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DCF Spotlight

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

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

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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