The story of Portland as a data center market will be defined in the next several years. With a historic volume of supply in the pipeline, the Hillsboro cluster is poised for dramatic growth. Developers are embracing the thesis that Portland is the hot emerging market for low-cost data center development in the Pacific Northwest.
Subsea Cables, Tech Workforce Boost Portland Data Center Market
The Portland data center market benefits from the active technology cluster in the emerging data center district in Hillsboro, and ready access to fiber rings that connect facilities to trans-Pacific subsea cables that land on the Oregon coast.
Portland Emerges as the Hot Data Center Market for the Pacific Northwest
Portland, Oregon has emerged as the hottest market for multi-tenant data center development in the Pacific Northwest. A new special report from Data Center Frontier explores provides a market analysis and insights on supply and demand in the Portland data center market.
Digital Innovation Coming to Data Centers Via New Initiatives & Development Environments
A new report from QTS points out that the data center industry may have “lagged behind the curve” when it comes to digital innovation. But that may be changing, as business needs and customer expectations continue to ramp up and change at a rapid pace.
Understanding the Types of Interconnection, and When to Use Them
A new DCF special report offers insights into interconnection, including different approaches to interconnection and the benefits of using a colocation provider to manage them.
Colocation: The Business & Technical Factors Driving Adoption
Businesses increasingly depend upon secure, reliable availability and high-speed connectivity as they pursue digital transformation. The third entry in a new special report series focuses on the business and technical drivers behind the move to colocation.
Special Report: 5 Common Colocation Myths
Many myths have emerged about the quality and reliability of colocation services, as well as the level of customer control. There are five common misperceptions about colocation in particular.
Real-Time Business, Data Centers & the Colocation Solution
In a new special report, CoreSite and Data Center Frontier take a look at how colocation can be the “nervous system” of today’s modern digital businesses. This entry in a special report series highlights the pace of real-time business.
Chicago Business Environment Ready for Data Center Expansion
An abundance of fiber providers and several Internet exchanges make Chicago a hub for content delivery services to a large portion of the American Midwest. This excerpt from a new special report on the Greater Chicago data center market highlights the Chicago market’s business environment, including factors like power, hazard risk, incentives, connectivity and more.
Chicago Data Center Development Brings New Construction, Providers
Moves from CoreSite, RagingWire, STACK Infrastructure, Equinix, Iron Mountain and more have made 2019 a stand-out year for colocation development in Chicago. This excerpt from a new Data Center Frontier Special Report gives a full rundown of highlights of development activity in the Greater Chicago market for 2019.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 15 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.