DCF Roundtable Recap: Insights on COVID-19 and Data Centers

June 26, 2020
Our 19th Data Center Executive Roundtable showcases the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with panelists from CoreSite, NTT Global Data Centers Americas, EdgeConneX, Sabey Data Centers and Infrastructure Masons.

Our 19th Data Center Executive Roundtable showcases the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. Our Second Quarter 2020 roundtable offers insights on four aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic: the impact on data center staffing and operations, how enterprises are evaluating their IT options, what a more distributed workforce means for edge computing, and the outlook for the data center supply chain through the pandemic.

Here is the full question and answer session, organized by topic.

Here are links to the individual Q&A summaries for each of our distinguished panel members:

The conversation is moderated by Data Center Frontier Founder and editor Rich Miller.

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About the Author

Rich Miller

I write about the places where the Internet lives, telling the story of data centers and the people who build them. I founded Data Center Knowledge, the data center industry's leading news site. Now I'm exploring the future of cloud computing at Data Center Frontier.

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