The Lincoln Rackhouse data center in Plano, Texas. (Photo: Lincoln Rackhouse)
Lincoln Rackhouse Continues Expansion With Purchase of ByteGrid: Lincoln Rackhouse continues to expand its data center network. It has just acquired ByteGrid, which offers colocation and managed services in three markets.
GIGA Data Centers Focuses on Module-Powered Colocation: GIGA Data Centers seeks to bring hyperscale-style efficiency and economics to colocation customers. CEO Jake Ring says the company can deploy data center space at $5 million per megawatt.
Microsoft Plans Zero-Carbon Data Center in Sweden: Microsoft says its new data centers in Sweden will be its most advanced and sustainable to date by integrating renewable energy sources, and a new data center design.
Voices of the Industry
In May, Data Center Frontier heard from experts from RagingWire, Digital Realty and Aligned Energy via the site’s guest column series:
8 Reasons Why Dallas-Fort Worth is a Rising Destination Data Center Market (RagingWire): There are only a few real destination data center markets in the world. Dallas-Fort Worth has earned that status for several reasons. Rodney Willis, RagingWire’s Senior Director of Enterprise Sales, lives and works in Dallas and knows first-hand eight solid reasons why Dallas should be on a data center buyer’s short list.
Optimizing Your Network With SDN in 2019 (Digital Realty): Software defined networking architectures automate and centralize the management of your network connectivity. Brandon Tikalsky, Sr. Director, Cloud & Network Architecture at Digital Realty, highlights how companies are using SDN to create dynamic, virtual data center networks.
Future-Proofing Cooling With the Adaptive Data Center (Aligned Energy): Andrew Schaap, CEO at Aligned Energy, explores the many ways to approach data center cooling. According to Schaap, to future-proof your data center cooling, it is best to start with an adaptive data center partner.
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