Melissa Farney

Melissa Farney is an award-winning data center industry leader who has spent 20 years marketing digital technologies and is a self-professed data center nerd. As Editor at Large for Data Center Frontier, Melissa will be contributing monthly articles to DCF. She holds degrees in Marketing, Economics, and Psychology from the University of Central Florida, and currently serves as Marketing Director for TECfusions, a global data center operator serving AI and HPC tenants with innovative and sustainable solutions. Prior to this, Melissa held senior industry marketing roles with DC BLOX, Kohler, and ABB, and has written about data centers for Mission Critical Magazine and other industry publications. 

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A power room in a data center in Northern Virginia.

The Power Play: How Data Centers and Utilities Are Reinventing Energy Strategies

March 27, 2025
As U.S. data centers face mounting power demands, operators are exploring new energy models, from behind-the-meter solutions to microgrids. But will utilities embrace or resist...
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AI, Data Centers, and the Next Big Correction: Will Growth Outpace Market Reality?

Feb. 28, 2025
There has been much speculation about the impending burst of an "AI bubble," but we must study market principles rather than allow sentiment - whether optimistic or hesitant -...