Hyperscale

A Hyperscale data centers is defined as when one tenant leases at least 10 Megawatts of data center space. Typically, the architectures are designed to provide a single, massively scalable compute architecture that can scale with demand. Hyperscale computing is necessary when a company needs to build a robust and scalable cloud, AI, or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run global companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.
Synergy Research Group

U.S. Contains Fully Half of 1,000 Hyperscale Data Centers Now Counted Globally, as Cloud Giants Race Toward AI

April 24, 2024
Hyperscale data centers have officially hit the thousand mark; meanwhile, total capacity is doubling every four years, finds Synergy Research. These findings harmonize with the...

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Navigating the Future: Upgrading Networks in Data Centers for 400G  

April 26, 2024
Nicholas Cole, Data Center Solution Manager at EXFO, explains why the journey towards 400G and beyond is not merely about keeping pace but also ensuring that every step forward...
Intel

Intel Engineers Multi-Pronged Approach to Gaining Data Center AI Market Share

April 12, 2024
Three years into the renewed stewardship of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, new GPUs, accelerators, CPUs, open standards, and silicon offerings now lead the way in a competitive AI infrastruct...
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EdgeCore Mesa

EdgeCore Boosts $1.9B Funding with $440M More for Silicon Valley Data Center

April 11, 2024
Meanwhile, the wholesale data center developer is readying another previously announced $600 million in financing for expansion into new regions, located in areas with a combination...
DataBank
DataBank

New $725M Financing for DataBank, Plus Las Vegas Interconnection Hub Pickup, Highlights DigitalBridge Data Center Investment

April 11, 2024
New moves from DigitalBridge edge-colocation and hyperscale campus stalwarts DataBank and Vantage show how in the age of AI, the pace and scope of data center financing has become...
NVIDIA

Analyst Finds AI Boom Lifts Hyperscale Cloud Spend, Propels Data Center Infrastructure, As NVIDIA Presides

April 10, 2024
We look into a trio of ongoing cloud and AI data center sector reports recently released by industry analyst Dell'Oro Group.
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Why Data Center Asking Rents Are Surging (Even More Than Expected)

April 4, 2024
A CBRE bulletin says that power constraints are delaying new data center construction and are the biggest impediment to expanded data center supply. Similarly, JLL recently noted...
Meta

Hyperscale Cloud Giants' Data Center Mega Deals Keep Sprouting Zeroes

April 2, 2024
It'd be odd to frame a billion dollars as just a drop in the bucket. Maybe in today's hyperscale climate, it's more like a "hang ten" worthy breaker coursing alongside the larger...
CBRE

4 Immediate Takeaways from CBRE's North America Data Center Trends H2 2023 Report

March 29, 2024
For data center industry watchers, there's a lot that immediately jumps out from CBRE's new North America Data Center Trends H2 2023 report.