Hyperscale cloud builders are accelerating their data center buildouts as they add capacity for new customers. As investment surges to new highs, what will the “new normal” look like for the data center industry?
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has effectively created the cloud market and continues to be a leader in the cloud computing sector. AWS provides an incredible array of services on top of their cloud platform, from storage and networking, to machine learning and game development. Amazon continuously innovates at every level of computing, from the design of their hyperscale data centers down to the semiconductors in their servers.
Headquarters: Seattle, WA
Web: https://aws.amazon.com/
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Northstar Enters Virginia Data Center Market, With Fortune 20 Tenant
Northstar Commercial Partners has entered the Northern Virginia data center market, buying a prime land parcel in Loudoun County to build a data center campus for one of the world’s largest companies.
The Top 10 Data Center Stories of 2017
What were the year’s biggest data center stories? Here’s a look back at the trends and stories that mattered in 2017.
The Year in Cloud: Amazon’s Growth Boosts Data Center Construction
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Frontier Spotlight: November’s Top Data Center Articles
Cloud computing continues to drive business growth and headlines, as reflected in the most popular stories at Data Center Frontier during November.
Amazon Pursues Power Deal for 12 More Ohio Data Centers
Amazon Web Services says it may build another 12 data centers in Ohio, and might add more cloud campuses in the state – if it can get discounts on power.
Amazon Plans Epic Data Center Expansion in Northern Virginia
Amazon Web Services is working with a data center developer to build 11 new data centers in Northern Virginia in 2018-19, which would add 2 million SF of cloud capacity.
As Iowa Leads, Midwest Plays Growing Role in Cloud Geography
The center of the country is proving to be the ideal place to add data center capacity. Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are investing $11 billion in cloud campuses across Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska.
Looks Like Amazon: More Data Centers Coming to Ashburn
COPT, which is the primary landlord for Amazon Web Services in Northern Virginia, is building two data centers in Ashburn for an unnamed tenant.
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