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How an Owner-Enabled Supply Chain Can Bring Transparency to Cloud Providers

By Voices of the Industry - June 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Without transparency between all parties, the data center construction process is not functioning at max efficiency, leading to site construction delays, and missed opportunities for the Cloud Providers. Robert Moffit, Executive Vice President of BluePrint Supply Chain, explores the importance of transparency in supply chain management.

Tagged With: BluePrint Supply Chain, cloud data centers, Data Center Supply Chain, ProLift Rigging Co.

The Home of the Cloud: Rapid Growth Continues in Northern Virginia

By DCF Staff - June 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Digital Realty's Building P in Ashburn is among the multi-tenant data center facilities housing different types of workloads. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Northern Virginia continues to be largest market for data center space in the U.S. A new DCF special report provides an overview of the trends driving growth in Data Center Alley and its emerging sub-markets.

Tagged With: Ashburn, cloud data centers, Colocation, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Digital Realty, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Virtualization is a Necessity for Entertainment and Media Companies

By Kathy Hitchens - April 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Iron Mountain AZP-2 data center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Iron Mountain)

Capital pressures, the push to develop new channels and services, the need to automate, and increased bandwidth are just a few of the drivers pushing the media and entertainment industries to change. Iron Mountain explores the challenges, drivers, and opportunities for media infrastructure.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, Colocation, edge, entertainment, Iron Mountain

Factory Integrated Racks Optimizes Rack-Level Deployments

By Voices of the Industry - March 4, 2022

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While some may view building a rack as a DIY kit approach, designing and building a rack that balances complex, interacting elements requires experience and expertise. Joel Wineland, CTO of Rackline, explores the importance of using a factory integrated rack approach for rack-level deployments.

Tagged With: ASA Computers, cloud data centers, Data Center Design, on-premises data center, Racks

Embracing Technological Innovation Through Data Center Network Monitoring

By Kathy Hitchens - February 21, 2022

Data Center Network

Technical professionals don’t generally think of network monitoring and associate it with rich opportunities for innovation and advancement. A new white paper from Park Place Technologies explores how data center network monitoring gives IT the power to embrace innovation.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, Data Center Design, IOT, network monitoring, park place technologies

Supply and Demand Trends Shape the Dallas Data Center Market

By Rich Miller - January 18, 2022

A data center at Digital Realty's Dallas campus..

Development in the Dallas market is driven by major wholesale data center providers, who have been creating multi-building campuses to support long-term growth. A new DCF special report examines market supply and demand trends.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, Dallas Data Center Market, Dallas Data Center Market Special report, Digital Realty, Hyperscale data center

Data Center Evolution: Which Model is Right for Your Organization?

By Voices of the Industry - December 3, 2021

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What’s unique about the data center evolution is that one solution doesn’t necessarily negate the use of or need for another. Service Express Director of Infrastructure Solutions Chad Peters outlines four data center models and the advantages and challenges of each.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, Data Center Design, Hyperscale data center, Service Express

What’s to Come for Tech in 2022: Our Top Predictions

By Voices of the Industry - December 1, 2021

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Over the past year, the IT industry has experienced significant challenges and has faced them head on with rapid shifts in the way we work. Chief Executive Officer Chris Downie leads a round-up of some of Flexential’s top tech predictions for the coming year.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, Edge Computing, Flexential, Hybrid cloud

Energy ‘21: We’re Living in Interesting Times

By Voices of the Industry - November 19, 2021

Energy Markets

There are steps data center customers can take to mitigate risk and gain some control over how these interesting times in the energy market can affect your company’s bottom line. Michael Lahoud, Chief Operating Officer and Partner at Stream Data Centers, shares insights around what’s on the horizon for U.S. energy and market factors that could affect pricing over time.

Tagged With: cloud data centers, data center energy, Hyperscale data center, Stream Data Centers

Progressive Companies Set New Courses in Data Center Workforce Talent War

By Voices of the Industry - November 10, 2021

data center owners

Data Center owners and operators are increasingly being challenged to find and retain skilled staff to operate and manage critical infrastructure. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations shares strategies for data centers looking to win the workforce talent war. 

Tagged With: BCS Data Center Operations, cloud data centers, Data Center Management, jobs

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance

Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Northern Virginia Data Center Market

As developers seek to secure land for hyperscale operators looking to take advantage of Northern Virgina’s capacity to power cloud computing platforms and social networks, leasing values and land valuations have surged. DCF, in conjunction with Digital Realty, presents a comprehensive overview of the Northern Virginia data center market.

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

An aerial view of major facilities in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. (Image: Loudoun County)

Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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