Arc flash events must be prevented or instantly suppressed. This requires a device that will correct power quality problems without any delay. William Hinton of Applied Energy, outlines some of the dangers and causes of arc flash events and explains how they can be prevented.
Renewable Energy and Rising Energy Costs: Market Dynamics at Play
Across the industry, markets around the world are feeling the impact from the ongoing war and resulting constraints in the supply of fossil fuels. Chris Pennington of Iron Mountain Data Centers provides insights on the market dynamics of renewable energy and energy costs.
How Selecting A Green Data Center Can Benefit Enterprise Sustainability
Many have come to understand the benefits of a green data center, not just for the environment but also for enterprise sustainability. Casey Moore, Energy and Sustainability Manager at Sabey Data Centers, explains the importance of partnering with a data center focused on sustainability.
Will Battery Storage Solutions Replace Generators?
Battery storage solutions are finally rounding the corner and becoming viable alternatives to diesel generators for data center backup power. Here’s a closer look at storage, as well as the role of biomass and hydropower, via Kohler Power.
Breaking Historical Power Norms: Energy and Resiliency as a Service
Leaders in the power and data center space still have misconceptions about power delivery, decarbonization, efficiency, and resiliency. A significant focus in working with power solutions today revolves around sustainable designs and ensuring more significant levels of resiliency. Learn how new solutions such as energy and resiliency-as-a-service break legacy paradigms, courtesy of Enchanted Rock.
The Makings of a Modern Microgrid
Learn how a microgrid offers more than just backup power generation, including the capabilities that can allow microgrids to help modernize energy sources and how they are managed. This continues our special report series via Enchanted Rock.
The State of the Grid: Time for a Refresh
Our electrical infrastructure is aging, and is being pushed to do more than it was initially designed to do. Learn why it’s time for the electric grid to be refreshed in this special report series with Enchanted Rock.
5 Reasons Why the Minneapolis Data Center Market is Growing
Tax exemptions, connectivity, and renewable energy are just some of the factors that make Minneapolis a robust data center market. A new white paper from Stream Data Centers outlines 5 of the top growth drivers this midwestern city.
2022: The Year of Data Center Sustainability Metrics
As data center providers achieve greater sustainability thresholds across more than just power systems, they yearn for a way to capture, report, and track it. Sean Farney of Kohler Data Centers explores the pressing needs that data centers have around sustainability metrics.
Energy ‘21: We’re Living in Interesting Times
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.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 20 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.