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The Top 10 Data Center White Papers of 2020: Insights from an Unusual Year

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 23, 2020

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The hot downloads from Data Center Frontier’s white paper library in 2020 tracked the rise of edge computing, the ins and outs of data center site selection and strategies for addressing data center power and water needs.

Tagged With: 2020, Colocation, Coronavirus, Data Center Site Selection, Edge Computing, white paper

Salt Lake City Data Center Market Growth Spurred on by Tax Incentives

By Sarah Rubenoff - November 19, 2020

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Utah’s tax incentives for data centers are among the most attractive in the nation. That’s according to a new brief from Aligned Energy that hones in on the state, and Salt Lake City, in particular — a rapidly growing data center destination.

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Center Site Selection, Salt Lake City

How the West Was ‘Tier 1’

By Voices of the Industry - November 9, 2020

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Andrew Schaap, CEO at Alignedy, takes a deep dive into Tier 1 cities for data center development, and how the evolution of Tier 1, 2, and 3 locations is changing the market. 

Tagged With: Aligned, Data Center Site Selection, Pacific Northwest, tier 1

Data Center Site Selection: Know Your Local Stakeholders

By Paul Gillin - October 23, 2020

Local stakeholders and community members can sometimes be overlooked in data center site selection, but they can be the data center operator’s most important ally. Stack Infrastructure and Data Center Frontier finish up a new special report series.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, disaster planning, special report, Stack Infrastructure

Follow the Network: Connectivity and Data Center Site Selection

By Paul Gillin - October 16, 2020

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Data centers require reliable, robust and scalable network connections. These needs should be considered early in the planning process. A new Data Center Frontier report series continues to explore the ins and outs of data center site selection.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure, Data Center Network, Data Center Site Selection, special report, Stack Infrastructure

Knowing the Power Grid is Critical for Data Center Site Selection

By Paul Gillin - October 8, 2020

Data centers require lots of power, and users need to understand local utilities and their capacity and reliability. That’s why knowing the grid is crucial in data center site selection.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure, Data Center Site Selection, special report, Stack Infrastructure

5 Keys to Success in Data Center Site Selection

By Paul Gillin - October 2, 2020

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A data center is a long-term investment, and choosing a location requires being sensitive both the needs of the business and the surrounding community.  A new special report series, courtesy of Stack Infrastructure,, looks at 5 keys to success in data center site selection.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, special report, Stack Infrastructure

Study: Data Gravity Will Guide the Global Digital Economy

By Rich Miller - September 30, 2020

A technician works inside the Digital Realty data center inside 60 Hudson Street in New York City, a key aggregation point for global data traffic. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Digital Realty believes the growth of the digital economy will be guided by the “data gravity” of massive aggregation points for data, which will be a magnet for applications and infrastructure. New research predicts where this will happen.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, Data Gravity, Digital Realty

Echelon Data Centres Explores London Data Center Growth and Possibilities

By Sarah Rubenoff - September 24, 2020

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A new white paper from Echelon explores the Ireland-based data centers company exploration and investments into the London market — one the report states is ripe for growth and high in demand for data capabilities.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, Echelon Data Centres, european data center market

Data Center Site Selection Key to Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

By Sarah Rubenoff - June 29, 2020

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Disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity (BC) are critically important but often misunderstood. A new report from Prime Data Centers highlights how to better protect your data in today’s climate, where COVID-19 illustrates the complex risk environment.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, Data Center Strategy, Prime Data Centers

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Voices of the Industry

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center The data center industry continues to experience significant global supply chain problems. Brett Williams of Service Express, explores the importance of leveraging the secondary hardware market to overcome supply chain roadblocks.

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6Sigma Digital Twin

Release 16: Empowering Data Center Teams with Each New Software Release

In this white paper from Future Facilities, you’ll learn about the updates and features in the newest version of their 6Sigma Digital Twin, a 3-D physics-based virtual modeling software that provides cutting-edge graphics and integrations.

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DCF Spotlight

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

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.

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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

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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