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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

Explore the Design, Build Process of Aligned Ashburn in ‘Data Center Alley’

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 21, 2020

Northern Virginia, the largest data center in the market, is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Ashburn, Va., within this market experiencing hyper growth, is known as “data center alley.” A new white paper from Aligned Energy provides a case study and outlines one data center provider’s process in building in the top colocation market in North America with the launch of Aligned Ashburn. 

Tagged With: Aligned, Ashburn, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Data Center Jobs: International Leadership Opportunities

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 16, 2019

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October’s top data center jobs on Data Center Frontier feature two international opportunities ‚ — one in Singapore, and one in Montreal — as well as two data center facility manager positions on the West coast.

Tagged With: Data Center Jobs, Northern Virginia Data Center Market, Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting

Northern Virginia: Less Hyper, But Still Plenty of Scale

By Rich Miller - October 3, 2019

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After years of rocket-ship growth, the Northern Virginia data center market is still flying high, but in a slightly lower orbit than in 2018. Industry CEOs, executives and analysts discuss trends in Data Center Alley.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Loudoun County, Manassas, Northern Virginia, Northern Virginia Data Center Market, Prince William County

Aligned Energy Ready to Scale Up at New Ashburn Data Center

By Rich Miller - September 19, 2019

Aligned Energy has opened the doors at its first data center in Northern Virginia. Aligned Ashburn will showcase the company’s focus on efficiency and high-density cooling.

Tagged With: Aligned, Ashburn, Northern Virginia, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Data Center Jobs: New Opportunities in Northern Virginia & Atlanta

By Sarah Rubenoff - September 18, 2019

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Top data center jobs highlighted in Data Center Frontier’s September job spotlight include sales positions in both Ashburn, Va., and Miami, as well as engineering and construction management positions in Atlanta. 

Tagged With: Atlanta Data Center Market, Data Center Jobs, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Compass Scales Up for Growth in Top Hyperscale Markets

By Rich Miller - September 6, 2019

With a new round of funding, Compass Datacenters is building big in the three hottest hyperscale data center markets. CEO Chris Crosby provides an update on the company’s hyperscale ambitions.

Tagged With: Compass Data Centers, Northern Virginia Data Center Market, Phoenix

Frontier Spotlight: The Top 10 Data Center Stories for August 2019

By Sarah Rubenoff - September 3, 2019

Enterprise data center leasing gained momentum in the second quarter of 2019, according to earnings reports from public data center companies. (Photo: Rich Miller)

What is the impact of AI on data center cooling. Where’s the latest data center market movement in the leading colo market of Northern Virginia? And is Silicon Valley data center market gaining momentum? The top stories on Data Center Frontier in August answer these questions and more.

Tagged With: Colocation, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Amazon Continues its Cloud Expansion in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - August 5, 2019

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Amazon Web Services continues to lease large amounts of new data center space in Northern Virginia, and may be boosting the size of its data centers.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Ashburn, COPT, Northern Virginia, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

Data Center Job Spotlight: Need for Experienced Lead CxA

By Sarah Rubenoff - June 19, 2019

Lead CxA

The June Data Center Job Spotlight features two openings in Ashhburn, Va., know in the industry as data center alley — opportunities for a data center facility engineer and a MEP superintendent. This month’s job spotlight also highlights nationwide job opportunities, including Lead CxA positions and Data Center Project Manager openings.

Tagged With: Data Center Jobs, Northern Virginia Data Center Market, Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting

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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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Data Center Services: A Story of Build Versus Buy

Waffle House opted to implement a disaster recovery solution in QTS’ 385,000 square foot facility in Suwanee, Georgia, replicating its financial, inventory management and supply chain management services to the site. Download the new report that explores how choosing a colocation provider helped Waffle House reduce its risk and provide a higher level of performance.

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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.

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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: 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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