Real estate lease structures are playing a larger role in the growth of cloud computing, as seen in two recent deals that have helped hyperscale tenants provision space faster and secure capacity for growth.
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QTS Signs 24 Megawatt Hyperscale Deal in Northern Virginia
QTS Realty Trust has signed a 24 megawatt data center lease with a global cloud company, which will occupy a new data center building on land QTS has acquired in Manassas, Virginia.
QTS Restructures to Focus on Hyperscale, Cloud On-Ramps
QTS has announced a restructuring that sharpens its focus on the hyperscale opportunity, including a clear move away from in-house cloud and managed services offerings. QTS shares are sharply lower on the announcement.
UL Introduces Safety Certifications for Data Centers
UL, the international safety consulting company, has introduced UL 3223, a comprehensive certification program that looks at all aspects of performance and safety in the data center.
Going Greenfield: QTS Ashburn Project Reflects Growing Focus on Hyperscale
As it sharpens its focus on hyperscale data centers, QTS is now building “greenfield” construction on open land rather than retrofitting an existing facility. Here’s a look at the company’s new project in Ashburn, Virginia.
CloudBoom: Leasing, Land Deals Surge in Northern Virginia
In Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley,” the appetite for cloud capacity is clearly seen in a recent burst of data center leasing, facility openings and land deals.
Top 5 Benefits of a Hyperscale Data Center
The increasing need around resources from the business perspective has led to the development of powerful cloud data centers called hyperscale data centers. This post from QTS is a special Data Center Frontier brief covering the top benefits of a hyperscale data center.
Elements of a Hyperscale Data Center
Hyperscale has come to mean a lot of things, but at its core is the ability to scale all elements of IT architecture and provision rapidly to meet demand as it increases. This is the final of three entries in a Data Center Frontier series and focuses on the different elements of a hyperscale data center.
Selecting the Right Hyperscale Partner
With virtualization and cloud computing in the mix, it is more important now than ever to have the right hyperscale data center partner in place. This is the second of three entries in a Data Center Frontier series. This post focuses on how to select the right hyperscale partner.
How Hyperscale Will Disrupt the Data Center Market
Hyperscale will represent 47 percent of all installed data center servers by 2020. This is the first of three entries in a Data Center Frontier series that explores how hyperscale will disrupt the data center market.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 15 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.