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The Colossal Future Cloud: Land Deals Hint at Even Larger Data Centers

By Rich Miller - January 18, 2021 2 Comments

The colorful hot aisle of a high-density enclosure at the Microsoft data center in Boydton, Virginia, which has became a focal point of the company’s cloud development. (Photo: Microsoft Corp.)

The cloud needs more real estate. Hyperscale cloud operators are aggressively acquiring real estate, Recent transactions, like Microsoft’s purchase of 900 acres in Virginia, suggest that some of these server cities will reach colossal scale.

Tagged With: Microsoft, Undersea Cables, Virginia, Virginia Beach

DCF Podcast: Trends in Subsea Cables, And Why They Matter

By Colleen Miller - August 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

In a new Data Center Frontier Show Podcast, host Rich Miller looks at how cloud growth is reshaping how data travels around the globe, and the role of undersea cables in these trends.

Tagged With: Google, Subsea Cables, Undersea Cables

Google and the Subsea Cable Revolution

By Rich Miller - July 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Data Center Frontier Show host Rich Miller looks at how cloud growth is reshaping how data travels around the globe. (Photo: DCF)

Data Center Frontier Show host Rich Miller looks at how cloud growth is reshaping how data travels around the globe, using Google’s Grace Hopper Cable to illustrate key trends in subsea cables.

Tagged With: Google, Subsea Cables, Undersea Cables

Subsea Cables, Tech Workforce Boost Portland Data Center Market

By Rich Miller - May 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Portland data center market benefits from the active technology cluster in the emerging data center district in Hillsboro, and ready access to fiber rings that connect facilities to trans-Pacific subsea cables that land on the Oregon coast.      

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, data center technology, DatacenterHawk, NTT, Portland, Portland Data center market, Undersea Cables

Brexit Prep Has Boosted Data Centers, Subsea Cables. But What Now?

By Rich Miller - October 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

European data centers are preparing contingencies for a potential “no deal” Brexit, which could impact everything from energy pricing to delivery of generators. But the runup to Brexit has been a period of surprisingly strong investment in digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Amsterdam, Dublin, Europe, Frankfurt, London, Undersea Cables

Google Plans New SubSea Cable, Plus Data Center in Phoenix

By Rich Miller - June 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rows of servers inside a Google data Center. (Photo: Google Cloud Platform)

Google continues to build its Internet empire, with the announcement of a new subsea cable connecting Europe and Africa, and the revelation of plans for a data center campus in Mesa, Arizona.

Tagged With: Google, Phoenix, Phoenix Data Center Market, Undersea Cables

Cloud Players Are Redrawing the Subsea Cable Map

By Rich Miller - December 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

A huge spool of the MAREA subsea cable stored on board its installation vessel near Virginia Beach. (Photo: RUN Studios for Microsoft)

The subsea cable world is being disrupted by hyperscale cloud players, who are investing to reroute traditional undersea lanes to bring data traffic ashore near their giant data center campuses.

Tagged With: Undersea Cables, Virginia Beach

NJFX Welcomes Subsea Cable On-Ramp for Google, Facebook

By Rich Miller - September 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Meet-Me-Room at the NJFX data center in Wall Township, N.J. (Photo: Rich Miller)

A new trans-Atlantic cable carrying Facebook and Google traffic from Europe will land at the NJFX colocation campus in Wall, NJ, boosting its bid to make New Jersey a strategic landing point for the world’s subsea cables.

Tagged With: Fiber Optic Cables, NJFX, Undersea Cables

Google Building Trans-Atlantic Cable to Boost Its Cloud in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - July 17, 2018 1 Comment

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Google will build its own private subsea cable to manage data traffic between Europe and its huge cloud campuses in Northern Virginia, with potential benefits for Virginia Beach.

Tagged With: Google, Northern Virginia, Undersea Cables, Virginia Beach

Another Data Center Planned for Virginia Beach Cable Landing

By Rich Miller - April 24, 2018 1 Comment

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Telecom consultant ACA International has announced plans to invest $52 million to open a 130,000-square-foot data center in Virginia Beach, helping build momentum for the city’s cable landing station as a data center hub.

Tagged With: Fiber Optic Cables, Undersea Cables, Virginia Beach

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