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

By Rich Miller - January 18, 2021

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

Cloud Players Are Redrawing the Subsea Cable Map

By Rich Miller - December 4, 2018

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

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

By Rich Miller - July 17, 2018

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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

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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

Cable to Cloud: New Data Flows Raise Hopes in Virginia Beach

By Rich Miller - March 6, 2018

The MAREA subsea cable emerges from the Atlantic at Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Photo: Microsoft)

As hyperscale companies invest in subsea cables, cities like Virginia Beach see the opportunity to create a data center ecosystem around cable landing stations. It’s also boosting growth in a cloud cluster near Richmond.

Tagged With: Undersea Cables, Virginia Beach

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Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers

Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers No two are data centers are alike when it comes to design or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage infrastructure. Shad Secrist of Belden outlines the differences between 5 of the most common types of data centers including edge, colocation and hyperscale.

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Yes, the Cloud Is a Catalyst; It’s Also a Competitive Benchmark

Cloud data centers are typically located where the metrics of  total cost of ownership, flexibility, performance, and ‘righteousness’ are optimized. This white paper provides an overview of the US markets with the lowest total cost of ownership by ranking them based on land, energy, network and labor costs.

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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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