The Top 10 Data Center Stories for September 2021

Facebook’s growth and the industry’s approach to sustainability were the hot topics for September for readers of Data Center Frontier. Here are the 10 most popular stories in September 2021.
Oct. 1, 2021
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Facebook’s growth and the industry’s approach to sustainability were the hot topics for September for readers of Data Center Frontier. Many of you were keenly interested in our stories about the scope of Facebook’s data center network, and news about a big expansion for FB in Hillsboro. Meanwhile, Yondr Group is getting into the energy business with generation projects to provide renewable energy for the data centers it builds.

Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in September 2021, in order of article views:

Education is part of our mission at Data Center Frontier. In our Voices of the Industry feature, we share the experience of data center executives on the front lines of innovation. Here’s a look at the most popular Voices columns for DCF readers last month:

Be sure to check out all of our Voices columns, including insights from Overwatch, Iron Mountain Data Centers, Vertiv and Anritsu.

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Rich Miller

I write about the places where the Internet lives, telling the story of data centers and the people who build them. I founded Data Center Knowledge, the data center industry's leading news site. Now I'm exploring the future of cloud computing at Data Center Frontier.
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