The Top 10 Data Center Stories of January 2021

Feb. 1, 2021
Our Data Center Frontier 2021 forecast was popular with our readers in January, but there was also strong interest in record cloud leasing in 2020, land deals in Virginia market, and news about sustainability and climate strategy.

Our Data Center Frontier 2021 forecast was popular with our readers in January, but there was also strong interest in data on the record cloud leasing in 2020, land deals in the Virginia market, and a flurry of news about sustainability and climate strategy.

Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in January 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:

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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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