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This is Part 2 of an interview with Ashley Dunham featured in PANDUIT CONNNECTIONS In the second of our two-part blog series with industry expert Peter Kazella of Pkaza, a 12-year Data Center Facilities recruiter, we discuss what it takes to go live with a newly built data center and what to look out for when

Data Center Infrastructure Trends & Talent Needs – Insights from Industry Expert Peter Kazella

17 October No Comments

This is an interview with Ashley Dunham featured in PANDUIT CONNNECTIONS As you modernize, upgrade, and invest in your data center, your team needs skilled technicians and leaders if you want to take full advantage of the new trends and technology available to you. Hiring and retaining people who have the skills and experience to

Passive Job Search, Critical Facility, Data Center Engineering, Construction, Operations Jobs

The Passive Job Search – Dip Your Toe in the Job Market

23 October No Comments

The ideal situation is to be happy with your job and how you make a living. Let’s be honest, at some level, none of us like change. In the perfect world, we enjoy what we do for a living, we like the people we work with and the compensation, benefits and job security that come

The Shortage of Data Center Talent and Bridging the Gap

21 March No Comments

The first item to address is the shortage of talented candidates in this industry. The second is the lack of diversity. The third is the lack of direction on how candidates can get into the data center space. You can’t have diversity when there is a shortage of qualified talent. However, you can have diversity

Military Professionals in Data Center and Critical Facility Industries

Advice for Military Transitioning to the Civilian World

10 January No Comments

As Critical Facilities Recruiting Specialists, we have seen a steady trend of military professionals transitioning into the data center facilities market and making immediate and long-term impacts. The folks we have worked with out of the military include specialists such as Navy Nuclear Electricians, Navy Nuclear Machinist Mates, Air Force Power Production, and Army Power

Data Center Construction Projects at Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting

Data Center Construction Projects – Experienced Pros in High Demand

6 November No Comments

Data Center Construction Projects – Experienced Pros in High Demand Anyone with their pulse on the data center market knows not a week goes by without an announcement about some new data center building project. The titans of tech continue their hyper scale site buildouts all across the country. In addition, there are Data Center

Hybrid Computing, Race to Deploy Among 2020 Data Center Trends to Watch
John Hewitt, President, the Americas at Vertiv, explores 2020 data center trends to keep top of mind in the new year, including hybrid computing and an increased focus on speed of facility deployment.
Voices of the Industry
Vapor IO: We’re Funded to Deploy 36 Edge Sites in Next 2 Years
Vapor IO has completed a $90 million funding that will accelerate the build-out of its micro-modular edge data centers to an additional 16 cities in 2020. The company also said Cloudflare will be a customer in all of its sites.
Rich Miller
Why Many Tech Companies are Turning to the Hybrid Cloud to Tackle Today’s Business Challenges
With the potential stemming from new technology like machine learning, AI, big data and more, tech companies continue to make up one of the fastest growing industry segments. A new report from Digital Realty explores the potential of the hybrid cloud, which according to the report, has emerged as a way to "drive down IT […]
Sarah Rubenoff
Explore the Design, Build Process of Aligned Ashburn in ‘Data Center Alley’
Northern Virginia, the largest data center in the market, is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Ashburn, Va., within this market experiencing hyper growth, is known as "data center alley." A new white paper from Aligned Energy provides a case study and outlines one data center provider's process in building in […]
Sarah Rubenoff
Rolling Zettabytes: Quantifying the Data Impact of Connected Cars
Autonomous cars could generate up to 5 TB of data an hour. Edge Computing World provided a closer look at how self-driving cars and the edge network will work together, and the scenarios that will will require data and storage.
Rich Miller
T5 Data Centers Acquires Property for Chicago Expansion
T5 Data Centers is expanding its operations in the Greater Chicago market with the purchase of a 164,000-square-foot data center shell in the Elk Grove Technology Park.
Rich Miller
Data Center Jobs: Engineering Roles in NY, Boston, Denver & Dallas
January's data center job spotlight highlights engineering roles in some of the country's busiest cities, including New York, Boston, Dallas, Denver and more. Read on to view the top colo jobs for January.
Sarah Rubenoff
5 Questions to Ask Your Provider to Ensure Data Center Compliance
In the age of big data, more and more companies' data strategies are shaping their success and key to remaining competitive in today's markets. If your business is in the process of picking the right colocation partner, a new white paper from Iron Mountain Data Centers looks to help you decipher the key questions to […]
Sarah Rubenoff
STACK Infrastructure Expands Data Center Campus in Silicon Valley
STACK Infrastructure will expand its data center campus in Silicon Valley, adding a 32-megawatt facility adjacent to its current building in San Jose.
Rich Miller
Equinix Will Acquire Packet in Major Push into Edge Computing
Equinix will buy Packet in a major push into edge computing. The acquisition will allow Equinix to accelerate its interconnected edge services and add a "bare metal" cloud offering.
Rich Miller

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