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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

Aligned Lines Up $495 Million for Data Center Expansion
Aligned Energy has lined up a $495 million secured credit facility, from investors led by Goldman Sachs, which will fund data center expansions in Dallas, Phoenix and Salt Lake City.
Rich Miller
Sustainable by Design: Vantage Adds Green Features in Northern Virginia
Are customer office space and sustainable design differentiators in a data center? Vantage Data Centers thinks so, offering spacious, sunlit break rooms, and sustainability features that combine solar and wind power, and EV charging stations.
Rich Miller
With $500 Million Funding, Cologix Targets Cloud On-Ramps, SDN
A $500 million investment from an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund is the next step in the transformation of Cologix into a larger player in cloud on-ramps and software-defined networking.
Rich Miller
Hyperscale Needs an Edge, Too
Cloud, social, SaaS and mobile companies will benefit from strategic, proximity-based edge computing infrastructure. Phillip Marangella of EdgeConneX explores the factors guiding hyperscale demand at the edge.
Voices of the Industry
STACK Infrastructure Acquires Data Center in Ohio Cloud Cluster
STACK Infrastructure has acquired a data center in New Albany, Ohio, the company said today. The deal highlights the strategic importance of Ohio as a destination for cloud data centers.
Rich Miller
Exploring the Lithium-Ion Battery as a Potential Replacement for Lead-Acid
Lead-acid batteries have been the go-to for default backup power for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). But the tides may be turning with the growing popularity of lithion-ion batteries. A new report from Vertiv explores how the lithium-ion battery has reached a stage of maturity that is can be considered as a viable replacement for the lead-acid battery […]
Sarah Rubenoff
Data Center Jobs: International Leadership Opportunities
October's top data center jobs on Data Center Frontier feature two international opportunities ‚ — one in Singapore, and one in Montreal — as well as two data center facility manager positions on the West coast.
Sarah Rubenoff
Equinix: Enterprises Will Drive Huge Growth in Interconnection Data Traffic
In the next 5 years there will be a meteoric rise in data traffic flowing through network intersections, according to a new report from Equinix. That means data centers will become even more pivotal to the digital economy.
Rich Miller
CoreSite Opens New Campus in Northern Virginia
CoreSite has officially opened its new data center campus in Reston, Virginia, providing the company with additional capacity in Northern Virginia
Rich Miller
For Autonomous Vehicles, The Road Ahead is Paved With Data
Autonomous vehicles are the equivalent of supercomputers rolling down the highway. We look at what the rise of autonomy might mean for data centers, edge computing and wireless.
Rich Miller

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