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Data Center Frontier
- Prince William County Rethinks Data Center Tax Hikes – For Now 19 AprilA proposal to triple a key tax rate for data centers in Prince William County in Northern Virginia appears headed for defeat after failing to gain the needed support from county supervisors.Rich Miller
- Atlanta Becoming Hub for New Data Center Development 18 AprilThe Atlanta data center market is becoming a hub for new development, and Facebook's recently announced plans to build a $750 million data center near Atlanta make it clear the region has emerged as the hot new industry destination.Sarah Rubenoff
- The Top 5 IT Strategies for the Data Center for 2018 17 AprilThe recent State of the Data Center report identified five key trends that IT organizations will be implementing in their data centers in the next 12 months. Bill Kleyman examines these trends.Bill Kleyman
- Surviving Digital Disruption: Change or Die 16 AprilIn this edition of Voices of the Industry, Sherri Liebo, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Digital Realty, explores the question: How will your organization and IT architecture thrive in the new digital economy?Voices of the Industry
DATACENTERDYNAMICS
- Russia's RSC deploys hot water cooled supercomputer for nuclear research 19 AprilIntel-based system to help with nuclear physics
- Africa Data Centres expands flagship facility in Nairobi, Kenya 19 AprilAdding enough space for another 160 racks
- Iceland's Bitcoin heist suspect flees on a plane 19 AprilPart of a gang thought to be behind four server thefts at Icelandic data centers
- Fire suppression failure at DigiPlex brings down Nordic Nasdaq 19 AprilUpdate: the facility’s fire suppression system was triggered, taking one data hall offline; backup systems were slow to respond
- Legal challenge threatens Amazon’s latest Dublin data center plans 18 AprilA complainant has questioned the thoroughness of the planning board’s preliminary impact assessment
- Cray adds AMD's Epyc CPUs to its CS500 HPC cluster 18 AprilAfter some time away, AMD is back to play
- ZTE suspends trading as it is banned from buying US equipment 18 AprilPlus, the UK has declared it a security risk
- Yahoo Japan is building a second US data center 17 AprilIn Washington State, near Oath’s ‘Compute Coops’
- NextDC to build data centers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth 17 AprilPlanning to add 100MW of capacity
- Missouri data center engineers indicted for embezzlement 17 AprilThe pair is accused of stealing almost $400,000 in scrap metal during renovation
Data Center Knowledge
- Report: After Amazon-Whole Foods Deal, Target Plans Move from AWS Cloud 30 AugustWill AWS start to bleed retail clients as merchants begin to pull out of their cloud investments with the company? Read MoreNicole Henderson
- Dell Says EMC Merger Pays Off as Customers Seek `Fewer Partners’ 30 AugustMichael Dell: Corporate customers seek to buy more of their gear from a smaller number of vendors. Read MoreBloomberg
- HPE and VMware Team Up on Composable Infrastructure, Hybrid Cloud 30 AugustAnnounce plans to integrate HPE Synergy with VMware Cloud Foundation Read MoreChristine Hall
- How to Design a Data Center in a Norwegian Fjord 30 AugustSite of the future 1GW campus presents an unusual design challenge. Read MoreMary Branscombe
- Five Challenges Companies Must Overcome to Make Use of All Their Data 29 AugustThere are five big challenges that companies must overcome in order to fully exploit their data along with partner data, and other external data sources. Read MoreIndustry Perspectives
- How Google’s Custom Security Chip Secures Servers at Boot 29 AugustSoftware security tools are increasingly augmented with dedicated security processors Read MoreChristine Hall
Bisnow News Feed
- CIM Group, 1547 Break Ground On San Francisco's First Data Center In Over 10 YearsCIM Group and 1547 Critical Systems Realty broke ground on a 240K SF data center campus on 7.3 acres at 400 Paul Ave. in San Francisco on April 10. This project is San Francisco’s first data center in over 10 years. The first phase of development...
- User Demands Are Transforming The Data Center IndustryThe growth of data usage in certain industries in particular is going to be transformative for data centers, the speakers said. Healthcare, for instance, is ideal for cloud infrastructure. The industry poses an opportunity for data centers, because people...
- If You Build A Data Center Will Tenants Come?If you build a data center, will they come? That question is up for debate within the commercial real estate community.
- Phoenix Data Centers Will Be At The Cutting Edge Of The Coming Digital DisruptionOne Degree World Systems Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer Rebecca Wanta, who gave the keynote, said digital transformation is the future. "Businesses have to digitally transform, or they will be out of business," she said. Wanta has...
- Chicago Data Center Real Estate Added 43 MW Of Supply, And More Is On The WayThe Chicago data center market added 43 megawatts of supply last year, and another 16.6 MW is under construction, according to CBRE's H2 2017 data center market report. But Chicago, the third-largest data center market in the country, remains supply-constrained. The...
- QTS Building Electrical Substation At Pilsen Data CenterQTS Data Centers secured a construction permit to begin an expansion at its Pilsen data center. The cost of the work covered under the permit is valued at $11.5M. QTS is building an electrical substation on the site, a former Chicago Sun-Times printing...
- Infomart Sells Data Centers In Virginia, California, OregonASB Real Estate Investments has fully divested its data center holdings with a deal to sell the three remaining facilities in its portfolio. The D.C.-based firm sold three Infomart data centers in Ashburn, Virginia, San Jose, California, and Hillsboro,...
CAPRE MEDIA | CAPRE EVENTS
- Q&A with Herb Villa: “We’ve Already Been on the Edge, Now We Have a Name for It” 19 AprilHerb Villa is a Senior IT Systems Consultant with Rittal Corporation, the global leader in modular enclosure solutions. With a background in mechanical engineering, Herb has over 20 years of experience in the IT market, having been involved in all aspects of data center and system design, installation and operations. Herb has also benefited from […]Josh Anderson
- Evocative’s Derek Garnier Talks Blockchain Platforms at NorCal Data Center Summit: Are S9s Already Last-Generation? 19 AprilSAN FRANCSICO, CA — At CapRE’s Northern California Data Center Summit last month, we facilitated a panel called Blockchain & Data Centers: How Blockchain and Digital Currencies are Transforming Data Center Architecture, Design & Development, and Cloud Platforms. Moderator Ed Kimm, Vice-President for Cloud Solutions & Strategic Alliances at StrataCore, led the discussion, which eventually honed […]Josh Anderson
- “How Much Would I Pay in Taxes on an NJ Apartment Building?” is Almost Impossible to Answer. David Wolfe Explains How to Find Out 19 AprilJERSEY CITY, NJ — The New Jersey real estate community has been discussing the Jersey City revaluation for probably four years. And it’s finally upon us. So at CapRE’s 2018 New Jersey Gold Coast Commercial Real Estate Summit, we invited David Wolfe, Managing Partner at Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C. and perhaps the foremost expert on real […]Josh Anderson
- Chicago Capital Markets Roundtable: Once an Asset Has Become A Rated Paper, How Much Will the Pool of Capital Grow? 19 AprilCHICAGO, IL – Financing a data center is no easy task. And neither is the decision-making process that a lender must undertake when deciding whether and how to make a go of it. At CapRE’s Seventh Annual Chicago & Midwest Data Center Summit, we convened a panel of leading insiders from the regional capital markets […]Josh Anderson
- Mack-Cali Continues Sell-Off With Sale of 6-Building Hamilton, NJ Asset 19 AprilHAMILTON, NJ — Denholtz Associates finalized its purchase of the Horizon Center, a 236,284-square-foot, six-building office/flex portfolio in Hamilton, New Jersey from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. In this deal, NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Mack-Cali, which also included two development parcels totaling 12 acres. The portfolio was 86 percent leased to 18 tenants, with a […]Josh Anderson
Data Center Post
- Five Reasons to Establish a Data Centre in China 18 AprilBy Oliver Jones, CEO, Chayora Limited Most people are only too aware of the recent emergence of China as the second largest, and soon to be, largest national economy in the world. Based on 2016 figures, the gap between the United States and China is still significant, $18.6 trillion versus $11.2 trillion, according to the […]Kwan Cheng
- Kaine Makes Campaign Stop in Data Center Alley 18 AprilOriginally posted to LoudonNow by Renss Green, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) launched his reelection campaign with a tour across the state this week, including a stop for a jobs roundtable at RagingWire Data Centers’ newest facility, VA3, in Ashburn. “The theme of my campaign is a Virginia that works for all,” Kaine said. “And the […]Kwan Cheng
- Expect Increased Use of Artificial Intelligence to Monitor International Voice Traffic 17 AprilData Center POST Interview with Bob Imhoff, Chief Operations Officer of KDDI Global By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Bob Imhoff is the Chief Operations Officer for KDDI Global, one of the largest providers of wholesale international voice traffic services in the industry. In addition to voice and SMS services, the company provides managed care services, […]Kwan Cheng
- Creating a World of All-IP Communication 17 AprilData Center POST Interview with Jordan Dice, President and CEO of IPtelX By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Jordan Dice co-founded IPtelX in 2013 and has served since then as its President and CEO. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and industry relationships of the company, which specializes in custom applications for telecom services that […]Kwan Cheng
- Connecting the Enterprise Cloud Environment to Enable Agility 17 AprilData Center POST Interview with Grant Kirkwood, Founder and CTO, Unitas Global By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Grant Kirkwood is the Founder and CTO of Unitas Global, a leading provider of managed hybrid cloud solutions for enterprise organizations worldwide. Prior to founding Unitas Global, Grant served as CTO at PacketExchange, a global network service provider […]Kwan Cheng