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Data Center Frontier
- New Data Center Designs for Hyperscale Cloud and the Enterprise 16 OctoberIn this week’s Voices of the Industry, Bob Woolley, Vice President of Critical Facilities Engineering and Design at RagingWire Data Centers, examines how the data center industry should respond to new design requirements for hyperscale cloud, the enterprise and more.Voices of the Industry
- RagingWire Makes the Jump to Hyperscale 16 OctoberRagingWire Data Centers' decision to compete for large hyperscale deals is paying dividends in Northern Virginia, where the company is adding capacity to support recent customer wins.Rich Miller
- HPC Gets Bigger in Texas: 40,000 Servers, Immersed in Coolant 11 OctoberA new HPC system from DownUnder GeoSolutions will immerse 40,000 servers in liquid coolant at Skybox Datacenters in Houston. The massive system is expected to deliver 250 petaflops of computing power.Rich Miller
- Data Center Job Spotlight: Senior Commissioning Engineer 10 OctoberCommissioning and construction positions are in high demand in the data center and colocation industries, as the need for new data center space grows at a rapid pace. That's why Data Center Frontier is leading it's October data center job spotlight with a Senior Commissioning Engineer position located in the Los Angeles market.Sarah Rubenoff
DATACENTERDYNAMICS
- Avoiding reputational risk when moving to the cloud 17 OctoberThere are clear benefits to cloud migration, but are businesses blind to the risks that could tarnish their reputation?
- Amazon's Jeff Bezos: Tech companies must work with the military, "even when it's unpopular" 17 October“We are going to continue to support the DoD and I think we should”
- Is your data protected against these four risks to physical data security? 16 OctoberPair physical security and cyber security to protect data from all types of attacks
- Event News: Will 2019 be the year liquid cooling becomes mainstream? 16 OctoberOVH, Alibaba and CERN talk the future of data center cooling at DCD>London
- Etix Everywhere acquires French hosting firm NeoCenter Ouest 16 OctoberRenames it Etix Everywhere Ouest
- The case for a broad ecosystem of data centers in Asia 16 OctoberCharles Fortin from Collard Maxwell Architects tells DCD how smaller data center operators can thrive in the age of hyperscale
- Event News: Colo new capacity to feature at Dallas event 16 OctoberWho are colos building for, how they will build, and where they will site new capacity forms key debate at DCD>Colo+Cloud, Dallas, October 29-30
- UCloud to build in Ulanqab, North China 16 OctoberInner Mongolia region bids to be a data center powerhouse for China
- SpiNNaker brain simulation project hits one million cores on a single machine 16 OctoberModeling the brain just got a bit easier
- Power switch fire, service outage at AT&T data center may have been caused by a lightning strike 16 OctoberCustomers in the Dallas Fort Worth area reported that both Internet and TV services were down on Monday
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
- Technological Advancements Are Putting Additional Pressure On Silicon Valley, Nation's Data Center ResourcesAs computing power increases and puts pressure on existing data centers, operators will face challenges over how to make sure the centers stay up and running. As one of the top data center regions, Silicon Valley will be among the regions to face some...
- Why Property Owners Should Give Their Water Treatment Solutions A Second LookBehind the walls of every office building, in the pipes of every hospital, in the cooling systems of every data center, rush thousands of gallons of water. From heating and cooling human-occupied spaces to maintaining the operation of sensitive digital...
- Data Center Builders Gobble Up Northern Virginia Land As Region Booms With 'Astounding' DemandFour large Loudoun County sites have sold this month to data center developers as they race to scoop up land in what is by far the world's hottest market for data centers.
- Data Center Developer To Buy 424-Acre Site Next To Dulles AirportThe Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority in December put three major land parcels near Dulles International Airport on the market, and it appears the largest one has found a buyer. Data center developer Digital Realty Trust has reached a deal...
- COPT Buying Into Loudoun's Waterside Development To Build Amazon Web Services Data CentersAmazon Web Services is continuing to grow its data center footprint in Loudoun County under a new partnership with Corporate Office Properties Trust. A COPT entity is under contract to buy 78 acres of the Waterside development in Sterling, where it...
- A Rare Look Inside A Hyperscale-Ready Data CenterData centers aren't tourist attractions and even the working press isn't often invited inside for a look at their sensitive workings — especially those of a major, hyperscale-ready facility. Bisnow recently got a rare tour of such a facility: QTS...
- Tech Startups Fuel Data Center DevelopmentDenver’s flourishing tech startup market and exploding population have created an increased demand for data centers that developers are responding to. With 11.6 megawatts of capacity under construction, Denver ranked first for its data center supply...
CAPRE MEDIA | CAPRE EVENTS
- Future Facilities to Show Virtual Prototyping of Edge Data Centers at Edge2018 17 OctoberAUSTIN, TX — Future Facilities, provider of design and capacity planning software for data centers, publicized that they will discuss the concept of forming a digital twin when sending out edge data centers at Edge2018, this October in Austin, Texas. Due to the spread of connected devices and autonomous vehicles, in addition to the need for minimal […]Justin Hughes
- CoreSite Begins Concept3D’s Virtual Tour Platform in Virginia Data Centers 17 OctoberDENVER, CO — Concept3D broadcast that CoreSite started the Concept3D platform with a virtual tour of CoreSite’s state-of-the-art data center campus in Reston, Virginia. The Concept3D platform is an all-in-one software solution for data centers and other large facilities seeking an efficient and effective way to highlight their facilities and transport people – situated anywhere […]Justin Hughes
- CapRE’s Data Center Industry Round Up for October 17 17 OctoberCheck out the latest in deals, development and disruptive technology in the data center space for October 17, 2018: Atos Teams with Google Cloud to Create Artificial Intelligence Lab: The first of three AI labs will see the partners push more digital transformation business through the global Google Cloud Platform. Atos created an artificial intelligence lab […]Justin Hughes
- San Fran MultiFamily Insiders: Cap Rates are Flat, Returns are Down, But Focus on the Long-Term Horizon 16 OctoberSAN FRANCISCO, CA – CapRE’s Sixth Annual Northern California Apartment Summit took a broad view of the industry’s most pressing and buzzworthy challenges, and included panels on a variety of topics impacting activity in the region. One panel, Exploring the Play of Equity in Today’s Multifamily Arena: Beyond 2018, What Might we Expect? offered insight […]Josh Anderson
- How Does a Data Center Operator Know a Potential Mining Tenant is Legit? 16 OctoberDENVER, CO – Many would say that blockchain is driving the data center conversation, especially in regions such as the Mountain West, where the bitcoin business is booming. And some would go so far as to say that crypto-currency more specifically is driving that conversation. So CapRE’s Second Annual Great Denver Data Center Summit last […]Josh Anderson
Data Center Post
- Liquid Technology Kicks Off Tech Bench Podcast Series with Jim Puckett of Basel Action Network 17 OctoberTechnology, and the innovation behind it, moves quickly. It appears that every time we turn around there is a new product, a new system, a new must-have that will revolutionize the way we interact with the world around us and the people in it. The rapid pace at which tech moves makes for exciting times […]Samantha Booth
- ZenFi Networks Redefines the Future of Communications Infrastructure 15 OctoberData Center POST Interview with Victoria (O’Kane) Lamberth, Chief Revenue Officer, ZenFi Networks By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Victoria Lamberth is Chief Revenue Officer at Zenfi Networks, an innovative, locally owned and operated communications infrastructure company and carrier-neutral fronthaul fiber provider serving the New York and New Jersey metro region. Lamberth co-founded the company in […]Samantha Booth
- RagingWire Finds ‘Magic Ingredients’ for Its Dallas TX1 Data Center in Garland 15 OctoberOriginally posted to Dallas Innovates by David Kirkpatrick Like most businesses looking for the best spot to build a new facility, RagingWire wanted its new Dallas data center location to hit the mark on a list of prime considerations. “Dallas is the No. 4 city globally for internet traffic, also there’s a large pool of very […]Kwan Cheng
- FiberLight’s South Florida Footprint Augments Atlantic Broadband’s Fiber Network 11 OctoberOriginally posted to TelecomNewsroom. Atlantic Broadband, the nation’s 9th largest cable operator, has announced the closing of its acquisition of the South Florida fiber network previously owned by FiberLight, LLC, an industry leader in providing high-performance metro and long-haul fiber transport services. Initially announced in January, the closing of this deal marks the addition of […]Samantha Booth
- LOGIX Expands Customized Services to Meet Growing Demands of New Business Growth 10 OctoberData Center POST Interview with Richard Rosmarin, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, LOGIX Fiber Networks By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Richard Rosmarin is Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at LOGIX Fiber Networks, a leading provider of data center solutions and the largest independent fiber network provider in Texas. Having joined the company in 2017, Rosmarin […]Samantha Booth