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Data Center Frontier
- Hybrid Computing, Race to Deploy Among 2020 Data Center Trends to Watch 23 JanuaryJohn 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 22 JanuaryVapor 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 22 JanuaryWith 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’ 21 JanuaryNorthern 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
DATACENTERDYNAMICS
- Big tech regs: An upside for cloud customers? 23 JanuaryIf regulators move on from scrutinizing privacy to policing the cloud, users could benefit
- Stack plans 125-acre data center campus in Prince William County, Virginia 23 JanuaryHyperscale focused site to be built in partnership with Peterson Companies
- Report: Bain plans IPO for ChinData 23 JanuaryCould raise $500 million, according to Bloomberg
- Indonesia businesses turn to digital transformation 23 JanuaryHow Indonesian businesses are going digital
- Microsoft deploys Israeli cloud region 23 JanuaryThe scramble for the Middle East is well underway
- DCD>Sydney 2020 Video eBook 23 JanuaryRecap the key presentations and interviews with speakers and VIP delegates at DCD>Sydney 2019
- Cloudflare and Vapor IO to deploy US edge network 23 January$90m investment in Vapor IO to fund rollout in 36 cities
- Whitepaper: Designing & building the next generation of sustainable data centers 22 JanuaryHow to achieve sustainability for next generation data centers design, construction, and operation
- ZAF to install nickel-zinc batteries at CPG Atlanta data center 22 JanuaryZAF is also helping to revamp an aerospace company and the US ICBM program
- Understanding cybersecurity for IoT-enabled electrical distribution systems 22 JanuaryGartner forecasts that 14.2 billion connected things will be in use in 2019, and that the total will reach 25 billion by 2021, producing immense volume of data.
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
- Peterson Cos. Partnering To Build 4M SF Data Center Campus In Manassas 22 JanuaryOne of the D.C. region's largest real estate owners is planning to build a huge data center campus in Prince William County. Peterson Cos. is partnering with Denver-based data center company Stack Infrastructure to develop a 4M SF-plus data center...
- How A Real-Time Platform Is Optimizing Data Center Performance 2 DecemberWhen it comes to data centers, timing is important but data, and uninterrupted access to it, is everything. Companies can lose tens of thousands of dollars every second a center is down, and even minor service incidents can result in major financial...
- Data Centers Could Be Private Equity's Next Target For Leveraged Buyouts 13 NovemberAs data centers grow and mature as an asset class, the pool of potential investors is changing, for better or worse.
- Bold Investors Like Goldman See Opportunities In Data Centres 10 NovemberFor traditional real estate investors, getting involved in the data centre sector can be hard. But investors looking to back and build companies can find ways into a sector where occupational growth is set to continue to rise.That was the view of panellists...
- Investors Find New Ways To Tap Exponential Demand For Data Centres 3 NovemberThe data centre market in London and the UK is a bit of a paradox at the moment. The demand for data centre space continues to rise dramatically. In 2018, take-up of data centre space in London was 77 megawatts, an annual record for a European city, according...
- Recession-Proof? Data Center Expansion To Continue Even In Market Slowdown As New Tech Transforms U.S. 18 SeptemberAlthough data center demand and new development slowed throughout much of 2018, experts say users will clamor for space in the near future. Everyday internet users tapping on now-ubiquitous iPhones, along with corporations that need to upgrade their data...
- Small Data Centers Are The Wave Of The Future 17 SeptemberAs more and more consumers watch movies on Netflix, jump on their phones to google the location of a restaurant or summon an Uber, the demand for data centers that handle this internet traffic is expected to keep growing over the next few years. But demand...
CAPRE MEDIA | CAPRE EVENTS
- The Retreat of Hybrid IT? | “People Who Wanted to go 70%-80% in the Cloud Within 5 years are now Shooting for 50” 23 JanuaryAUSTIN, TX – As we anticipate the demands of our customers heading into 2020, a few different topics are top of mind in terms of messy waters in need of navigation. One is Hybrid IT, so CAPRE’s recent Texas Data Center Summit dove deep into this territory with a panel discussion titled, “What are Current […]Josh Anderson
- “We’re Building as Rapidly as we Can” | Q&A with Iron Mountain’s Troy Hill 23 JanuaryCAPRE: Thanks for meeting with us today. How did 2019 shape up for Iron Mountain Data Centers? Hill: 2019 was an exceptional year for Iron Mountain Data Centers. We hit our mark in a lot of market for sales. We built a ton this year. We kept busy building new facilities and new capacities for […]Josh Anderson
- CAPRE’s Commercial Real Estate Headlines for January 23, 2020: Hunt Launches 2nd Phase of MD Affordable Housing Project, Watermark Closes MF Fund 23 JanuaryCheck out the latest deals and developments in commercial real estate for January 23, 2020: Hunt Capital Partners and Pennrose Launch Second Phase of Affordable Housing Redevelopment in Maryland: Hunt Capital Partners, in collaboration with Pennrose, LLC, announced the closing of $4.52 Million USD in federal low-income housing tax credit equity financing for the new […]Josh Anderson
- CAPRE’s Digital Infrastructure Round Up for January 23, 2020: STACK, Aligned Energy, T5, Flexential & Zayo 23 JanuaryCheck out the latest in deals, new development and innovative strategies in hyperscale, colocation, 5G, cloud migration, cloud services, edge compute, Hybrid IT, power, cooling and energy efficiency for January 23, 2020: STACK INFRASTRUCTURE’s Strategic Growth Continues with New Development in Silicon Valley: STACK INFRASTRUCTURE has announced plans to expand its data center campus in […]Josh Anderson
- “The Edge is Becoming More of a Reality For Our Customers” | Q&A with TierPoint’s Tony Rossabi 22 JanuaryCAPRE: Thanks for chatting with us today, Tony. Tell us about the previous year at TierPoint– how was 2019? Rossabi: We had fantastic growth on the colocation product as well as private and multi-tenant cloud. We’re working on two new cloud platforms – Nutanix and Dell EMC VxRail, which has been pretty successful. The other […]Josh Anderson
Data Center Post
- DE-CIX Q&A With Pixel Factory, Inc. 22 JanuaryScott K. Brown is President of Pixel Factory, Inc., a data center company delivering colocation, cloud connectivity and internet connectivity with a fully redundant network throughout all edge, core, and distribution layers. Brown and his team leverage extensive experience in tasks such as managing large volumes of images for in-house marketing departments and universities to […]Kwan Cheng
- Stack Infrastructure Announces Plans to Expand Its Presence in Silicon Valley 20 JanuarySTACK INFRASTRUCTURE (“STACK” or the “Company”), the data center company built from the ground up to address the technology infrastructure needs of rapidly scaling enterprises and hyperscale businesses, recently announced plans to expand its existing data center campus in Silicon Valley. The development is set to capitalize on the momentum of recent leasing success in […]Kevin Chiang
- How to Handle the Most Common Employee Injuries in Your Data Center 20 JanuaryBy Contributor Brooke Chaplan The size of data centers continues to increase, and the operations become more complex for team members and managers. The additional power and equipment within the buildings can benefit business, but they raise the risk of accidents and injuries in the workplace. Your data center must recognize the potential threats and […]Kevin Chiang
- Meeting the Challenge of Managing a Multi-Cloud Environment 18 JanuaryBy Tim Malfara, Vice President of Hybrid IT and Cloud Services, Anexinet Without a doubt, the most significant challenge when it comes to managing a multi-cloud environment is its governance and compliance. Each cloud platform comes equipped with its own unique set of management and reporting tools. To complicate matters even further, they all enable a […]Kevin Chiang
- Ai, Industry and Expanding Data Center Demand: The Drivers and Impacts of China’s Evolving Digital Presence 15 JanuaryAs the digital world expands and develops, it’s clear that the world stands at the brink of (or in the midst of, depending on the perspective) a transformational period in human development. This fourth industrial revolution, brought about by previously unimaginable advances in global technology, is unmistakably creating a data-driven culture and an accelerating dependence […]Kevin Chiang