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Data Center Frontier
- 5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction 24 FebruaryBlake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction.Voices of the Industry
- ‘A Year Like No Other’ as NTT Global Data Centers Accelerates Expansion 23 FebruaryNTT Global Data Centers Americas is deploying new capacity across multiple U.S. markets in 2021. The expansion kicks into high gear with this week's launch of new data centers in Suburban Chicago and Hillsboro, Oregon.Rich Miller
- SpaceX Gets Connected: Satellite Broadband Meets the Data Center 23 FebruarySpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb and Telesat all plan to offer low-latency broadband via constellations of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Here's an overview of the LEO broadband players, strategies and what these services will mean for the data center industry.Doug Mohney
- Cyxtera to Go Public Through $3.4 Billion Merger With Starboard SPAC 22 FebruaryCyxtera Technologies will become a public company through a merger with a SPAC sponsored by Starboard Value. The deal, which values Cyxtera at $3.4 billion marks the first major deal by a group of SPACs targeting the data center sector.Rich Miller
DATACENTERDYNAMICS
- BT Group signs three-year renewable energy deal with Total 24 FebruaryTotal providing wind, solar, and hydro energy for half of BT’s annual electricity consumption across UK
- Sungard AS builds data center for NYU Langone Health 24 FebruaryNew York health provider gets new 1MW facility
- NTT launches two 36MW data centers in Hillsboro, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois 24 FebruaryNTT plans to expand both new campuses as well as expand elsewhere in US
- Reliance Jio planning $950 million data center campus in Uttar Pradesh 24 FebruaryTelcoms firm aiming to construct 200MW, six building campus
- Keeping up with the evolving data center: part 1 – emerging technologies and related challenges 24 FebruaryIncreasing traffic is driving faster adoption of new interconnection technologies
- DCD>Talks hyperscale with Mark Flannagan 24 FebruaryMark Flanagan, Group MD at Kirby, tells George Rockett how virtual reality is now being used to help design data centers
- Frictionless retail 23 FebruaryCashierless shopping requires tons of cameras, and even more compute to track it all
- Vantage pays $40 million for plot in Santa Clara 23 FebruaryVantage buys 6.7 acres next to existing data center campus in California
- EdgeConneX and Adani form joint venture in India to develop 1GW of data center capacity in 10 years 23 FebruaryAdaniConneX aims for India's Edge and hyperscale
- DigiPlex acquires land for data center campus near Copenhagen, Denmark 23 FebruaryCompany could build five facilities at the 1 million sq ft site
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
- Data Center, Physical Therapy, Electric Trucking Companies Get In On SPAC Explosion 22 FebruaryThe explosion in popularity of special-purpose acquisition companies, also known as SPACs or blank check companies, continues to touch the world of commercial real estate. Three companies with a combined value of over $7.5B will hit the public market...
- Data Center Firms See Growing Opportunity In Edge Markets 18 FebruaryAs the U.S. data center industry evolves, more developers and providers are seeing big opportunities outside of first-tier markets. Edge data centers — loosely defined as smaller facilities located closer to end users outside of major urban centers...
- $432B Will Be Invested In Data Centers By 2025: Report 18 FebruaryTechnology trends like the Internet of Things and big data will drive a sustained surge of data center investment, according to a new report. Analysis firm Frost & Sullivan forecast that by 2025, investments in the data center market will reach $432.1B,...
- Texas Data Centers, Unfazed By Power Disaster, Could Help Ease The Next One 18 FebruaryTexas' infrastructure was shown to be woefully unprepared this week when a historic winter storm forced the state energy grid to shed capacity, leaving millions of Texans without power for days. But one real estate segment was left largely untouched...
- Data Center Giants Report Strong Growth, ‘Competitive Intensity’ In U.S. 14 FebruaryBig data center providers continue to grow at a steady clip as more capital and resources flow into the fast-changing sector. Equinix and Digital Realty, two of the largest data center firms in the world, each reported their fourth-quarter results last...
- Data Down Under: Sydney Surges As Data Centers Hub 11 FebruarySydney, Australia, is catching up to Northern Virginia and Chicago as a top development hub for data centers, according to a new report.
- As Data Center Development Soars Nationwide, A Problem Looms: Who Will Run The Facilities? 8 FebruaryDemand for data center development is as high as ever, but there is one key ingredient holding the industry back: a shortage of qualified talent.
CAPRE Omnimedia: Digital infrastructure and commercial real estate
- CAPRE Student Housing Future: 10 Predictions for 2021 30 DecemberStudent housing industry executives have survived one of the most management-intensive years in the history of this growing sector. Faced with many challenges, insiders pivoted and adopted new methodologies to survive, and in some cases, they thrived. So what will 2021 look like in terms of general & international student enrollment in the United States, […]Josh Anderson
- CAPRE Holiday Webinar Replay: Digital Infrastructure Industry Forecast Virginia & Emerging Mid-Atlantic Markets 24 DecemberHappy Holidays from CAPRE! On November 18 and 19, CAPRE hosted the Digital Infrastructure Industry Forecast: Virginia & Emerging Mid-Atlantic Markets, featuring the most active public and private sector executives. CAPRE is making the two-day webinar replay available for the holiday season! Relive the CAPRE experience with industry experts, including: Buddy Rizer, Jim Kerrigan, Sean […]Brian Klebash
- Data Center Trends for 2021: Exclusive Predictions from Vertiv’s Gary Niederpruem 21 December2020 has been a tumultuous, and surprising year. You could be forgiven for not having a clue as to what to expect in 2021. But that doesn’t stop industry insiders from taking a crack at what they think is on the horizon. For example, this week Gary Niederpruem, Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Vertiv […]Josh Anderson
- CAPRE Exclusive: Digital Infrastructure Insiders Offer Predictions for 2021 19 DecemberDigital infrastructure industry executives have survived one of the most management-intensive years in the history of this growing sector. Faced with many challenges, insiders pivoted strategies and adopted new methodologies to survive, and in some cases, thrive. What will 2021 look like in terms of leasing demand post-COVID? On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, CAPRE gathered […]Josh Anderson
- CAPRE Exclusive: COVID-Proofing Office and Retail Real Estate in Greater New York 18 DecemberThe COVID-19 pandemic has halted many aspects of American life. However, in a return to normalcy in conjunction with the vaccine rollout, many commercial buildings are attempting to reopen. The steps to reopening commercial assets in a safe and effective manner are no easy task – and were the key discussion area of CAPRE’s latest […]Josh Anderson
Data Center POST
- Customer Demand Drives DC BLOX Expansion in Birmingham 19 FebruaryBusiness growth in and around Birmingham is powering both recovery and expansion in Alabama. DC BLOX has announced the expansion of its Birmingham, AL data center to support and anticipate customer needs in the 2nd half of 2021. This expansion includes 1 MW of power capacity and completes the full build-out of its first data […]Kwan Cheng
- Exploring Financial Connectivity in 2021 19 FebruaryThe demand for digital services is growing, and companies are needing digital infrastructure capable of securely transferring and managing data with robust network capabilities. From healthcare to finance, consumers are making the digital transformation to mobile platforms. In 2020, it was reported that more than 14.5 million Americans considered digital banking their primary way of […]Kwan Cheng
- Michael Morey’s Approach to Pressure and Stress: “When the going gets difficult, the going get calm.” 18 FebruaryDuring a recent interview with Authority Magazine, Michael Morey, CEO of Bluebird Network, located in Columbia, Missouri, shared how he approaches and evaluates high pressure situations. Highlighting the early stages of his career from the inspiration behind his MBA, to those who gave him the encouragement to realize his current achievements, Morey’s approach is to […]Kwan Cheng
- Data Centers in 2021 and Beyond 16 FebruaryIn a recent interview with Pipeline Magazine, Todd Murren, General Manager of Bluebird Network, commented on how the COVID pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way we work and live our day-to-day lives. Given how businesses have had to adapt to remote working, now more than ever, they are heavily relying on their networks and data […]Kwan Cheng
- Tuck-in Acquisitions are the Key to Bluebird Network Growth 15 FebruaryOriginally posted to LinkedIn PULSE by Ilissa Miller, CEO of iMiller Public Relations, President of NEDAS and Founder of the Independent Data Center Alliance In a recent interview with The Deal, Michael Morey, CEO of Bluebird Network shared how the organization continues to expand its data center footprint through tuck-in acquisitions. Morey explained his vision for Bluebird and […]Kwan Cheng