Late last year, local council officials granted approval for a large data center project in Sarpy County, Nebraska, but the company behind the huge facility was kept a secret. Now, DCD can […]
Revealed: Facebook is behind Sarpy, Nebraska data center
Liz Goldsmith
T5 is building a $100m data center in the Atlanta metro area
T5 Data Centers is planning to build a 130,000 sq ft (12,000 sq m) data center in in the outskirts of Atlanta, reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The facility will come at […]
Multi-cloud: the next step in cloud computing?
Multi-cloud is said to be the next stage in cloud computing, but is it? “’Multi-cloud’ means using more than a single public cloud. That usage pattern arose when enterprises tried to avoid […]
Is your tester up to date?
Is your tester up to date? Don’t run on old software – download the latest versions of your Versiv software which includes the @CommScope Systimax Calculator free from our website. #cabletest Read […]
ADTRAN, Sumitomo Electric Industries partner on EPON
ADTRAN and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. have agreed to collaborate on the marketing, support, and sale of broadband access technologies, particularly EPON gear. Read the source article at lightwaveonline.com
3 big reasons to attend Cabling and Networking Standards Summit
On May 9, Cabling Installation & Maintenance (CI&M) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) jointly will host a day-long seminar devoted to standards-development activities and standards compliance. Read the source article at […]
Are you being “smart” about OTDR Testing?
Ever wondered why your OTDR isn’t reliably accurate in detecting all the events on your fiber under test? One reason is that there isn’t just one test configuration that is optimal to […]
Facebook Rethinks In-Region Data Center Interconnection
Facebook engineers have designed a new way to interconnect the company’s enormous data centers within a single region. Tweeted by @datacenter https://twitter.com/datacenter/status/976851282135863301 Read the source article at Data Center Knowledge
Cabling for a Spine and Leaf Design in a Hyperconverged Data Center
The traditional, three-tier layout has been dominant for decades. However, a spine and leaf design removes a “hop” that allows for a myriad of benefits. It now becomes predictable, scalable and solves […]
Survey: Women in the data center earn 17% more than men
A survey of 310 professionals working in data centers worldwide found that, on average, women were paid 17 percent more than men. This stands in contrast to the rest of the IT […]
