Facebook plans to nearly double the size of its data center campus in Clonee, Ireland. The tech giant confirmed that it will expand the size of the facility from 86,000 to 150,000 […]
Facebook is expanding its Irish data center… again
Looks like Facebook won’t be building data centers in China
Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a public post that the social network will not be building facilities in “countries that have a track record of violating human rights like privacy or freedom of […]
Data Center Sustainability and The Three R’s
In the data center industry, leaders such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Equinix have all taken a visibly strong stance on sustainability. These companies have each appointed personnel dedicated to driving […]
Top 10 Ways to Keep Your Data Center Support Infrastructure Up and Running ~ Data Center Design
When data center construction is complete, data center operations & maintenance begins. These services may include comprehensive operational management and regular scheduled maintenance for all facility supporting infrastructure and assets, or just […]
White Paper — Light into Money: The Future of Fiber Optics in Data Center Networks
This business and technical white paper is an exploration of the data center fiber optic networking infrastructure requirements needed to meet current and future demands for data volumes and data rates. It […]
Equinix announces new Sydney data centre to capitalise on the edge
\Global colocation data centre giant Equinix has unveiled plans for its fifth data centre. The new facility is all about ‘extending the digital edge’. It will be Equinix’s eighth data centre in […]
US Army wants to deploy modular data centers in Iraq
The US Army Contracting Command is conducting market research into requirements for building a Network Operations Center in Iraq, which will include two modular data centers. Tweeted by @dcdnews https://twitter.com/dcdnews/status/1097874690373230593 Read the […]
7 Photos of Equinix Los Angeles – The Center of Interconnection & Entertainment
The Los Angeles (LA) Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers are a hub for the entertainment industry. Equinix’s LA IBX data centers hosts content and digital media creators, producers, content delivery […]
The Rise of Smart Speakers and Voice Could Boost Data Centers
Voice-recognition devices are ubiquitous in today’s society. Most smartphones have built-in voice assistants that can answer questions in seconds, and smart speakers like the Amazon Echo are now staples in many homes, […]
Skybox building a 174-acre crypto campus in Texas
Dallas-based data center developer and operator Skybox is building an expansive data center campus in West Texas called the Hodl Ranch, designed specifically for cryptocurrency mining and HPC workloads. HODL, originally a […]
