The backbones of cellular networks are cell towers. Their high elevations enable wireless operators to cover wide areas and many subscribers. The industry began with towers and continues to rely on them […]
The Future of Cell Site Development
The 4 hottest tech trends that are transforming the world in 2018
By 2006, the people of the world were doing 100 million Google searches every day–which, by the way, we thought was an enormous number at the time. Now, we’re doing 4.5 billion […]
AFCOM Chapters Create Scholarships to Encourage Young Industry Blood
AFCOM’s local chapters in Denver and New York City/New Jersey Metro are certainly doing their share to bring awareness to the data center industry and create interest among students with new scholarship programs. Tweeted by @datacenter […]
Google just gave control over data center cooling to an AI – MIT Technology Review
Over the past couple of years, Google has been testing an algorithm that learns how best to adjust cooling systems—fans, ventilation, and other equipment—in order to lower power consumption. This system previously […]
This town will get its heat from an unlikely source: a data center
In a new town called Lyseparken, being built from scratch on vacant land near Bergen, Norway, a data center will help heat surrounding businesses–part of a design that could create the world’s […]
Inside the fortress: Apple’s 1.3 million-square-foot Mesa data center
The Arizona Republic took a rare tour inside Apple’s 1.3 million-square-foot data center on the corner of Signal Butte and Elliot roads. The company, known for its secrecy, would not share many […]
A Winning Strategy: Why Multi-Cloud Should Be the End Game
As the name suggests, multi-cloud refers to the use of multiple cloud vendors and providers within a business architecture – across a mix of public and private platforms – thereby enabling organizations […]
It’s Time to Upgrade Data Center Safety
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Phillip Sandino, Vice President of Data Center Operations at RagingWire Data Centers, examines how data center operators can better protect employees and clients from the hazards […]
Considerations Selecting a Fabric for Storage Area Networks
The choice between using Fibre Channel (FC) or other protocols is dictated by several factors, one of them being whether a dedicated SAN is required and/or desirable. Ethernet SANs are implemented in […]
Running 200 and 400 Gig | IEEE support 400 Gig over multimode fiber using 32-fiber MPOs
The increasing demand for higher bandwidth to support Big Data has driven the need for ever-increasing Ethernet speeds, starting with 10 Gig in 2004 to the introduction in 2010 of 40 Gig […]
