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 […]
Skybox building a 174-acre crypto campus in Texas
The future of data centers is green
Swedish researcher Anders Andrae predicts that by 2025, data centers will amount to ICT’s largest share of global electricity production at 33 percent, followed by smartphones (15 percent) networks (10 percent) and […]
Detecting Splitters on Passive Optical Networks
Working with Passive Optical Networks (#PON)? You’ll need to figure out where and what kind of splitters are out there. Let Fluke’s Jim Davis walk you through the process. Read the source […]
FOA 2018 Fiber Optic Year in Review
2018 was another busy year for fiber. On this page we’ve gathered some of the more important stories for the year, stories covering topics that FOA believes every tech needs to know. […]
Belden opens ‘Fiber Optic Assembly Center of Excellence’ in Montreal
To help network managers and ICT professionals navigate the complexity of fiber optics solutions, Belden has opened a Center of Excellence in Montreal where they will use a 5-step method to find […]
Will 5G and IoT Demand More Fiber Infrastructure?
Let’s face it, we are creating a lot of data. If you are using a smartphone or tablet, then you are creating data. If you are connected to the Internet in any […]
White Paper: Data Center Case Study and Test Guide
Data centers are the epicenters of the digital world and they continue to grow in complexity. With ever increasing demands for efficiency and performance, today’s data center operators must be prepared with […]
White Paper: How to Choose a Colocation Provider Right for Your Enterprise
Colocation data centers are growing in popularity and have become alternatives for enterprises not looking to invest in building their own data centers, which can be a complex, costly endeavor. Today’s enterprises […]
Data center cooling: Machine learning is the problem and the solution
Sabey Data Centers’ John Sasser, Sr. Vice President of Data Center Operations, takes a look at how machine learning presents both challenges and opportunities for today’s data center cooling technology. Most data […]
A framework for how to modernize your data center infrastructure
Aging data centers must either be modernized or have its IT outsourced to cloud service and colocation providers to minimize the risk of business disruption. Remaining sites that delay modernizing also fail […]
