Google has announced a $13 billion building program across the US during 2019, including new data centers in Nebraska, Nevada and Ohio. These new facilities will grow Google’s US footprint to 24 […]
Death of the data center? Not according to the analysts’ cloud forecasts
As companies move workloads into public clouds, they may seek to sell their enterprise data centers and the spike in the sale-leaseback market is a good indicator that even older data centers […]
A deer broke into a data center
Last week, a furry hacker collective posted videos of an unexpected data center guest – a deer. The scared ruminant appeared to have broken through the wall of the data center, and […]
Global fiber-optic connectors market $5.6 billion opportunity by 2024: Analyst – Cabling Install
A new report by Zion Market Research, shows the fiber-optic connector market will grow to $5.6 billion by 2022. Driving the trend is the surging internet demand, and the expansion of data […]
Standardization in the Data Center Design? When It Makes Sense
When Vertiv identified data center normalization as a trend for 2019, we could feel a collective eyebrow raise across the industry. No, we’re not going to see cookie cutter data centers, replicated […]
How Data Centers Power Wall Street and the Financial Sector
The financial sector is dealing with an increasing volume of data to be managed, whether analyzing it for trading purposes or using cybersecurity software that monitors data for possible instances of fraud […]
Top 8 data center and tech predictions for 2019
The shortage of skilled labor in construction is well documented and has had a serious impact on the rollout of data centers for the hyperscalers and colocation providers alike. Connectivity will become […]
Evolving Standards & Procedures for Designing & Testing MPO-Based Systems
As data center designs focus on East-West traffic and move toward leaf-spine, or full-mesh, architectures, systems using Multi-fiber Push On (MPO) connectors and Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP), ports are becoming more […]
Research: Data center users don’t value energy efficiency
In its first annual “Data Centers and the Environment” report, Supermicro found that many businesses underestimate the importance of efficiency: only 28 percent of respondents consider environmental issues in the selection of […]
Edge Computing in 2018: Confusion Clears, Use Cases Emerge
Edge computing infrastructure will include modular data centers, traditional brick-and-mortar facilities, and even autonomous cars. If you’ve been following the data center industry, you’ve likely been watching what is happening in the […]