At DCF we continue to closely track trends in IT rack density and its impact on data center cooling systems. That includes the high-performance computing
Category: Data Center
Yondr Plans $2 Billion Data Center Buildout in North America
Building hyperscale data centers has become a global game, with many developers expanding their activity to new continents. Much of that expansion has seen U.S.-based
Iowa Cloud Cluster Grows With Facebook Altoona Data Center Expansion
The forecast for Iowa is cloudy, with a chance of data centers. The cloud cluster in Iowa is big and getting bigger, with Facebook announcing
Stacking Server Halls: Facebook Boosts Capacity With New Data Center Design
As it continues a massive global expansion of its infrastructure, Facebook is rolling out a multi-story data center design featuring two floors of server rooms.
The Greening of Cryptocurrency: Early Players in Sustainable Blockchain
Make no mistake. Cryptocurrencies will be greener. It is inevitable. There are a number of promising initiatives underway to improve the energy profile of Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Energy Debate: Lessons from the Data Center Industry
There’s a vigorous debate underway about the environmental impact of Bitcoin, featuring strong opinions from critics and defenders of cryptocurrency mining and its energy use.
A Look at the Edge From the Perspective of Hyperscale Cloud Providers
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Raul Martynek, CEO at DataBank, refines the definition of edge computing. This is the first of a
Google Moving Workloads Between Data Centers to Use Greener Energy
Google is moving workloads between data centers to boost its use of renewable energy, shifting the data processing for YouTube videos and Google photos to
Google to Tap Geothermal Energy for Nevada Data Center Campus
Google will soon begin using geothermal energy to power its data centers in Nevada with carbon-free energy, the company said today. Google becomes the first
Lasers, Cable, PON Among Contenders for 100 Gbps Enterprise Networks
In the ongoing battle for higher network performance, 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) is emerging as the next necessary upgrade within the enterprise LAN. Increasing