Analyzing human error — with a view to preventing it — has always been challenging for data center operators. The cause of a failure can
Category: Data Center
Data Centers Embrace Vegetable Oil as Cleaner Fuel for Generators
A growing number of data centers are turning to vegetable oil to reduce their impact on the environment. This week Compass Datacenters became the latest
Going Beyond Compliance: When Compliance Alone is Not Enough
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Allan Schurr, Chief Commercial Officer at Enchanted Rock, explains how clean microgrids can help data centers exceed
The Top 10 Data Center Stories for May 2022
The deals keep coming in the data center industry, and readers of Data Center Frontier are paying close attention. Coverage of DigitalBridge’s $11 billion deal
Prime Data Centers Enters the Los Angeles Market
Prime Data Centers continues to expand its footprint and enter new markets. The data center developer and operator will build a three-story facility on Vernon,
Novva Data Centers Plans National Expansion Backed by $355M Funding
Novva Data Centers is going national. The Utah-based developer plans to expand across the United States and deploy up to 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) of
Are Operators Ready for Green Data Center Laws?
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Mark Fenton, Product Manager at Future Facilities explores how a data center digital twin can help operators
The weakest link dictates cloud outage compensation
Cloud providers offer services that are assembled by users into applications. An outage of any single cloud service can render an application unavailable. Importantly, cloud
Will Battery Storage Solutions Replace Generators?
We continue our article series on paving a sensible path to sustainable data centers. The U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) lists five major sources of
The Exascale Era Begins, as Frontier Breaks Supercomputing Barrier
It’s official: The U.S. has its first exascale computing system, as the Frontier system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee exceeded 1.1 exaflop/s in