It probably should go without saying that the planning phase is crucial to any data center project. But the specific planning process you use will go a long way toward how successful the data center will ultimately be in delivering on the requirements it was intended to meet. Schneider Electric has some sound advice on the topic, and lays it out in a new eBook, "A Practical Guide to Data Center Planning and Design".
We’ve experienced significant change in our world over the last few months as a result of COVID-19. As we work to navigate this situation and define our new normal, I’m... Read more » The post...
In 2006 at an industry event, then Google CEO Eric Schmidt introduced the term “cloud computing”, which by the simplest definition means storing and accessing data and programs over the... Read...
In response to work from home initiatives, tech service providers have scaled quickly and seamlessly. For large cloud and service providers, like Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft, capacity...
We recently announced availability of a new API for EcoStruxure™ IT and our new Monitoring & Dispatch Services. Somebody asked me how this would help the industry with the challenges... Read more...
Over the last several years, cloud and colocation service providers have been citing massive increases in requests for services. Hyperscale providers, in particular, have been building data...
Engineers are often called upon to think differently and solve problems. One of my favorite examples of this creative process is when the ground crew at NASA designed a CO2... Read more » The...
As IoT devices proliferate, they will rapidly put considerable stress on today’s leading communication technologies – Wi-Fi 5 and 4G. We are familiar with these technologies because they are...
Medium voltage (MV) switchgear and transformers play a critical role in the complex electrical distribution networks of large service provider or colocation data centers. They are the connection...
The spike in demand for IT and data center capacity is unprecedented. Colocation and hyperscale data centers are operating at their optimal levels, but reliability and uptime are still a...
Hospitals around the U.S. are facing the challenge of adding capacity faster than ever before. What once may have taken months or years of planning is now happening in weeks,... Read more » The...
Everyone is adjusting to the new normal and that means we are relying heavily on the internet – and the electricity that powers it – as our mission critical communication... Read more » The post...
Electricity is an integral part of our daily life without which we cannot function smoothly and efficiently. From homes to factories to commercial buildings and hospitals, electricity plays a...
An MBA student asked Warren Buffett what he would do to be happier, if he could live his life over again. It was 1998 and Buffett was at the University of... Read more » The post Enabling Global...
The colocation business is highly competitive with everyone looking for cost-efficient designs without any compromise on reliability and efficiency. And of course, speed of deployment remains a...
With demand for data center capacity continuing to grow at a healthy clip, the industry is seeing a steady shift from smaller enterprise-owned data centers to large facilities owned by... Read...
Technology is playing a big part in our everyday lives and advancements in automation will continue to evolve in many different forms. Think about when we used stamps and had... Read more » The...
Liquid cooling has been around for some time now, but has tended to be very niche… until now. There’s a lot of buzz about liquid cooling as a necessary technology... Read more » The post Liquid...
On its face value, a UPS battery backup power system is one that offers power facilities for a sustained period of time, long enough for a piece of equipment or... Read more » The post Picking...
Previously published on Techerati. I must be honest and confess that my knowledge of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was limited to a once-a-year meeting in Davos-Klosters where the world’s... ...
Trends such as cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly accelerating the need for more data processing and storage capacities. As a result, hyperscale data center providers... ...
