Sometimes saving millions of dollars in a data center design is as simple as figuring out a way to use less copper. That’s how it worked for Australian data center colocation company Polaris. Mike Andrea, director of the strategic directions…
More than a third of large corporate data center users in North America plan to expand their footprint in 2010, and many are expanding because they have run out of power, not space. Those were the key findings in survey…
There are many in the data center industry that have repeatedly called for change in this community of ours. Change in technology, change in priorities, Change for the future. Over the years we have seen those changes come very slowly…
Mapping technologies that bring together multiple layers of data have led to the development of sophisticated “heat maps” for use in data center site selection. These applications combine data about power pricing, natural disasters, connectivity, water supply and dozens of…
Enterprise data center construction has slowed to a crawl in the recession, but there is one spot that’s growing brighter every day. That’s because most companies aren’t building their own data-center space, but they are leasing it in ever-increasing numbers.…
