Colocation used to be about renting space in racks. Now providers want to sell a whole hall at a time

CyrusOne explains how to launch a data center quickly

There's a new model for delivering healthcare - and only edge computing can support it

In the last few years, lithium-ion batteries have achieved a much lower TCO than traditional lead acid batteries. Users are overcoming their conservatism and looking at the new technology

Every year as part of the DCD Awards, we celebrate the individual achievements of exceptional data center managers, people who go above and beyond the call of duty, who sacrifice their time, effort and emotional well-being on the altar of uptime.

What motivates the best data center engineers?

Looking forward to your improved and upgraded data center? You may have to suffer some inconvenience along the way.

What happens when international fiber fails to light up, and your country hits a depression? Lamda Hellix’s CEO talks about data center life in Greece

New data center projects get all the attention, but there are a lot of facilities that are being upgraded and modernized

The electricity grid is groaning, and data centers have technology that could help it, if we adopt demand-response services

Some say Edge networking is just hype. Dave Johnson explains which applications are real, and which are still emerging

Demand for data centers is surging, but Indonesia's cloud industry may need more regulations

War, huh, good God y'all,

What is it good for?

Massive cloud contracts

Critical infrastructure is normally inflexible. Andy Lawrence finds out if data center power really can be delivered as a flexible service

Major cloud providers are arriving to Indonesia. What does that mean for the development of the local infrastructure market?

All around the world, data center builders are finding they have to build upwards, creating new opportunities and challenges

While customers increasingly seek out multi-cloud solutions, Western companies might prefer to stick with what they know

Japan has long maintained its traditions, in culture and in business, keeping its data center service market sheltered from the rest of the world. But a changing cloud landscape has opened the floodgates for foreign companies to feast on the country’s highly developed digital economy

Finding fresh talent to operate data centers is tough enough, and the industry is growing fast

Data centers look so squeaky clean, it’s hard to believe they can be involved in anything illegal, but you would be surprised what DCD has experienced in our years on the beat

Dr Mark Fernandez talks to DCD about what it takes to run a supercomputer in space

The greenest data center is the one that doesn't get built, says Susanna Kass of BaseLayer

Who pays for critical infrastructure, in an everything-as-a-service world?

The world’s largest particle accelerator, CERN’s large hadron collider, is getting an upgrade. So is CERN’s data center infrastructure