Data centers and facade solar: Everything you need to know
Digital infrastructure operators can make hay while the sun is shining
Long Reads - Digital Realty
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Against the current
Are we having a hydro moment in the data center sector?
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Vive la révolution: The inside story of the big French AI data center build-out
Can it become Europe's AI capital?
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On-site rooftop solar at data centers: Everything you need to know
What to consider when deploying rooftop solar at data centers
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Do PPAs have a future in the data center sector?
Such agreements are key to many data center net zero plans. But will they stand the test of time?
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Are nuclear power and SMRs the solution to data center energy woes?
Question marks remain over SMR technology, despite its massive potential
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Biggest data center acquisitions: 17 billion-dollar data center deals
The biggest data center deals; from KKR buying CyrusOne to Peak 10’s purchase of ViaWest
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Density dilemmas
Requirements for high-density cooling systems are causing data center operators to get creative
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Looking good, feeling safe – data center security by design
Balancing security and aesthetics in data center design
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Nature’s cool enough
Can we realistically cool data centers using the resources already available to us?
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Keeping your cooling water clean
Cooling systems are trying to use less water. Electrolytic descaling could be the answer
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Power and Money: Thoughts from Digital Realty’s CEO
We meet Andy Power, the deal-maker who runs the world’s largest data center company
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DCD Magazine out now: The Issue 50 bumper edition
Our biggest issue yet
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The rise and rebirth of carrier hotels
What role do legacy interconnection hubs have a place in a cloud & Edge ecosystem?
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Big plans for the big chip company’s big supercomputer
Both Cerebras and Colovore have aggressive plans to expand in the age of generative AI
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Generative AI & the future of data centers: Part VII - The Data Centers
Digital Realty's CEO and more on what generative AI means for the data center industry
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HVO supply chains: is there enough to go around?
As more operators adopt HVO, are the supply chains ready?
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Everything data center operators need to know about Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
A PPA primer for data center companies
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Digital Realty's Virginia master plan
Touring a million square foot data center, and a gigawatt construction site
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Connecting the low-latency Edge
Shifting data and processing to the Edge will impact how we design and build networks
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How data centers survived the Texas storm
A record storm and a failing grid knocked out America’s second-largest state. But data centers prevailed. We hear the stories of those that were there
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Bulging pockets: What Scott Peterson did after Digital Realty
He nearly helped Digital Realty pull off a merger with Equinix. Now Scott Peterson has a new gig that’s a lot smaller. But will it stay that way?
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Not a drop to waste: curbing thirsty data centers
As freshwater supplies dwindle, data centers need to look elsewhere
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Data centers can lead the renewable energy transition
We can’t just wait for the energy market to improve on its own
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Moving to the Edge
Is Edge going to change everything or will it fit alongside everything we already have?
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How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the data center business
Data centers adapted and - mostly - thrived in the pandemic
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Ready to dive into water cooling?
There comes a point when water should be prioritized over air, but the question is when?
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Are data centers prepared for climate change?
Humanity failed to take climate change seriously. Let’s make sure that data centers don’t do the same