Why a subsea cable to the edge of Antarctica might not lessen the South Pole’s reliance on satellites

Covid-19 and supply chain issues are driving up interest in circular thinking for servers and networking gear, but will hyperscalers and hardware-as-a-service OEMs make it the norm?

Could a submarine cable finally be close to connecting the last unconnected continent?

Digital Metalla hopes to ape Norway’s Lefdal Mine and create a secure underground facility in a disused Sardinian mine

Hyperscalers are installing ground stations at data centers, while incumbents are moving to a more cloud-like, virtualized, as a Service way of thinking

Simple colo services are making way for a hybrid mix of cloud models and platforms, and providers need to adapt to new security threats

The tides of subsea cable trends are changing rapidly amid new investments and development

An abandoned Victorian bathhouse in Greater Manchester, the Ashton Old Baths has now reopened as a council-owned data center

Equinix CSO Michael Montoya talks to DCD about the company's September 2020 ransomware attack, and how it responded and recovered

Our wireless world depends on a few hundred fiber cables laid on the ocean floor

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was one of the world’s first general-purpose computers. And 2021 marks 75 years since it was first unveiled to the public

Banning Huawei from mobile infrastructure might cripple the Edge rollout - unless governments can give real support to the open alternatives

While the hyperscalers have the scale and technical nous, deploying AI en masse is still an ongoing effort for most data center operators

Investors and companies are treating SPAC mergers like VC funding rounds, and the trend is coming to data centers

The Edge will rely on 5G and other radio communications which can be expensive and proprietary. OpenRAN might change that, but it’s still being finished

They’ve become integral to our world, but how robust are the satellites on which we depend?

Artificial intelligence is driving massive change for retailers, especially in-store

Lack of adherence to ‘space norms’ could increase risk of in-orbit incidents

Cleveland Clinic’s chief research information officer talks to DCD about partnering with IBM for an on-premise quantum machine

The rise of online retail and the Covid-19 pandemic are driving store closures, so retailers need to get smarter about how they use technology at the Edge.

Real Estate Investment Trusts are funds that can make money from leasing data centers

Online shopping habits are changing retailer’s real estate footprints, putting them in direct competition for prime potential data center land

TRG opts for natural gas & diesel combo for backup generators to reduce ‘range anxiety’ in the face of hurricanes

In 2019, criminals hit a group of US service companies through their data center provider, CyrusOne