Is the data center industry ready to change for the coming of the 1MW rack?
1MW racks and 800V DC topologies on the way, because Nvidia said so
Long Reads - Infrastructure Management, Dan Swinhoe, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Are tokens the only data center metric that matter in the age of AI?
Are PUE and WUE doomed to fall behind token efficiency as the only thing that's important?
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Everything data center operators need to know about dielectric fluids
A primer on the fluids used in data center cooling
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Immersion cooling and IT reliability: What do the numbers say?
Is immersion cooling good for uptime?
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How liquid cooling impacts uptime thinking
A dive into the murky waters of resilience and redundancy of liquid cooling
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Hot water, cold water
What’s the right temperature for water in liquid cooled systems?
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Longer coherence: How the quantum computing industry is maturing
Academics with screwdrivers are making way for operations engineers and SLAs
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Cloud repatriation and the death of cloud-only
Companies are realizing a hybrid mix of cloud and on-prem could be a better strategy than a binary approach
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Drones at (and even in) a data center
Do today’s mega-campuses need aerial security as much as human patrols?
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Making subsea cables smart, and helping save the planet
How SMART repeaters could help the fight against global warming
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Is PUE too long in the tooth?
What’s next for energy efficiency metrics in the data center industry?
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Digital twins and simulation in data center construction and operation
How a complete virtual copy of a data center can help organizations build more efficient and sustainable facilities
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AI in the data center; still a work in progress for all but the hyperscalers
While the hyperscalers have the scale and technical nous, deploying AI en masse is still an ongoing effort for most data center operators