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Long Reads - Cloud & Hyperscale, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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The OVHcloud fire still smolders
Three years after an OVHcloud data center burned to the ground, more questions than answers about the incident remain
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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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The CEO who’s an engineer - and a Dame
Pure DC’s leader Dawn Childs is not like the rest
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How peering went global
Changes in the world’s networks turned Germany’s Internet peering platform into a global phenomenon
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Count your carbon
Organizations deciding whether to run a data center or move to the cloud should do some carbon accounting
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Down with data centers
What we can learn from the struggles of the US government's Cloud First initiative?
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The pan-Asian operator
Rangu Salgame is building hyperscale data center business PDG across from his adopted home in New York, and new head office in Singapore
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The rebirth of colocation
Early cloud adopters are coming back to colocation services. But the born-again colo customers are very different, and providers face completely new challenges
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Navigating the insular growth of Japan’s data center sector
As the country experiences a shift to the cloud, demand is booming
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Flexential CEO: building a US giant
Chris Downie heads a US colocation brand with ambitions for hyperscale customers and the Edge. What’s the common thread?
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Aligned Energy CEO: "Technologies such as AI, IoT, VR, and blockchain will call for considerably more compute"
Aligned Energy sounds like an electric utility, but CEO Andrew Schaap says it can serve any size of colo customer thanks to innovative cooling and strong backing
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Realty check: A conversation with Digital Realty's CEO Bill Stein
The biggest wholesale data center company in the world, Digital Realty, has ambitions to dominate other sectors
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Vive la différence! Talking with OVHcloud's Michel Paulin
In a world dominated by US and Chinese providers, does the world need a European cloud player to preserve privacy? OVHcloud’s CEO, Michel Paulin, talks to DCD
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Data center hardware is changing
You might expect the physical design of data center hardware to be pretty standard by now. Don’t be so sure…
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How webscale is swallowing colo
Colocation used to be about renting space in racks. Now providers want to sell a whole hall at a time
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Taking the long view with RagingWire's CEO
Doug Adams discusses balancing colo and cloud demand, as well as what it's like to work under NTT
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Build it high: The rise of multi-story data centers
All around the world, data center builders are finding they have to build upwards, creating new opportunities and challenges
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The hottest and coolest data center locations
Climate may affect data centers, but the overriding factor will be where the demand is
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2N versus hybrid resilience
It has been said that the cloud will make reliable data centers unnecessary. The truth is, the cloud is revealing deep issues with our legacy IT
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Asia: the hungry markets
The data center markets in the Asia Pacific region are keen to grow
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Google and Cisco partner on hybrid cloud
Building a yellow brick road for Cisco enterprise customers into the Google Cloud
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Cork emerges as new Irish data center cluster
South-West of Ireland rivals Dublin with new fiber, new power, and cheap property
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Telehouse shows multi-floor cooling in London North Two
The external design is based on a broken phone, the internals contain a vertiginous chasm
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Movers & Shakers: 10 innovators in the cloud
Virtualization has altered the way we do IT. Here are 10 people playing key roles in the cloud
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Aligned Plano: power and cooling on demand
We visit a site where novel cooling lets customers pay for what they use
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ViaWest Dallas: built to impress
Before the formal opening, DCD got a tour of the new facility
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Equinix has Amsterdam ambitions
Equinix is building an eight story tower in Amsterdam. The European head told us why… and how