The OVHcloud fire still smolders
Three years after an OVHcloud data center burned to the ground, more questions than answers about the incident remain
Long Reads - Construction & Site Selection, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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AI moves to Norway
There won’t be room for AI in the existing data center metro hubs. So AQ Compute is standing by to plumb it into a hydro-powered facility in Norway
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Germany: The first regulated data center market
The largest economy in Europe is the first to experience serious legislation relating to data centers
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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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Finally - a nuclear powered data center?
We’ve heard talk of nuclear-powered facilities for some years. Could the time have arrived?
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The acquisition man: DigitalBridge's Marc Ganzi on what's next
Ganzi seems to have venture funding for the most ambitious acquisitions. What’s his angle?
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The trouble with data center energy figures
Here’s how to get reliable energy data - and why we badly need it
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Understanding Africa's data center challenge
As investors finally build data centers for Africa’s emerging technical generation, will the continent get the infrastructure it needs?
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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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Augmented reality for data center construction
Engineering grade augmented reality headsets could make the construction process more reliable
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Do we need architecture?
Data centers have a job to do. Why do they have to look good as well?
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Plant-based data centers
Concrete creates huge carbon emissions. Why can’t data center builders turn that around, and use biological material that stores carbon instead?
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Building underwater
Projects in the US and China have shown that data centers underwater could be more efficient than those on land. But how do you build them?
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Curing concrete’s carbon curse
Data centers create emissions before they are built. It’s time to address the footprint of basic building materials
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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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Goonhilly: Star gazing
If we see a sudden growth in space technology, the UK’s Goonhilly Earth Station could be a major winner
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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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Data center surgery
Looking forward to your improved and upgraded data center? You may have to suffer some inconvenience along the way.
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Thriving during a Greek Tragedy
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
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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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Smart from the ground up
India’s ICICI Bank started from fundamentals to build an intelligent data center infrastructure, reducing its energy bill and delivering better services
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Powering finance: Data centers and Wall Street
Financial services have a close and interesting relationship with the digital infrastructure that supports them
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Military service: Deploying troops in the data center
There’s a shortage of skilled and reliable data center staff, and Salute says one answer is to employ veterans
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The data center life story
Data centers are born, they get old, and some day they die
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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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The age of the Zettastructure
The zettastructure is evolving to handle the Internet of Things. It will change every part of our technology infrastructure
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Market Focus: Latin America
Data centers are developing in major emerging markets within the region
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Building webscale infrastructure
As the human race constructs the greatest project the world has ever seen, the architects behind it consider its human impact.