The CEO who is 30 seconds from a server
CoreSite boss Juan Font on his company's ambitious growth plans
Long Reads - North America, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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News from the hydrogen frontline with EdgeCloudLink CEO Yuval Bachar
We speak to a CEO running a 1MW facility on fuel cells, with DC power distribution
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Break up the battery room
Why it might make sense to store energy in the racks, instead of in the UPS
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Abolish all resistance! Could superconductors save data centers?
Why worry about efficiency in electrical distribution, when superconductors have no resistance at all?
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Cologix's Laura Ortman: The social CEO
US colo leader likes to be part of the action
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Air cooling will never go away
We need liquid cooling, but it won’t replace air
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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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How to build when the power isn’t there
All too often, utility grids can’t provide power when you need it. Data centers are increasingly looking at alternatives
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Preparing for the hydrogen grid
We have heard how great hydrogen will be as an energy source. But how do you get it?
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Evaluating carbon capture’s promise
Taking carbon out of the atmosphere sounds like a brilliant idea. Why is it controversial?
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High hopes for fusion
Microsoft has signed a PPA for fusion power. Is this a serious proposition?
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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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Talking data center diplomacy with CyrusOne’s CEO
Data center builders have to keep both customers and investors happy. That means being circumspect, Eric Schwartz tells us
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Plant-based immersion cooling
Dealing with the hidden problems of dielectrics
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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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Down with data centers
What we can learn from the struggles of the US government's Cloud First initiative?
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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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Turn your ugly fat into data center power
Data center diesels don’t have to run on fossil fuels. There’s a recycled product on offer
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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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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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Wholesale invention: Stack Infrastructure's CEO
What happens when you set up a colocation provider aimed at wholesale customers - and they still ask for custom deals? Stack Infrastructure’s CEO Brian Cox explains
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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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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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Upgrading the birthplace of the commercial Internet
Twenty years ago, the public Internet took off in AOL’s Dulles Technology Center. Now the building is coming back into play, ready for the 21st century
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Modernization - the hidden data center sector
New data center projects get all the attention, but there are a lot of facilities that are being upgraded and modernized
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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