Design for the future today, lest you get left behind

Leading Chinese companies are adopting renewable energy but there is room for improvement.

A recent study conducted by Schneider Electric found that the sweet spot for a ready-made low voltage power train block for the colocation market is at the 1,500kVA level

Compared with lead-acid batteries, lithium batteries are smaller, lighter, and have higher energy density, higher availability, longer service life, and more cycle times

Data center companies need to work together to go green, DCD>San Francisco hears

We can’t fix what we don’t understand

In the last few years, lithium-ion batteries have achieved a much lower TCO than traditional lead acid batteries. Users are overcoming their conservatism and looking at the new technology

Every year as part of the DCD Awards, we celebrate the individual achievements of exceptional data center managers, people who go above and beyond the call of duty, who sacrifice their time, effort and emotional well-being on the altar of uptime.

Critical infrastructure is normally inflexible. Andy Lawrence finds out if data center power really can be delivered as a flexible service

Finding fresh talent to operate data centers is tough enough, and the industry is growing fast

Mobile edge devices, and nodes to support them, will represent less than one percent of the power of the cloud

The father of the lithium-ion battery believes he has invented a worthy successor. Others aren't so sure.

Facebook explains how it has one data center operator per 25,000 servers

How Google, Amazon and Microsoft create the illusion of infinite capacity

Look to the skies for an innovative approach to cooling

European regulations are phasing out certain refrigerants, with major effects on data center cooling

To escape the grid, build your own

Fears over climate change and rising power densities led supercomputing designers to adopt hot water cooling

America’s most populous state wants to go all in on renewable energy, but it needs smart regulations that help businesses and consumers alike

Thanks to its demographics, its energy grids, and its politics, Europe is getting ahead on energy efficiency

Upgrading a data center to get a lower PUE is a challenge, but in the sub-tropical South African climate, it is a serious achievement

Data center UPS systems can be used to support the electrical grid, creating a new revenue stream for operators

European Innovation Summit opens with a bid to stake out emerging territory 

We look at Microsoft, NREL and Daimler’s approaches to fuel cells in the data center

Expect hybrid cloud and edge to grow

Relocating to the Nordics, installing emergency gas generators, or sitting tight and waiting for distribution network operators to build the infrastructure?

The concept presents interesting challenges related to power, cooling and compliance - all of these were discussed in detail at DCD Zettastructure

Data centers have to beat the heat. We get into the swing of cooling