Equipment, expertise, and management are so much more advanced than they were five or 10 years ago. How could failures possibly be more common?

AI is often presented as a universal panacea that can somehow resolve everything

Regulations and changing locations means extra care has to be taken when it comes to the air around you

Increase productivity by taking ergonomics seriously

We can do good, and we should do better

Accurate, reliable data is central to a serious sustainability initiative

With UPS-as-a-Reserve, data centers can be compensated either for not drawing power, or for offering capacity back to the grid

Each of the approaches to data center construction has its pros and cons

DCValley strongly focuses on the Energy Re-use Factor (ERF)

As businesses, we affect the environment in ways often not clearly visible

Light up your data center, efficiently

Old buildings have found new uses as data centers, perhaps old data centers will live again too

Increasing data center efficiency is a complex task. Humans could use a little help

The Data Center Performance Index from Infrastructure Masons could help customers choose a facility

There’s nothing for you beyond the firewall

As a new surge of building begins, it’s more important than ever that data centers move to renewable energy sources

A bigger focus on cloud, mobility and analytics has made many organizations rethink their data center strategies

There are huge opportunities for overseas operators interested in attracting and doing business with the rapidly expanding companies from China

Data centers are making things better for the rest of us

Just because you can do bad things doesn’t mean you should

Cloud giants are adopting renewable power, but smaller companies lack the budget, and some regions lack the infrastructure to do the same. What are their options? 

As grids get hard up, could data centers share their backup generators with the rest of society?

Data center builders and operators must work together on efficient, sustainable practices

While we’re dreaming up underwater data centers, we also need to tweak our generators