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

For services to respond quickly, data must be stored and managed locally

Sometimes technologies become ubiquitous, beyond the need for cost-justification

A majority of data centers have some sort of DCIM, and they are saving money 

Despite infrastructure challenges, India’s data center industry has massive potential, says Sumit Mukhija, in this extract from a DCD Converged interview

With machine learning on board, data centers can become smart enough to understand DCIM systems and tune their own performance 

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

Now we are placing IT equipment at the edge of the network, we have to apply new security measures… and keep up the existing ones 

Data centers are making things better for the rest of us

To give benefits, an IDCMS must integrate all the other management tools in a data center

The game is changing, and operators choosing a data center location are using different criteria

Proper asset management and reporting can help the colo deal with changing customers… and mergers and acquisitions

IT experts and facilities managers are in separate silos right now, but there won’t be room for both of them in the data center of the future 

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

Edge facilities are important. But are they as  big a revolution as we are told?

Treat your IT engineers well and everyone will benefit

Digital transformation will change your infrastructure. DCD invites you to tell us how you are responding to the challenge of becoming “digital first”

Monitor your racks real time, and you could improve your efficiency without adding great expense.. and avoid some nasty surprises 

Data center managers must now combine edge facilities and cloud services. That makes things more complicated

Some operators prefer to build their own facility built to their own specifications. Others need to get into a market quickly, or see a bargain, with sitting tenants

In a virtual world, why are data centers clustering together in campuses

Leasing hardware means you can get the technology you need more quickly - and it can benefit the environment too!

Data sovereignty issues will be at the fore, and data could be repatriated during the Brexit process

China has the world’s fastest growing data center economy. There are risks there - but the opportunities are great