You might expect the physical design of data center hardware to be pretty standard by now. Don’t be so sure…

MacStadium runs Apple hardware in its data centers. That’s a surprisingly sensible thing to do

Controlling failure rates and temperatures with AI

Machine learning will increase the demands on data center performance, leading to new ways to cool and power the systems there

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

We all know Intel for its chips, but perhaps we should be paying more attention to its data centers

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

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

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

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?

We made something different, let us know what you think

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

Tall data centers could be the answer to a shortage of land. But they also have to be efficient in a tropical environment

Plus: How many gallons of diesel did Apple’s data centers consume in a year?

Colombia’s Grupo Éxito needed to implement DCIM to get its infrastructure under control. It took the process step by step, says Celia Villarrubia

The external design is based on a broken phone, the internals contain a vertiginous chasm