Silicon runs on direct current, so why not use DC to power racks?

Dismissed in the 2010s, the idea of running direct current through your building could be set to make a comeback

What happens when quantum computers arrive in data centers?

What role do legacy interconnection hubs have a place in a cloud & Edge ecosystem?

A PPA primer for data center companies

Keep it local, keep talking, and data centers can be a welcome part of their community, says Alexandra Schless of NorthC

The biggest data center deals; from KKR buying CyrusOne to Peak 10’s purchase of ViaWest

Fourteen years after apparent proof that warmer is better, colocation companies are still struggling to turn their cooling systems down

How Wise escaped Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the help of Equinix Metal and others

Equinix’s newest data center spans nine stories, not counting underground storage tanks for fuel.

Amet Novillo, managing director of Equinix Mexico, discusses the purchase of four facilities from the LatAm telco

Equinix CSO Michael Montoya talks to DCD about the company's September 2020 ransomware attack, and how it responded and recovered

We ask Equinix why it is using fuel cells as an alternative to the once-reliable US grid

A record storm and a failing grid knocked out America’s second-largest state. But data centers prevailed. We hear the stories of those that were there

He nearly helped Digital Realty pull off a merger with Equinix. Now Scott Peterson has a new gig that’s a lot smaller. But will it stay that way?

Despite the increased efficiency of battery power and renewable energy, data center operators still have diesel generators out back. That may be changing

25 operators and 17 associations respond to the European Green Deal - Facebook and Microsoft aren't there

Data centers include a massive amount of electrical devices, powered by buses and cables. Let’s look at moves to simplify that

Is Edge going to change everything or will it fit alongside everything we already have?

This year has been a good one for data centers, but here’s hoping we never have another like it

To build in cities, data centers need to become a part of cities. That means looking nicer, and helping out the grid

Equinix is preparing to fend off hyperscale competition - and customers can still visit

Data is private, but data centers are often shared. That’s the issue colocation security methods must contend with, now and in the future

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

xScale marks the spot

All around the world, data center builders are finding they have to build upwards, creating new opportunities and challenges

While customers increasingly seek out multi-cloud solutions, Western companies might prefer to stick with what they know

There’s little use trying to compete with public cloud providers when you can benefit from their growth, says Equinix’s EMEA president Eric Schwartz