
Automation Supplement
Toward the self-driving data center
Finding out who owns the biggest data center on the planet is harder than you might think
Projects in the US and China have shown that data centers underwater could be more efficient than those on land. But how do you build them?
Data center diesels don’t have to run on fossil fuels. There’s a recycled product on offer
As Novva deploys Boston Dynamics’ Spot dog robot at its Utah data center, CEO Wes Swenson says larger data centers need automated security
We don’t know how much water data centers use. We just know it’s a lot
We ask Equinix why it is using fuel cells as an alternative to the once-reliable US grid
We talk to Supermicro’s CEO about the evolution of the server market, green computing, and Bloomberg’s hacking allegations
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was one of the world’s first general-purpose computers. And 2021 marks 75 years since it was first unveiled to the public
Investors want to spend money on the Edge - but first they need to see it work
A delay-tolerant networking discussion with the father of the Internet
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
Helps with anomaly detection, but improvements to PUE not expected until later this year
Cleveland Clinic’s chief research information officer talks to DCD about partnering with IBM for an on-premise quantum machine
NASA’s moon-based LunaNet will be one step towards bringing the Internet to the rest of the solar system
Chris Downie heads a US colocation brand with ambitions for hyperscale customers and the Edge. What’s the common thread?
February’s devastating winter storms that took data centers offline and left millions freezing put US resilience into sharp focus
Cashierless shopping requires tons of cameras, and even more compute to track it all
TRG opts for natural gas & diesel combo for backup generators to reduce ‘range anxiety’ in the face of hurricanes
How Bluebird Network got a data center - and how it expanded
Nations and industry have put rivalries aside to marshal the greatest force of computing power ever formed. But is it enough to beat the pandemic?
Citing retreat from JEDI and Maven military cloud contracts
To build in cities, data centers need to become a part of cities. That means looking nicer, and helping out the grid
Plus plans to double in size and budget
Humanity failed to take climate change seriously. Let’s make sure that data centers don’t do the same
Just remember that it will get better
Amazon Web Services hopes to dominate the ground station market by following the cloud model that has served it so well before
NERSC tells us about shutting down Cori
With Northern Virginia bursting at the seams, new submarine fiber could create new hubs in the south of the Commonwealth