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Skills shortages are everywhere, but affecting data center builders, operators and suppliers particularly acutely. Kirby Group’s Fergus Barry tells DCD what his company is doing to help alleviate them
Skills shortages are everywhere, but affecting data center builders, operators and suppliers particularly acutely. Kirby Group’s Fergus Barry tells DCD what his company is doing to help alleviate them
While data center operators want their fleets to be as uniform as possible, customer demands and regulatory requirements mean that, ultimately, many hyperscale data center elements need to be made-to-measure
Technology keeps developing, and data centers need to develop with it
Smaller companies will take the brunt of the supply chain strain
But obstacles to growth continue to exist
How taking elements off-site during development can simplify the build
And building a data center is no different
Marshall Sorenson of Shockey Precast – a Metromont company – explains why the best laid plans are precast
It’s possible to deploy and adapt faster with brick-based data centers powered by renewable energy sources, argue Equinix’s David Hall, Craig Pennington, and Zac Smith
HoloLens, robots, interactive screens and more: Kirby’s Mark Danaher talks about the future of hyperscale data center construction
Too many of the sector’s best people are reaching retirement age, with too few young people coming through – despite the great prospects for a data center building career
Among the many varied impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the further delay of many data center construction projects
Virtual reality has found a niche enabling data center builders not just to show clients what their facilities will look like, but how work is progressing during the build
With data construction costs rising every year, companies need to be disciplined if they want to keep their construction costs down, according to Sacco
We sat down with Matthew Madden, CEO of DXN Solutions to discuss DXN’s role in the evolution of the Asia-Pacific data center market.
George Rockett, CEO of DCD sat down with Scott Neal, Global Product Director, Prefabricated Modules at Schneider Electric, to talk about all things prefabrication. Here are the highlights.