Does the data center industry have a place in space?

And building a data center is no different

Marshall Sorenson of Shockey Precast – a Metromont company – explains why the best laid plans are precast

And reliability close behind, claims NTT

Few things need to be as consistently reliable as data centers. But with well-thought out processes and management the risk of downtime can be minimised, says JLL’s Terry L Rodgers

How Huawei's all-in-one FusionModule2000 enabled three organisations to roll-out new data centers in weeks

What comes first? The lack of skilled staff or the lack of available training?

Knight Frank’s Adeline Liew talks to DCD about the industry, and how training can help organizations to keep pace with its relentless growth

But building an enterprise data center there is not as simple as it seems

Quite possibly, and in equal measure to their importance.

In another positive advancement for the company, Anord Mardix welcomes its new APAC regional sales director, in the form of critical power veteran, Bruce Moore

The big question of DCD’s Inside Africa broadcast

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

As data center operators seek cleaner, more sustainable options, natural gas backup microgrids could improve emissions and cut costs, through revenue-generating market participation programs

The world’s biggest hyperscalers are also big users of colo services. But ‘cloud condos’, plugged together 5MW at a time, could prove to be a better fit for their needs

The European infrastructure fund, Marguerite II, acquires the Swedish data center operator Conapto

Training is the key to staying abreast of developments in an industry as fast moving as the data center sector, says Georg Fischer’s Ian Waldock

HoloLens, robots, interactive screens and more: Kirby’s Mark Danaher talks about the future of hyperscale data center construction

Many data center operators found that their mid-20th century working practices needed to be quickly updated during the pandemic, says BGIS’s Tony DeSpirito

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

How best is knowledge transferred between different project stages and stakeholders, and what impact does this have on facility performance and total cost of ownership?

Virtual reality and smarter approaches to the skills shortage offer a route out of Covid-19 pressures

Among the many varied impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the further delay of many data center construction projects

Optimizing data center operations in a legacy retrofit located in a metropolitan hub presents challenges, complexities as well as opportunities