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Connecting One of the World’s Greenest Data Centers

Building inside a mountain presents challenges and benefits

March 3, 2020

In the data center industry, storing data in a secure environment is of upmost importance. Green Mountain had a vision that if a mountain could keep NATO’s weapons secure, then it could also keep data secure; and the company was right.

U.S. Data Center Market Sees Record Leasing and Construction Activity in 2019

Findings based on recent CBRE report

February 28, 2020

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Driven by demand from large enterprise and cloud users, U.S. data center leasing and construction completions reached record levels in 2019, according to CBRE’s latest U.S. Data Center Trends Report.

The Death of the Island Fortress

Data center site selection in the 21st century

Bill Mazzetti

February 25, 2020

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While they started out like lab spaces in the ’70s, data centers evolved. By the ’90s, most had transformed into enterprise-owned, purpose-built, “island fortresses” with all data held inside.

Digitize the Commissioning Process to Increase Project Value

Eight case-in-point examples to highlight the benefits of digital commissioning software

Akash Mehta, QCxP, LEED AP BD+C

February 25, 2020

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One project, 10 buildings, 20 companies, 90 systems, 1,500 pieces of equipment, and 1,500 tests — that’s what Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD) managed during the commissioning (Cx) of a 28-MW mission critical project for a Fortune 500 client.

PFM: Delivering Fast, Efficient, Reliable Data Centers, One Box at a Time

The modular approach is a disruptor today, but it could be the default of the future

Matt Weil

February 9, 2020

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Rather than relying on on-site construction like conventional data centers, PFM involves assembling units or modules of data center infrastructure in factories and then shipping them to the site.

Compass Datacenters Adds Second Dallas-Area Campus

Will deliver 350-plus MW of IT load

January 30, 2020

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Compass Datacenters LLC purchased 225 acres in Red Oak, Texas, for its new campus, which will provide capacity to hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise customers.

Stack, Peterson Announce Development of Hyperscale Data Center Campus

It will eventually offer more than 250 MW of critical load

January 22, 2020

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Stack Infrastructure and Peterson Cos. announced plans to develop a data center campus in Manassas, Virginia.

Operation Hyperscale

eStruxture partners with Vertiv on MTL-2 facility

January 20, 2020

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The eStruxture team sought a partner to help build out its MTL-2 colocation facility with highly resilient electrical and mechanical infrastructure in a phased, modular approach.

Clune Completes Construction of DataGryd’s New Facility

MegaSuite 6 data center in the heart of New York City

December 14, 2019

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Construction was completed on DataGryd’s MegaSuite 6 facility. Corgan, a data center architecture firm, designed the building; Robert Derector Associates served as the project’s engineer; and Clune Construction built it.

White Paper | Rack and Roll: Explaining the Surging Demand for Integrated Racks

November 26, 2019

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There is a growing move toward more normalized data center equipment and designs, especially among cloud and colocation providers and extending from core to edge.

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The rapid demand for lithium batteries with uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) has left the fire, safety, and electrical codes a step behind. In prior versions of these batteries – there was little guidance given on installation and code requirements. The latest versions require a more stringent look at new codes, requirements and practices.

Mission Critical Magazine

2020 March/April

Learn about emerging battery technologies, monitoring options in the data center, optimized electrical system designs, and more inside the pages of Mission Critical’s March/April issue.

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