data center trends

Key Data Center Trends

A look into the future

John Schmidt

Kam Patel

March 29, 2021

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Accommodating remote workers and customers, making facilities safer and more efficient, and driving higher performance will be the hallmarks of data center trends.

Industry Report | Five Data Center Trends for 2021

Sector dynamics, market developments, innovations, challenges, and opportunities

March 3, 2021

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Uptime Institute's examination of some of the top trends in data centers in 2021 reveals a vibrant sector that is growing, especially around the edge, and increasingly embracing new innovations.

Vertiv Experts Foresee Utility-Like Criticality for Data Centers in 2021

Accelerated digitalization, a beefed-up edge, and other key trends to watch for

January 7, 2021

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The pandemic effectively established a new baseline for digital infrastructure as the industry adjusts to and eventually moves beyond the global shutdown.

The Impact of User Behaviors on Networks

A look at 2020 and beyond

Prasanna C

September 14, 2020

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Since the beginning of 2020, quarantines and lockdowns across the globe revealed the need for many organizations to invest more into their network infrastructure.

State of the Industry

A Roundtable Discussion With Mission Critical Professionals

Amy Al-Katib, CDCDP

July 22, 2020

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It’s a Mission Critical tradition to host this roundtable discussion every summer, so we reached out to industry professionals to find out what they have to say about COVID-19, the supply chain, edge computing, sustainability, and more.

Two-Phase Liquid Immersion Cooling Enables the Future of Technology

As computing demands increase, PUE is expected to decrease

John-David Enright

May 5, 2020

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Traditional air-cooled data centers will continue to work for many of the legacy applications. However, there are better solutions that enable space reduction, increased efficiency, cost reduction, and sustainable operations, all while providing the ability to compute at higher densities.

Containerization Approaches for the IIoT

New application gateways enable low-power edge intelligence

Tim Winter

April 30, 2020

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Containerization approaches bring advantages to the operation and maintenance of systems across physical compute resources. In the enterprise IT world, containers are leveraged to decouple computational workloads from the computing substrate on which they run.

Myths and Realities of Prefabricated Data Centers

Modular construction is not limited to containers

Felipe Reséndiz

April 24, 2020

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There are many misconceptions when it comes to the pros and cons of prefabricated data centers. Here, we take a look at some of the more common myths surrounding modular construction and discover the real story …

Follow These Five Steps to a Digital Data Center

Bring together both the human and machine elements

Russell Senesac

April 15, 2020

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A digitized data center future begins with dimming the lights. That means less people on-site, thanks to connected critical infrastructure, data center expertise, and powerful analytics. One day, robots, sensors, and self-healing systems may enable a total lights-out environment. Until then, humans will use innovative technology to reduce risk and improve efficiency in all areas.

The Data Center World Is Changing Fast

Can modular construction get us to the future faster?

Jos Baart

April 14, 2020

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This accelerating growth in the data center market will undoubtedly result in some significant challenges that will need to be handled carefully in order to secure a reliable and fully functioning global IT infrastructure.