Robert Fernandez, director of economic diversification for Parkland County in Alberta, Canada, discusses how the ongoing energy market downturn in northern Canada has created a timely opportunity for data center companies in terms of land prices and availability, climate, existing infrastructure, and more. 

Andy Lawrence, managing director of research at Uptime Institute, discusses the 10^th Annual Global Data Center Survey results. Download the full survey here.

Bryan Kaplan, CTO of Juvare, and Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical, discuss the importance of situational awareness and disaster preparedness.

In this episode, Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical interviews Monte Zweben, CEO of Splice Machine, to dissect the reasons he believes digital transformation has shifted from a luxury to a necessity. He also goes on to describe how businesses can satisfy this need in a cost-effect way.

Read more in Zweben’s article on the Digital Imperative.

Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical magazine, invited two guests from CNet Training to join her on The Thought Cloud. She talks with Melissa Chambal — technical manager for the U.S., Latin American, and Canada — and Pat Drew — instructor and online tutor — about the opportunities available through the organization's Global Digital Infrastructure Educational Framework and what learners can expect from the virtual classroom environment.

Read more about the program here.

Two experts from Owen’s Corning — Tiffany Coppock, commercial building systems specialist, and Dave Wolf, research and development program leader — share their knowledge about data center challenges that can be addressed with cellular glass roof solutions on this episode of The Thought Cloud podcast.