Over the last two years, we have been inundated by requests from wholesale and colocation clients to help develop winning proposals supporting hyperscale tenants. While each proposal we develop is customized to the hyperscale tenant, there are similarities and differences among each request.

One of the key objectives of hyperscale data centers is to reduce the cost per MW, as well as designing for reliability and sustainability.

UL has been certifying a majority of the equipment used in the data center space including mechanical, electrical and fire protection for the past 30 years.

A new approach in the colocation business plan.

During the Mark Zuckerberg Congressional Hearing, Congressman Mr. Morgan Griffith (R) of West Virginia made a statement to Mark Zuckerberg, and I quote, “How about doing something like Underwriters Laboratories (UL) did when electricity was new to determine if devices like that were safe.

Locating in the city is the newest trend in the data center market.

Fifteen years ago, data center engineers had literally thousands of potential clients in the United States with data centers — plenty of work to go around, right?

Niche as defined by Webster’s is “a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted — finally found her niche.”

When analysts stated that the mergers & acquisitions (M&A) market would continue to grow in 2017 (after a robust 2016) they weren’t lying.

ESD designs and consults for three of the top five hyperscale clients worldwide, and four of the top five colocation/wholesale providers.