A custom rack in a Google data center packed with Tensor Processing Unit hardware for machine learning. (Photo: Google)
Google Data Center Footprint Growing in Southeast (Jan. 20): Google is focusing a large chunk of its computing power in the southeastern United States, a data center site selection strategy that is unique among cloud-scale operators.
The Internet of Things May Create A New Breed of Data Centers (May 2): The Internet of Things will lead to new types of data centers in new places, optimized around the needs of machine-to-machine (M2M) workloads and the analytics that mine these oceans of data for business insights.
Bitcoin Mining Boom Prompts Utility to Seek Power Rate Hike (Feb. 2): The bitcoin mining boom has prompted a backlash in central Washington state, where a local power board has proposed a rate hike for high-density power users. Does this matter for data centers?
Google Unveils 48V Data Center Rack, Joins Open Compute (March 9): The hyperscale data center of the future will run on 48 volt DC power, according to Google, which unveiled the custom design powering its servers and joined the Open Compute Project to evangelize this vision to the world.
Infrastructure Masons: Data Centers Can Be Faster, Sexier (Nov.18): Career development and faster networks were key themes discussed this week by Infrastructure Masons, a group that brings together the largest data center builders to chart a course for the cloud economy.
What does 2017 have in store for the data center industry? At Data Center Frontier we focus on how emerging technologies shape the design and location of data centers. So we’ll share insights from industry experts on the road ahead for artificial intelligence, virtual reality and edge computing.