Trends in Data Center Investment

Aug. 7, 2020
DCF editor Rich Miller recently spoke to Next Platform TV about data center demand and investment. Here’s a look at the discussion, plus some resources about data center investment trends.

I recently had a great conversation with Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform about data center demand and investment.

A summary of our discussion: “The data center business is booming, even within (and possibly due to) the current pandemic situation. Fresh infrastructure investments are coming in from those who normally pushed funds in airports, toll roads, and real estate and demand from gaming, streaming, and other services are also pushing this ahead. How does the investment play out over the years and how is it different now?” Here’s the video:

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Here are some resources that provide additional depth on the topics I discussed in The Next Platform interview.

The Next Platform and its  TV channel are great resources for staying current on high-performance computing (HPC), supercomputing and server hardware.

About the Author

Rich Miller

I write about the places where the Internet lives, telling the story of data centers and the people who build them. I founded Data Center Knowledge, the data center industry's leading news site. Now I'm exploring the future of cloud computing at Data Center Frontier.

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