Hyperscale

A Hyperscale data centers is defined as when one tenant leases at least 10 Megawatts of data center space. Typically, the architectures are designed to provide a single, massively scalable compute architecture that can scale with demand. Hyperscale computing is necessary when a company needs to build a robust and scalable cloud, AI, or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run global companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

Data Center Execs from Portugal's Start Campus Resign Under Bribery, Corruption Probe

DCF Staff

Dec. 1, 2023

Far-reaching corruption probe is focused on the Stines Data Center project by Start Campus, as well as lithium mining and green-hydrogen production projects.

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Data Center Development in an AI World

Voices of the Industry

Dec. 8, 2023

AI has gone mainstream, and the impact is reverberating everywhere. Mike Licitra, Vice President of Solutions Architecture at Stream Data Centers, has been watching the trend ...

Skybox Datacenters is joining the data center building boom south of Dallas.

Skybox Plans 300-Megawatt Campus South of Dallas

Rich Miller

Nov. 20, 2023

Developer Skybox Datacenters is teaming with Bandera Ventures and Principal Asset Management on a large new campus in Lancaster, Texas.

Sign in front of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, VA. Photo: Rich Miller

REIT of Passage: Realty Income, Digital Realty Form NoVA Development JV for Build-to-Suit Data Centers

Matt Vincent

Nov. 16, 2023

New partnership marks blue-chip net-lease REIT Realty Income's first investment in the data center sector.

A long row of racks and servers inside a Microsoft Azure cloud data center.

Dell'Oro Previews Q3 Data Center Capex Assessment for Major Cloud Providers

Matt Vincent

Nov. 10, 2023

Dell'Oro Group's Baron Fung projects that, in line with prior forecasts, data center capex growth for the top four cloud SPs will taper to mid-single digits for the full year ...

A graphic showing the scale and geography of Brookfield’s data center platform.

Brookfield’s Data Center M&A Targets the AI Opportunity

Rich Miller

Nov. 8, 2023

Brookfield’s acquisition of Cyxtera Technologies is the latest in a series of deals to capture a “once-in-a-generation investment cycle for data centers.”

Siemens Ramps Investment in U.S. Electrical Infrastructure Ahead of GenAI Data Center Surge

Matt Vincent

Nov. 6, 2023

Siemens will invest $150 million in a new manufacturing facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth market to help power U.S. data centers, while boosting uptake of generative AI computing...

Data Center Jobs: Engineering and Sales Jobs Available in Major Markets

Kathy Hitchens

Nov. 3, 2023

Each month, Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posts some of the hottest data center jobs in the market. Find your next job here!

Land and Expand: Cologix, DataBank, Meta

Matt Vincent

Nov. 3, 2023

Land and Expand is a periodic feature at DCF highlighting recent data center developments, including new sites, land acquisitions and campus expansions. This edition of Land and...