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The Data Center Podcast: Chris Crosby, founder and CEO of Compass Datacenters, on business, diversity, and sustainability. While there have been concerns about the influx of new, eager institutional investors pushing data center business valuations to new heights, the type of investors now pouring capital into the industry are a good fit for the type of business data center providers are in. That’s according to Chris Crosby, founder and CEO of Compass Datacenters, whose company is turni...

Switch Bill Kleyman brings more than 15 years of experience to his role as Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions at Switch. Using the latest innovations, such as AI, machine learning, data center design, DevOps, cloud and advanced technologies, Mr. Kleyman delivers solutions to customers that help them achieve their business goals and remain competitive in their market. An active member in the technology industry, he was ranked #16 globally in the Onalytica study that reviewed the top...

Why Hybrid Cloud Is Central to the Colocation Industry’s Future As public clouds grow more sophisticated, it becomes harder and harder for data center providers to build compelling offerings by selling rack space. Its no secret that colocation providers have for years been facing a critical challenge from public clouds. As public cloud platforms like Azure and AWS grow ever more sophisticated (not to mention cheaper), it becomes harder and harder for data center providers to build comp...

Security How to Avoid Paying Ransomware Ransoms - As private experts and government officials advise against indulging the bad guys, here are some tips for following that advice. Kubernetes After Kubernetes’ Victory, Its Former Rivals Change Tack - After what was likely the shortest technology battle in computing history, Docker and D2IQ (formerly Mesosphere) search for new ways ahead. VMware Bakes Kubernetes into vSphere 7, Fleshes Out Tanzu - The grafting of the data center’s most pervasi...

Published: 18 Dec 2020, 12:13 By: Andy Colthorpe The Google data center in Belgium was the companys first to add on-site solar generation. Image: Google. Google is investing in battery energy storage to serve as a backup power solution at one of its data centres, in a project described as a first step in changing data centres “from climate change problems to critical components in carbon-free systems”. Google’s data centre in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium, was the search engine an...

JEFF KLAUS, Intel Corp. As General Manager of Intel Data Center Software Solutions, Jeff Klaus leads a global team that designs, builds, sells and supports Intel DCM, the only software that provides real-time, server-level data on the power and thermal conditions across a wide range of data center servers and other equipment. Provided as an SDK, Intel DCM middleware is integrated into Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) consoles to increase data center power and thermal efficiency. Si...