For this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show Podcast, DCF editors Matt Vincent and David Chernicoff chat with Tiffany Osias, VP of Colocation for Equinix . Osias begins by discussing the company's investment in a range of data center innovations to help its customers enter new markets and gain competitive advantages through burgeoning AI and machine learning tools. In the course of the discussion, we also learn about Equinix's deployment of closed loop liquid cooling technologies in six dat...
Sep 26, 2023•24 min•Ep. 14
Data Center Frontier editors Matt Vincent and David Chernicoff recently caught up with Cyxtera's Field CTO Holland Barry on the occasion of Cyxtera and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announcing a new collaboration to help simplify customers' hybrid IT strategies. Cyxtera is now leveraging HPE's GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to support an enterprise bare metal platform. The podcast discussion extends to how Cyxtera is presently focused on supporting AI workloads in data centers and collabora...
Sep 12, 2023•24 min•Ep. 13
Recognizing how data center liquid cooling technology has taken the spotlight this year, in this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show podcast, DCF Editor in Chief Matt Vincent sits down with Mark Fenton , Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Cadence Design Systems; and Mark Seymour, Distinguished Engineer with Cadence and co-founder and CEO of Future Facilities, Ltd., a company specializing in digital twin technology for data centers, whom Cadence acquired in July of 2022. The discussion unpack...
Aug 29, 2023•32 min•Ep. 12
Premised on DCF's recent article series centered on data center diesel backup generator technology, the latest episode of the Data Center Frontier Show podcast finds site editors Matt Vincent and David Chernicoff recounting how Aligned Data Centers' Quantum Loophole campus was recently called out by the State of Maryland over a permitting snag in a contentiously approved plan for construction of 168 data center diesel generators, amounting to over 500 MW of backup power generation. Data centers ...
Aug 15, 2023•21 min•Ep. 11
According to a recent State of the Edge report , global capital expenditure on IT equipment for edge infrastructure is projected to grow to $104 billion by 2028. Moreover, recent IDC research forecasts worldwide spending on edge computing platforms to reach nearly $274 billion by 2025. As AFL executives in a related DCF 'Voices of the Industry' essay from earlier this year explained further, "Edge data centers are key to unleashing advanced use cases resulting in new user experiences and new bus...
Jul 28, 2023•28 min•Ep. 10
The latest episode of the Data Center Frontier Show podcast begins with the site's editors Matt Vincent and David Chernicoff commemorating the "hand off" of show hosting duties from DCF founder and Editor at Large Rich Miller. As duly noted, this transition of course occurs amid another terrifying, annually recurring "hottest year on record" for planet Earth. The discussion between editors unfolds to focus on two areas wherein David has done significant reporting this year, based on a wealth of ...
Jul 18, 2023•28 min•Ep. 9
What might AI - artificial intelligence - mean for the data center industry? On this week’s Data Center Frontier Show, host Rich Miller chats with DCF Senior Editor David Chernicoff, who has been digging into all things AI, including its potential impact on cloud platforms, chip makers, hardware startups, server vendors, and colocation providers. They take a deep dive into the implications of AI for the data center industry. If you are at all interested in AI and data centers, this is the podcas...
Jun 20, 2023•29 min
DCF Show host Rich Miller chats with Bill Kleyman, a long-time contributor to Data Center Frontier and one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Data Center World 2023, where he will share insights from the AFCOM State of the Data Center 2023 industry survey. Bill and Rich dive deep into all the hot topics - including the rise of AI, rising rack density, the cloud capacity crunch and supply chain and nuclear-powered data centers. It's a fun and interesting discussion. Here’s a timeline of topi...
May 04, 2023•56 min
The cloud computing boom has beennfueled by an infux of capital. One of the most prominent growth stories is NTT Global Data Centers, which has become the world's third-largest data center operator and is building across the United States. On this week’s Data Center Frontier Show, we chat with Steve Lim, the Senior VP of Marketing for NTT Global Data Centers, who has had a front row seat for the company's enormous growth, and shares his take on some of the trends and markets playing a role in NT...
Jan 26, 2023•39 min•Ep. 2
Across Silicon Valley, there are innovations underway that will change the way data centers are cooled. Greg Stover works with technology disruptors to help understand new processor designs and their implications for the design of racks and data halls. DCF Show host Rich Miller talks with Stover, the Global Director of Hi-Tech Development for Vertiv, about trends in processors and how they may accelerate the adoption of liquid cooling. Greg also discusses the evolution of Vertiv, which he descri...
Jan 12, 2023•35 min•Ep. 1
Immersion cooling, in which servers are submerged in liquid coolant, has a high "cool factor" but low adoption. On this week’s show, talk with JD Enright about all things immersion cooling. In our wide-ranging discussion, we explore how hyperscale operators and the crypto sector are approaching the use of immersion, the potential for its use in edge computing, and how TMGcore is serving the market, including its robotic system for swapping out submerged servers. As President and CEO of TMGcore ,...
Dec 05, 2022•32 min
As a large energy user, the data center industry has a key role to play in the global response to climate change. Pankaj Sharma of Schneider Electric is on the front lines of this effort, working with data center operators and suppliers on a holistic approach to making digital infrastructure more sustainable. Sharma joins DCF Editor Rich Miller for a wide-ranging discussion about the growing sense of urgency for climate action, the Schneider sustainability framework for data centers, and how the...
Nov 15, 2022•29 min
On this week's Data Center Frontier Show, we talk site selection with Ernest Popescu, the Vice President for Global Site Development for Iron Mountain Data Centers. All around the globe, data center operators are facing challenges in finding enough land, power and water to support the rapid growth of cloud computing. As campuses become MegaCampuses, finding suitable real estate is becoming difficult. That's why site selection has become one of the most important skillsets in the data center busi...
Oct 17, 2022•26 min
EdgeConneX has built one of unique growth stories in digital infrastructure. An early leader in edge computing, EdgeConneX later began building huge data centers for hyperscale operators. It's a result of following the customers, says Phillip Marangella, the Chief Marketing Officer of EdgeConneX. On today's show, Marangella speaks with host Rich Miller about how edge computing has evolved and where it is headed, how EdgeConneX is seeking to build a diverse workforce, and how the company's 2020 a...
Aug 05, 2022•24 min
Sabey Data Centers has deployed more than 4 million square feet of mission-critical space across the United States, including a new data center in Austin, Texas. Sabey Chief Revenue Officer Tim Mirick joins us to talk about Sabey's history in data center development, and its big 2022 expansions in Austin and Central Washington. Tim shares insights into how Sabey thinks about expansion and growth markets, the rising profile of digital infrastrucutre, and the new technologies driving data center g...
May 19, 2022•27 min
In our Earth Day edition, DCF Editor Rich Miller talks with Sean Farney about the data center industry's progress on confronting climate change, and how sustainability has become a "board-level imperative" for all companies. Sean has been involved in some of the most innovative projects in digital infrastructure, including one of the first web-scale data centers deploying servers in containers, and an edge computing startup focused on converting retail stores into data centers. In a wide-ranging...
Apr 22, 2022•35 min
For Kirk Offel, the bottom line of his business is simple. "We're changing lives and saving people by finding them a sense of purpose," says Offel, the CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical, which provides military veterans with expertise in mission-critical operations and management. Overwatch helps data center owners and operates manage their facilities, but its biggest impact is in the lives of the military veterans it trains, employs, and places into data center careers. In this podcast, Offel d...
Jan 05, 2022•46 min
The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is making headlines around the world. It's not yet clear how serious Omicron may become, but it is a worrisome development in a pandemic that has extracted a high toll. What might Omicron mean to the data center sector and cloud computing? That's our topic today on the Data Center Frontier show, where we look at three areas of potential business impact: travel restrictions, supply chain disruptions, and the progress of the enterprise recovery in I...
Nov 29, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1
We're jazzed this week to have Bill Kleyman as our guest. Bill is Executive VP of Digital Solutions at Switch, as well as author of the AFCOM State of the Data Center research report and head of millennial outreach for Infrastructure Masons. Bill has been an editorial contributor for both Data Center Knowledge and DCF, and is a technology evangelist with nearly boundless enthusiasm for his work. In this podcast, Bill and DCF Editor Rich Miller dig into some of the prevailing trends in digital in...
Jul 07, 2021•40 min
The data center business has gone global. For developers, this means extending their operations across borders and oceans. For a first-hand account of this experience, Rich talks with AJ Byers, of Compass Datacenters about their new campus in Israel, opportunities in Europe, and the quest for more clean electricity in Montreal, where crypto and cannabis firms are also seeking power to expand their operations.
Jun 11, 2021•28 min
The Blackstone acquisition of QTS Realty for $10 billion is the biggest deal ever for the data center industry. We highlighted the potential for these huge deals in DCF's 2021 forecast. Here's some thoughts on the Blackstone-QTS deal, what it means for data center M&A, and what comes next. Links: Blackstone to Acquire QTS in Blockbuster Data Center Deal https://datacenterfrontier.com/qts-acquired-by-blackstone-in-blockbuster-data-center-ma-deal/ Data Center M&A on the Horizon as New SPAC...
Jun 09, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
How do you build innovation into data center development? This week our guest is Nancy Novak, the Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters,. Nancy and DCF Show Host Rich Miller discuss how innovation is critical to faster and larger capacity deployments, and helped Compass deliver new projects during the pandemic. Nancy also shares her take on diversity in the data center industry - where there's progress, and how to meet the staffing challenges to come. Here's a timeline of topics discus...
Mar 31, 2021•31 min
Rich Miller sits down with Chris Crosby, the CEO of Compass Datacenters, for a wide-ranging conversation about the latest trends in the data center sector. Chris is an industry veteran who was in on the ground floor of the data center boom in working with CoreSite, Digital Realty and now Compass. The conversation explores demand trends from edge to cloud, where new data centers are being built, and why a data center developer has a research and development unit. Here's a timeline of topics Rich ...
Mar 11, 2021•32 min
Our society relies on data as never before. The world needs more data center capacity, and it needs it yesterday. The key to meeting this challenge is industrialization – the ability to add cloud capacity in new places at Internet speed. Rich Miller looks at how the data center development is getting bigger, faster and more efficient. Here are links to the additional resources Rich mentions: Building Through the Pandemic: Data Centers Added 17 Million SF in 2020 https://datacenterfrontier.com/bu...
Feb 25, 2021•13 min
Cloud computing can be a catalyst for action on climate change. Customers are demanding it, and the planet needs it. Rich Miller outlines how the cloud's massive energy footprint positions the data center industry to drive a global shift to renewably-powered business. Here are links to the additional resources Rich mentions: Report: Green Data Centers & The Sustainability Imperative https://datacenterfrontier.com/white-paper/green-data-centers-iron-mountain/ Report: The RIse of the Sustainab...
Feb 09, 2021•16 min
Enterprise IT must adapt to a new landscape created by the COVID19 pandemic. DCF Editor Rich Miller outlines why this will matter to data center professionals and end users. This is the first in a series of broadcasts outlining the Eight Trends That Will Shape the Data Center in 2021. In 2020, when cloud technology enabled society to retool to survive the pandemic. As the world slowly defines the contours of the “next normal” in its battle with COVID-19, flexibility and resiliency are the busine...
Jan 27, 2021•12 min
DCF Show host Rich Miller speaks talks with Dean Nelson, the founder of Infrastructure Masons and an industry thought leader who has helped build some of the world's largest data center networks for Sun Microsystems, eBay and Uber. Rich and Dean discuss the essential role the data center industry has played during the COVID-19 pandemic, Infrastructure Masons' mission to ensure that "every click improves the future," and Dean's work as CEO of Virtual Power Systems and its vision for software-defi...
Dec 14, 2020•51 min
The cloud is extending to the stars. DCF Show host Rich Miller talks with Doug Mohney, who writes about the intersection of space and the data center industry. You'll hear some of the use cases that combine data centers and satellites, and how large cloud computing players like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are using satellites to extend their reach beyond the atmosphere. LINKS: Data Centers Above The Clouds: Colocation Goes to Space https://datacenterfrontier.com/data-centers-above-th...
Nov 24, 2020•34 min
Will your data be stored in DNA and holograms? Microsoft is working on new storage technologies to house massive amounts of data. Some of them feel like science fiction, but could disrupt how we store and manage data. DCF Editor Rich Miller explains how data can be stored in DNA and holograms. The biggest advantage: The potential to shrink Walmart-sized data centers.
Nov 04, 2020•13 min
Google’s Grace Hopper Cable connecting the U.S. and Europe is the latest in a series of new subsea cable projects. Data Center Frontier Show host Rich Miller looks at how cloud growth is reshaping how data travels around the globe.
Aug 06, 2020•8 min•Ep. 8
