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Forever, data centers have been rows and rows of dedicated servers. Static, boring racks, or new virtualized server environments—powered by this or that and running in this environment or the other. However they were run, they always had one thing in […]

Like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, data centers are looking to use fuel cells as their main source of power. Yes, that’s kind-of-battery-powered data centers. What!? Crazy. There’s been attempts to do this in the past, most notably with Apple’s […]

A University of London research team is extending the operating distance of fiber-optic cabling by doubling the existing throughput. Using photonic technology, the researchers are connecting dissimilar data centers (even ones on different continents) by using “game-changing” technology involving long […]

It would be foolish of me to tell you that all data centers aren’t built the same. It would be foolish, but why would I say it anyways? That’s because data center efficiency must have multiple definitions to fit each […]

2015 might be the year that changes the way you look at data forever. Everyone is constantly looking for more efficient (but cheaper) ways to store their data or bring their data to their customers as quickly as possible. And […]

Editor’s Note: The original article (posted below the line) was published on May 21, 2013. An update on the subject matter was sorely needed…. If you can’t trust a state you protect, then who can you trust? The NSA was caught […]

Oh, what’s that? You thought colocation was a thing of the past—a dying breed pushed away by the cloud legion? Well, then you’re going to be quite surprised at how well colocation is managing despite what you might be hearing. […]

When you think of the government, chances are you don’t think of the word “efficiency.” But these days, money is tight for everyone. As a result, Americans are finally forcing their government to be somewhat more financially responsible than it’s […]

The International Data Corporation has decided to give us what they were born to give us: some data. They predict that the total amount of data centers throughout the whole entire Earth will reach it’s nadir at 8.6 million in 2017. […]