Establishing a Data Center Engineering and Design Group
A data center represents a significant investment in both capital and operational resources, designed to deliver high availability, concurrent maintainability, and future-proof scalability for mission-critical workloads. Establishing an effective engineering and design group to comprehensively design such a facility is a complex, multidisciplinary endeavor requiring careful coordination across technical domains, stakeholder interfaces, and project phases. […]
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Modular Data Center Planning and Deployment
The growth of digital infrastructure has fundamentally transformed the requirements for data center capacity and agility. Traditional data center construction, characterized by bespoke, on-site builds and protracted timelines, is increasingly challenged by the need for rapid deployment, scalability, and cost efficiency. In response, modular and prefabricated data center solutions have emerged as a compelling alternative, […]
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Energy Implications of Quantum Computing
Quantum computing stands at the threshold of transforming the landscape of information technology, promising to solve classes of problems that are intractable for even the most powerful classical supercomputers. As the field rapidly advances, the energy implications of quantum computing have become a topic for data center operators, sustainability advocates, and technology strategists alike. […]
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Data Center Infrastructure Outlook
Projected Trends and Capacity Allocations for Cloud, AI Training, and AI Inference Workloads (2025–2035) The next decade will be defined by more transformation in data center infrastructure, driven by the explosive growth of cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) training, and AI inference workloads. As digitalization accelerates across every sector, the demand for compute, storage, and […]
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Leveraging AI for IT Equipment Replacement, Retrofit, and Reuse
The evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, encompassing data centers, workplace devices, and industrial control systems, demands innovations that go beyond traditional lifecycle management. Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a critical enabler for maximizing end-of-life (EOL) asset value, supporting optimal timing for replacement, retrofit, and reuse, and orchestrating material flows within circular economy frameworks. Key Takeaway: […]
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Data Centers and the Energy "Transition"
Comparative Synopsis: The challenge of decarbonizing the energy that supports data centers is now one of the most urgent and complex systemic puzzles facing the modern age. Two recently read works (Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's More and More and More and Bill Gates's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster) offer contrasting and complementary frameworks for understanding and […]
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Dishwasher Analogy: How a GPU server (or data center) is like a dishwasher
GPU server racks are the industrial workhorses behind AI training, scientific simulations, and real-time analytics. To understand their operational footprint, especially in terms of water, power, and auxiliary systems, it helps to step into a more familiar setting: your kitchen. Let’s imagine a GPU rack as a high-end dishwasher. This could be the quiet, energy-efficient […]
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How do Data Center Investors Decide When and Where to Invest?
Investing your money can be extremely stressful and knowing exactly when to invest and which company to invest in can be even more so, especially since data centers may be a foreign industry to most. While many find investing to be a second nature those who might not have the time or patience to research […]
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How do You Evaluate a Website?
How do you tell whether or not a website is going to be worth your while? How do you confirm that you are getting the best most reliable information possible? Or if you are designing a website of your own how do you make it the best possible site for your users? By checking off […]
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