5 Reasons Why Colocation Is Your IT Answer
Is your company ready to make the move from in-house servers to a shared data center environment such as colocation? What are the things you need to consider when analyzing an outsourced data center…
Power Distribution Shakeups: Evaluating Your Voltage Options
If you’re in North America like 1547, you’ll be evaluating your data center power based on the 480/208/120 V three phase distribution scheme.
Our facilities’ transformers step down the much highe…
Advantages Of The Powered Shell Data Center
The evolution of the data center industry is fascinating to watch. We’ve seen the rise of retail and wholesale colocation, powered shells, and cloud as different but effective solutions, and all imp…
Maintaining IT Agility Even In The Data Center
Keeping your IT department lean and agile is a primary focus for many managers these days. But the data center—a critical component of your IT organization and the foundation for the rest of your IT…
How Custom Data Centers Enable True High Performance Computing (HPC)
Today’s High Performance Computing (HPC) Environments are highly dependent on custom hardware, power and cooling specs. An outmoded data center facility cannot measure up to the requirements of big…
The Ins And Outs Of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Software
Data Center Infrastructure Management is a broad concept. In general it refers to the systems and software tools used to track, tweak, report, or monitor everything in your data center, from airflo…
Data Center Tax Incentives: What They Mean & How They Work For You
Whether you’re involved in data center development on the industry side or you work in IT and are shopping around for a provider, you’ve likely bumped into locations that advertise tax incentiv…
Data Center Networking 101: NAPs, Exchanges, And Interconnection
Sometimes it seems like servers, racks, cooling units, and power supplies get all the attention in the data center. With blinking lights and loud whirring, plus the size and prominence in the white…
To Raise The Floor Or Not To Raise The Floor? That Is The Data Center Question.
Data center design is a constantly fluctuating practice. It can be tough to forecast demand, much less design a facility that is adaptable to the best practices and advanced technology 10 years fro…
How Do UPS Systems Protect Your Data Center?
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems are a critical component of data center backup power. Without them, power fluctuations and outages can take down workloads, damage hardware, and result in…