Thanks to the effect of the pandemic, 2021 presents unique challenges and opportunities for IT organizations. In their Q1 update, SoCal AFCOM examined what the future is going to look like. A major theme of the conversation, as highlighted by IDC’s predictions for 2021, is that the ability of IT organizations to rapidly adapt and respond to business disruptions will be the driving force for...
Read MoreLast week, DSI formally announced the completion of a Data Center upgrade for a large Northern California Police Department. Mission Critical Magazine recently wrote a piece about this project that not only involved public safety, but was done during COVID-19. To ensure that the project was completed on time and adhered to all COVID-19 protocol, DSI worked directly with the department’s IT staff to ensure they...
Read MoreEach year, Jim Kerrigan of North American Data Centers reports on the prior year’s leasing activity for Multi-Tenant Data Centers. The report goes over the size of the deals, as well as the players involved. According to this year’s report, Data Center leasing in 2020 was just under 700 MW; that is three times greater than in 2019 and twice that of 2018. The report goes...
Read MoreThe pandemic had a large impact on critical infrastructure providers and revealed the importance of digital across a wide range of industries and activities. With that in the background, the team from the Uptime Institute provided their thoughts about current developments in mission critical digital infrastructure, including five trends to be on the lookout for 2021: Accountability, Smarter Data Centers, Edge Computing, Sustainability and Innovation. Accountability As...
Read MoreWith pandemic-fueled increases in online work, education and entertainment, Data Centers of all types have proven their worth time and again in the last many months. These critical facilities have met the challenges of new workloads and changes in how they provide services. They have also continued to deliver vital connectivity and storage while in many cases facing reduced budgets and staffing restrictions. Next year,...
Read MoreData Centers are a critical player in how we live our lives. Our current environment—of increased online learning, working from home, and virtually connecting with friends and family—has only highlighted their key role. In fact, the demand for ecommerce and virtual connectivity during this global pandemic underlies significant financial performance—Data Center REITs outperformed other sectors during the first half of 2020. Research from JLL identified three...
Read MoreToday, we released our Fall Newsletter with a special focus on some of the natural disasters that threaten the seamless operation of Data Centers throughout California and the Pacific Northwest. You can read about the ways we’re helping customers ensure their backup power is ready to go at a moment’s notice, as well as an article in Mission Critical Magazine highlighting DSI’s commitment to Data...
Read MoreYesterday, DSI announced its commitment to ensuring the Data Center ecosystem with uptime and power readiness. With the record number of wildfires throughout the State of California and the Pacific Northwest, DSI is once again renewing its commitment to data uptime through our Power Check-Up Service. You can read more about yesterday’s news in Mission Critical Magazine. Between the threat of wildfires, as well as the...
Read MoreBecause Data Centers rely on a continuous uninterrupted electrical power supply to function, the current heat emergency in California presents a significant risk for Data Center owners and managers. With temperatures in some parts of the state expected to reach, and stay at, triple digits in late August, and cities all across the Western US under high heat alerts, the grid is unable to handle...
Read MoreThe City of Chico Police Department, with 140 full-time employees and 100 police volunteers responsible for protecting the town of almost 100,000, needed to upgrade their existing Data Center to continue to protect critical dispatch and life safety response operations. They needed to ensure that the upgraded Data Center was wired for a future redundant UPS and to make room for additional server cabinets as...
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