Earlier this week, Future Facilities released some interesting findings based on a study they recently commissioned. The bottom line: there is a lack of Data Center capacity planning, and, in many cases, organizations are not prepared to meet the growing challenges that IT and Facilities face from increased rack densities and other factors. The study indicates that 85% of those surveyed have experienced downtime or outages...
Read MoreGuest Blogger: Tod Sword, Economic Development Consultant, Southern California Edison The Southern California Data Center market, especially that of Los Angeles County, is one of contradictions. There are concerns about high labor costs and soaring utility rates. With an average cost of 12.74¢/kWh, the City of Los Angeles’ commercial electricity rates are 26% higher than the national average of 10.9¢/kWh. Rental rates of $130-$160 kW/mo are almost...
Read MoreData Specialties Inc. is pleased to help the 7x24 Exchange International promote its first International Data Center Day! The Day was created to raise awareness of the data center industry and to inspire the next generation of talent. The first International Data Center Day will be held on October 29, 2019. International Data Center Day provides the industry an opportunity to open their doors and show,...
Read MoreDSI recently completed a significant data center expansion for a global technology services company that will support two large auto manufacturers and their affiliate businesses in the North and South American markets. Prior to DSI’s involvement, the data center was reaching maximum limits of physical space, as well as electrical and cooling capacities. To continue operations, the company planned to expand the facility to operate...
Read MoreToday, we officially launched our quarterly newsletter, the DSI Data Center Dive. The newsletter is an opportunity for us to keep in touch with customers and partners, providing them with valuable information on data center best practices, upcoming events that we will be attending and media coverage. The newsletter is also an opportunity for us to highlight the breadth of work that our firm has...
Read MoreWith Modular Data Centers becoming such an important topic in the data center environment, we wanted to focus on one of DSI’s most recent, and most successful, Modular Data Center projects. The University of Texas Health Science Center recent implemented a Modular Data Center solution designed and built by DSI. As detailed in the link below, construction of a new building to house a data center...
Read MoreLast month, DSI partnered with Future Facilities and RF Code to host two Edge Data Center seminars. The first one was held at Hurricane Electric’s Fremont 2 data center in Fremont, CA and the other one was held in Irvine, CA at Southern California Edison’s operations center. Upon conclusion of the Irvine event, attendees had the opportunity to tour SCE’s data center and get some...
Read MoreAs our friends at Data Center Dynamics describe in their latest North America Newsletter, the US Army is building a Modular Data Center which will be housed in a “standard” shipping container. While the specific applications discussed in the article are unique to the US Army, Modular Data Centers are an increasingly attractive option for all customers seeking uninterruptible power. To view the article, click...
Read MoreWhen deciding on a location for a data center, ensuring that the site has a reliable connection to the electric grid is normally one of the first things any company has to think about. Microsoft believes it might have found another way. For the past five years, the company has been experimenting with a different approach - hydrogen or methane gas-powered fuel cells at the rack...
Read MoreFacility Executive recently published Phil Rafferty’s article about how modular data centers enable organizations to effectively meet their data center needs of today and tomorrow – without overbuilding, overspending, or compromising future performance. Upfront investment to build a new data center is high, and it takes 18 to 24 months to see return on that investment. Because of that long lead time, most data center are...
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