Modular Data Center

22 Nov 2023
Posted byDSI
CategoryData Center News, Data Centers, Modular Data Center

Modular Data Center Enables Large Transportation Company to Scale

Swift Transportation, the largest common carrier in the United States, faced a critical challenge as its data center struggled with infrastructure issues that led to unplanned outages and equipment failures. These failures weakened senior management’s confidence in the company’s technology and IT staff and jeopardized plans for essential technology upgrades. These disruptions in the data center also threatened consumers and businesses beyond Swift Transportation. Trucks transport...

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02 Oct 2023
Posted byDSI
CategoryData Center Upgrade, Data Centers, Modular Data Center

Revolutionizing Data Center Design with AI: The Rise of Modular Data Centers

Data centers are at the forefront of technological advancement in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. The demand for data processing, storage, and analysis has skyrocketed, driven by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries. As a result, traditional data center designs are facing new challenges, and modular data centers are the transformative solution and the go-to choice for businesses seeking scalability, flexibility, and efficiency. AI-Powered...

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16 Jul 2021
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Design, Facilities Design, Modular Data Center

The Advantage of Geo Diversity in Data Center Location

The number of users consuming huge amounts of data online every day is almost inconceivable to imagine. And this demand for data is only growing. We have Data Centers to thank for allowing the incredible amount of interactions that are made online daily. Data Centers provide faster internet speeds and facilitate human connections across the globe. However, when a Data Center is not in an...

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03 Nov 2020
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Center News, Data Center Upgrade, Data Centers, Design, Edge Data Center, Modular Data Center

Data Centers Rebounding Post-Pandemic

With 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,...

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10 Apr 2020
Posted byDSI
CategoryData Center News, Data Centers, Edge Data Center, Modular Data Center, News

COVID-19 Takes Data Center Mainstream

Earlier this week, a piece in a legal journal caught our eye, as it builds on a trend we have seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: Data Centers are continuing to get more attention from mainstream sources and, despite the current economic situation, it further illustrates the growth that Data Centers will see this year or, as we referred to it in an earlier blog, “The...

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03 Apr 2020
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Center News, Data Centers, Modular Data Center

KEY CONSIDERATIONS: HOW TO PROPERLY TRANSPORT A MODULAR DATA CENTER

Guest Blogger: Leroy Eifler, Chief Marketing Officer, FWF Logistics, LLC The growing demands in the data storage industry have led to a boom in Data Center construction over the past few years. In an industry that sends information at or near light speed, reliable transportation to service the centers and the construction of the centers is a must. Recent trends have shown a shift from traditional...

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24 Jan 2020
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Center News, Data Centers, Edge Data Center, Modular Data Center

All Signs Point to Robust Data Center Activity in 2020

As we approach the end of January, all signs indicate strong Data Center growth for 2020 and beyond.  With numerous reports from analyst firms and recent announcements from global Data Center operators, the evidence validates what DSI has been predicting over the last year: strong activity in both traditional Data Center build-outs, as well as Edge and Modular deployments, with no sign of a slowdown. Late...

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24 Oct 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Center News, Data Centers, Modular Data Center

Phil Rafferty’s Thought Leadership Piece Featured at Data Center Dynamics

Earlier this week, Phil Rafferty’s piece Edge Computing and Modular Data Centers: A Marriage Made in Heaven was published at Data Center Dynamics. In the piece, Phil draws on DSI’s years of experience in designing and building modular data center deployments to highlight why edge and modular are the perfect match for numerous reasons. Edge modules have a small footprint and are built offsite with all...

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17 Oct 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Design, Facilities Design, Modular Data Center

The True Cost of Data Center Over-Provisioning

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...

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06 Sep 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Modular Data Center

Announcing DSI’s Data Center Dive

Today, 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...

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