Blog Post, Data Center Operations, Industry Trends
Facebook’s Newest Data Center Is Going Green
Following in a growing line of eco-friendly data centers, Facebook announced on August 15th, 2017 that their newest center in New Albany, Ohio would be powered by renewable energy. The data center’s power sources would include “wind, hydroelectric, and solar power”, according to Facebook’s representative, Lindsay Amos. This New Albany branch…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
Four Methods for Improving Your Data Center’s Energy Efficiency
It’s no secret that technology consumers are currently ramping up their online connectivity. The Internet of Things (IoT), video streaming, and throughput for servers and storage have hugely increased bandwidth demands in data centers. At the same time, as bandwidth demands increase, data centers need to become even more creative in…
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Blog Post, Industry Trends
Powering Up the Arctic Circle with the World’s Biggest Data Center
The US-Norwegian company Kolos has big plans for the tiny town of Ballangen, Norway, located near the Arctic Circle. There, on these icy grounds, they’re planning to build the world’s biggest data center. Once completed, this mammoth structure would require 1,000 megawatts of power to run with facilities spanning 600,000 square meters. Yet this immense project won’t reach…
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Blog Post, Data Center Staffing, Industry Trends
Data Centers Need More Highly-Skilled, Versatile Workers
The global data center market is expected to be worth $14 billion by 2022 — it was valued at about $6 billion in 2016 — with no chance of slowing down anytime soon. Automation, Internet of Things devices, and machine learning systems are rapidly changing normal data center operations, making it difficult to…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
The Continuing Saga Of HBO’s Game Of Thrones Data Leak
The Continuing Saga of HBO’s Game of Thrones Data Leak Last week, we filled you in on the cyber attack launched against HBO on July 31st, 2017, where unaired episodes, photos, and scripts were stolen. Remember how we reported that HBO’s email system was thought to be safe? Well, a week later, it turns out…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
Hackers are Coming: HBO Rings in August with a Data Breach
Turns out, you weren’t the only ones eager for Game of Thrones spoilers. Of course, we hope you didn’t launch a 1.5 terabytes attack on HBO to get them! That’s exactly what happened on July 31st, 2017, when the network giant fell victim to a large-scale cyber crime. Experts are already saying HBO’s data breach is larger…
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Blog Post, Data Center Migration, Data Center Operations
How Machine Learning Systems Will Affect Data Center Operations
As data centers grow worldwide — in both number and physical size — over the coming years, will employment opportunities also grow? Unfortunately, the increase in data centers doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in employment opportunities. In fact, major data center operations are now hiring fewer data center engineers, instead choosing to…
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Blog Post, Data Center Staffing
You Can Now Earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Data Center Engineering
Ever dreamed of going to school for data center engineering? If you apply by August 31st, 2017, you could be one of the world’s first students to join such a Bachelor’s program. Offered by the Institute of Technology in Sligo, Ireland, this two-year university degree is the first of its kind….
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
Do Data Breaches Hurt A Company’s Stock Value?
Over the last few years, conflicting reports have been released on whether data breaches affect the stock value of companies. The question at the center of this debate remains: “If my American business suffers a cyberattack, will its value plummet on Wall Street?” The Harvard Business Review issued a staunch “no” back…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
3 Steps for Safeguarding Your Data in the Cloud
If the recent photo leaks of Hollywood celebrities have taught us anything, it’s that cloud systems aren’t secure places for storing data. Indeed, don’t think for a second that A-listers are the only Americans being impacted by these cyber crimes. Many people store personal, confidential data in their clouds, which makes them a…
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