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…
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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 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 in data center engineering is the first…
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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 impact stock values 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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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
How Governments Use Big Data to Keep Citizens Safe
When it comes to the topic of big data, many people still view its collection as invading their privacy. Throughout recent years, the US government has come under fire for acquiring an increasing amount of data about its citizens. Back in 2000, studies showed that information collection was rising at record…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations, Industry Trends
Apple’s Controversial Data Center in Ireland Gets Stalled Again
On June 23, 2017, a judge was expected to make a final ruling on Apple’s plans to build a data center in Athenry, Ireland. Instead, the Irish Courts Service cited a “shortage of High Court Judges, practitioners and parties,” and pushed the court date back to July 30, when presumably someone will be available…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
Washington State University Gets Schooled In Data Security
This year, Washington State University learned a hard lesson in Data Security 101. It was recently revealed that the university discovered a significant breach on April 21st, 2017. But WSU kept quiet about the crime until June 9th, when they began mailing out letters to the affected parties. Turns out, over a million individuals had their personal information…
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Blog Post, Data Center Operations
Who Caused the Data Center Outage that Grounded 479 British Airway Flights?
Back on May 26, 2017, a huge power surge occurred at British Airways data center near London’s Heathrow Airport. It resulted in a center-wide outage that grounded 479 airplanes and stranded over 75,000 passengers who were hoping to fly to cities around the world. Over the next two days, 193 more…
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