Facebook and Google Agree on 48v Open Rack Standard Architecture
Google and Facebook have collaborated on an Open Rack v2.0 Standard, which specifies a 48V power architecture with a modular, ...
Tag: Data Centers
IEEE Publishes 802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Standard for Server Interconnectivity
IEEE officially released its 802.3by Standard for Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 25 Gb/s Operation. ...
Intel Puts its Rack Scale Design into Open Source
Intel announced the release of its Intel Rack Scale Architecture into open source code. Intel describes its design as an ...
Netrality Buys St. Louis Carrier Hotels from Digital Realty
Netrality Properties has acquire two fiber-rich, network-dense carrier hotels in St. Louis, Missouri: 210 N. Tucker, a 400,000-square-foot building, and ...
CoreSite Appoints Paul Szurek as CEO, Succeeding Tom Ray
CoreSite Realty announced the appointment of Paul Szurek as President and CEO, effective September 10, 2016, replacing Tom Ray, who ...
TE Launches micro Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable I/O Connectors
TE Connectivity (TE) is the first to launch micro Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (microQSFP) input/output (I/O) interconnects. The microQSFP connectors ...
LinkedIn’s Open19 Project Aims for New Rack/Server Spec
LinkedIn is launching a new Open19 project that aims to establish a new open standard for servers based on a ...
Digital Realty Signs Wind Power Agreements
Digital Realty Trust announced multiple renewable energy agreements for powering its U.S. data centers. The deals include a long-term agreement ...
Ericsson Signs MoU with China’s Inspur
Ericsson and Inspur Group, the leading supplier of data center equipment in China, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In ...
CyrusOne Builds Data Center Capacity Fast
CyrusOne announced the commissioning of a significant amount of power and a new data hall at its San Antonio II ...
Gigamon Brings Automated Data Center Topology Visualization
Gigamon announced an automated network topology visualization - for managing visibility infrastructure at scale in large data centers. The new ...
Google Signs Up for 236 MW of Wind Energy from Norway, Sweden
Google has agreed to purchase an additional 236 MW of energy from two new wind farms in Norway and Sweden, ...
Equinix Silicon Valley Expansion – Interview with Karl Strohmeyer
Equinix has just broken ground on its eight data center in the San Francisco Bay area. The new building, Equinix ...
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