No Images? Click here Weekly Newsletter Sponsored By:RagingWire operates 1.5 million square feet of data center space with 113 megawatts of power on its campuses in Ashburn, Dallas, and Sacramento. As part of NTT Communications, RagingWire is one of the largest and most financially strong data center companies in the world with 140 data centers in 20 countries and regions. SUPPORTING IRELAND’S ROBUST DATA HOSTING INDUSTRYOver the last decade, Ireland has emerged as a world-class data hosting location. Companies from across the world are now looking to Ireland for cost-effective colocation that offers enhanced connectivity as well as strong data security and the availability of renewable energy. THE YEAR IN CLOUD: AMAZON’S GROWTH BOOSTS DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTIONThe cloud continues to drive growth in the data center industry. That’s particularly true for Amazon Web Services, the global leader in cloud computing. The growth of AWS and its hyperscale cohorts was one of the biggest stories in the data center industry in 2017. Over the next two weeks we’ll be looking at the market impact of the four major hyperscale players – Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Facebook. THE POWER OF HYBRID: 5 REASONS TO CONNECT YOUR DATA CENTERIt’s 2018, and working with hybrid cloud solutions has never been more popular. Organizations across the board are looking for ways to become more efficient, increase capabilities around scale, and improve their overall economics. Here’s the reality, as the barrier into cloud becomes easier to overcome, organizations across all sizes and vertical will look to hybrid as a means to create competitive advantages. COMPASS EXTENDS ITS REACH FROM THE EDGE TO THE CLOUDThe data center network of the future will extend from the edge to the cloud. Chris Crosby, the CEO of Compass Datacenters, wants to create a data center company that can deliver seamless infrastructure across that entire spectrum. DATA CENTER M&A SCORECARD: THE DEALS THAT ARE SHAPING THE CLOUDAs 2017 draws to a close, it has been a landmark year for consolidation in the data center industry. The June 9 megamerger between Digital Realty and DuPont Fabros Technology is the largest in a flurry of deals that are likely to make it the most active year ever for data center M&A. There were at least six acquisitions of companies or portfolios that broke the $1 billion barrier. |