Analysis, market trends, and practical guidance on data-center infrastructure, colocation, connectivity, and the global digital economy.
PUE is easy to quote and easy to misread — a low number on a marketing page does not always reflect real-world…
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Benchmarking colocation performance is harder than it sounds, since providers rarely publish figures using the same definitions or measurement windows.It is easy…
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The Middle East's data center build-out has been driven as much by economic diversification strategy as by raw digital demand.The economics of…
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Physical site risk rarely gets the scrutiny it deserves during procurement, even though a facility's location says as much about resilience as…
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A total cost of ownership model only earns its name if it includes the costs that do not show up on the…
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The advertised rack rate is rarely the number that determines total spend — cross-connects, power draw, and renewal terms usually move the…
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ISO 27001 signals that a facility has a structured information security management system in place — useful evidence, though it is worth…
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Redundancy on a spec sheet and resilience in practice are two different things — the gap between them only shows up during…
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