Analysis, market trends, and practical guidance on data-center infrastructure, colocation, connectivity, and the global digital economy.
Water usage is the metric that gets far less attention than PUE, yet it matters enormously in water-stressed regions where a facility's…
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Colocation contracts reward careful reading precisely because the parts that matter most — renewal escalators, exit terms, and SLA remedies — are…
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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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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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Cooling strategy has quietly become a capacity question as much as an engineering one — the racks a facility can actually support…
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Interconnection density compounds in value over time: every additional carrier and cloud on-ramp in a facility makes it more attractive to the…
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An SLA is only as good as its remedies. Service credits that amount to a small fraction of monthly fees rarely reflect…
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Regulated industries add a layer of vendor scrutiny that goes well beyond typical colocation due diligence, and the facilities that handle this…
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