GET ASSESSMENT Retrofitting, Refurbishment, and ROI for Legacy Data Centers As the demand for capacity rises, many data center operators are faced with difficult decisions when it comes to overhauling their legacy infrastructure. The constantly evolving data center environment, characterized by increasing rack densities, is pushing hundreds of thousands of square feet of unutilized white space into the neglected realms of “outdated infrastructure”. As the demand for capacity rises, many data center operators are faced with difficult decisions when it comes to their legacy infrastructure. Do ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Sam Prudhomme: Data Center Site Selection The QTS Experience Podcast Episode 186 – Sam Prudhomme: Data Center Site Selection Data Center markets are usually referred to as “Tiers”. For example Northern, VA would be considered tier 1. This episode David McCall and Sam Prudhomme talk about the data center industry, market tiers, growth trends, and if this is still relevant in the new era of Data Center Growth. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST “The data center landscape is changing and data centers are now starting to build in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations due to a variety of reasons ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Preventing Sabotage and Improving Physical Data Center Security Organizations should adopt a layered approach to physical security to protect their high-value data center assets. Data center operators face an increasingly hostile landscape. As investment into cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data analysis continues to grow, the facilities hosting these critical workloads become bigger targets for security threats. The value of information housed in data centers opens the pathway to potential damage caused by an unplanned outage. Physical data center breaches remain ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Practice Like You’re Going to Play Great Business Minds Podcast, Tech Capital – Ep. 20 – Practice like you’re going to play, with Sam Prudhomme Sam Prudhomme joined the Great Business Minds podcast this week and talked with João Marques Lima about his career, the data center industry, the pressure of Artificial Intelligence, the skills shortage, and how data center operators can navigate this ever-changing landscape. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST “How you do anything is how you do everything, so practice like you’re going to play. Practice like you mean it ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Rise of Generative AI and Its Impact on Data Centers Generative AI is expected to create a second stream of data center demand comparable to the cloud. Here’s a look at the role of the colocation data center in helping meet this historic wave of new demand, and how data center operators can be ready to capitalize. Following the launch of publicly accessible generative AI models like Midjourney and ChatGPT, interest in the economic potential of GenAI has translated into a “tsunami of AI demand,” which in turn is driving a frenzy of data center leasing. TD Cowen researchers esti ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT AI ‘Gold Rush’ Changing Data Center Design Boom in demand for facilities optimized for artificial intelligence is causing a rethink in data center design, including a shift to modular roll-outs, says Instor’s Sam Prudhomme Data center operators are considering new designs to work out how to make the most of the boom in demand for facilities optimized for artificial intelligence. However, early adopters are looking to step-by-step implementations as they work their way towards the facilities they believe clients will be demanding up to a decade from now. That’s according to&nbs ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Key Lessons for Successful White Space Installations Today the only constant in the data center sector is change. Whether that means changing rack densities, adopting new ways of thinking about power and cooling, the shifting of workloads to the cloud, or changes in where hyperscale workloads are located, things are in constant flux. The lessons that endure, irrespective of the latest technology trends or macroeconomic shift — are what helps you to thrive, no matter the landscape. Understand your customers’ pain pointsIt’s no secret that transactional vendor-customer relation ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT DCD>Talks: Hyperscale Expansion in Tier II & III Markets Macroeconomic forces are changing the way that North American hyperscale cloud providers are scaling. As this shift drives new demand in tier II and III markets, data center operators are seeking new strategies and skillsets to manage the scale, and pace of demand from these hyperscale organizations. In this DCD>Talks interview, Sam Prudhomme, Instor’s President, discusses the skills & competencies that tier II & III markets need to hire for, and how business can use a data-driven approach to building ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Press Release – Accelevation Holdings, Acquires Instor Solutions Accelevation Holdings, LLC Acquires Instor Solutions Ltd – Forming the USA’s Largest, Integrated Data Center Services Solutions Provider Accelevation Holdings, LLC has acquired Instor Solutions for an undisclosed sum, integrating its data center services expertise with Conatech’s containment and white space product portfolio to form the Accelevation Data Center Business Unit. Brands join forces to establish single customer facing entity, combining product design, manufacturing, and supply chain capabilities wit ..read more

GET ASSESSMENT Data Centre Dynamics – Efficiency and Sustainability in Legacy Data Centers Shifts in demand and looming regulation have created a new frontier. The US Colocation data center market is poised for a year of prolific growth. Demand is on the rise — with everything from the advent of widely accessible generative artificial intelligence (AI) to the ever-rising tide of digital transformation creating more data, more ways to use that data to create value, and therefore more organizations with money to spend on rack space. A recent analyst report found a “wave of technological ..read more