Data Center

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Data Centers - Call for Contributions

In this issue, we explore the latest advancements in energy-efficient data centers. dotmagazine’s Call for Contributions on cutting-edge design, renewable energy integration, and the critical role of sustainable infrastructure in supporting the rapidly growing digital ecosystem.

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Digital Infrastructures – Call for Contributions

Digital infrastructure enables the connectivity that we all enjoy and take for granted. dotmagazine’s Call for Contributions on how digital infrastructures lay the foundation for our digital world.

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Adapting Data Center Design to Diverse National Requirements

Marc Fröse from ETIX Everywhere looks at the challenges of building data centers in highly diverse geographical and regulatory environments.

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Driving Green Innovation in the Cloud Computing Industry

Bernd Brunner of LIMEBIRD explains in interview how cloud providers and data centers can reduce their carbon footprint in concert with renewable energy providers.

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Future-Proof Physical Security of Data Centers for Progressively Growing (Legal) Requirements

Jan Sanders from Kentix talks about ensuring physical security for data centers in an evolving technical and legal environment.

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Feature "Digital Infrastructure"

Luxembourg – The Digital Nation in the Green Heart of Europe

Christine De Ridder from LuxConnect, on the importance of energy efficiency & the need for infrastructure providers to also transform digitally.

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Feature "Economic Impact of Connectivity"

Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Connectivity but Were Afraid to Ask

A look toward future trends in connectivity, data, and storage, and how Africa will overcome the “digital divide” by Gregory Gerot from BroadGroup.

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Feature "Energy Recovery"

Power to Data – Data to Heat: New Business Opportunities for Energy Suppliers

Dr. Jens Struckmeier from Cloud&Heat Technologies offers insight into how data centers can overcome the energy transition, saving CO2 & operating costs.

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Cloud Computing: Optimizing IT with Artificial Intelligence

Henrik Hasenkamp from gridscale explains how data analytics in the data center itself can be used to increase performance, reliability & security.

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Transforming Data Center Operations

What does the digitalization of data centers look like? Ulrich Terrahe from dc-ce looks at mastering DC documentation digitally.

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Blockchain & The Cloud: Transforming Data Center Architecture for Tomorrow

Data centers have to adapt to new business strategies and adopt new technologies to keep pace with their customers’ needs. Anthony Robinson from Corning Optical Communications explains how data centers can facilitate the rapidly increasing data traffic from the always-on consumer.

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Making the Right Decision for Your Data Center Strategy: 4 Approaches to Financing Your Company IT Infrastructure

What best suits your company needs and budget for your IT infrastructure? Marc Fröse from Etix Everywhere looks at the alternatives.

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Feature "E-Commerce"

Top 3 Tips for Coping with the Ever-Changing Requirements of Modern e-Commerce

Keeping your online business afloat and your customers happy requires constant availability, fast load times, and the flexibility to handle surges in demand. A scalable and flexible infrastructure is essential to survive in the competitive world of e-commerce. dotmagazine spoke to Dr. Thomas Fischer, Principal IT Architect at noris network, to find out what companies should keep in mind when taking their business online.

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Data Centers and E-Waste

David McCall from QTS looks at how data centers can help improve the disposal of electronic components through an IT Asset Disposal program.

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Green Data Centers: Benefiting Everyone?

While data centers consume significant energy, Thomas Amberg from Ynvolve underscores how implementing simple green solutions can benefit companies directly while contributing to a far better sustainable future.

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Toward Green Digitalization: How Data Centers Help Create a Sustainable IT Infrastructure

To meet their own sustainability targets, businesses want digital infrastructure and services from sustainable suppliers, explains Jens-Peter Feidner from Equinix.

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The Win-Win Situation of Data Center Energy Efficiency

Reducing power consumption in data centers has multiple benefits for operators and customers. dotmagazine caught up with Marc Wilkens, Senior Consultant at the Data Center Group and Leader of the eco Competence Group Data Center Energy Efficiency, to find out how to achieve this.

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HPC – Tackling Problems That Are Just Not Solvable by Physical Methods

Testing, modelling, simulations – innovations in fields as disparate as blood circulation and aviation depend on high-powered computing applications to crunch the numbers and analyze the vast quantities of data produced in the development of new and better products. Andy Long from Hydro66 talked to dotmagazine’s Judith Ellis about the exciting applications of high performance computing (HPC), data center requirements for HPC, and abundant green power.

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Colocation: Make or Buy? What is Worthwhile, and for Whom?

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One says enterprises don’t need to choose between owning a data center & outsourcing: They can have the best of both worlds

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Edge Data Centers – Offering Both Global and Very Local Services

Jörgen Venot from the Data Center Group, on construction of and life insurance for industrial edge data centers.

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Feature "Sustainability"

Data Centers Must Become More Sustainable

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One explains what makes data center operations energy-efficient.

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Case Study: Data Center Efficiency – How AI Can Help Optimize Data Center Cooling

Jens-Peter Feidner from Equinix and Dr. Niklas Panten from etalytics explain their use of AI to monitor & optimize energy consumption for data center cooling.

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New Standards for Data Center Sustainability Set at Germany’s University of Göttingen

In this case study, Sebastian Behr, Sales and Account Manager Segment Data Center Germany highlights ABB’s collaboration with the University of Göttingen for a sustainable High-Performance Data Center, with a strong emphasis on climate protection and scalability.

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Feature "Energy Efficiency"

Green and Affordable: Reducing Electricity Costs by Archiving Data on Tape

Do you need to store data in the long-term? Then save electricity and CO2 emissions through tape technology, as recommended by Melina Schnaudt from FUJIFILM.

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A UPS Solution with Kinetic Energy

Critical components like servers react to outages greater than 10ms. This can lead to the loss of data or to the total failure of the IT systems. To avoid this, an uninterruptible power supply is essential. Armin Höfner of Telehouse Deutschland GmbH explains why he sees kinetic energy storage as an alternative to battery systems.

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Sustainable data center: How to transform legacy data centers into sustainable assets

Severin Braun from plusserver looks at how legacy data centers can be optimized and modified to meet the EU’s sustainability targets and move towards a greener future.

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Frankfurt Data Center Market: Constantly Adapting as the Baseline for Digital Transformation

What makes Frankfurt such a desirable location for data centers? Marc Fröse from Etix Everywhere examines how to make the most of the global epicenter for colocation.

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Why We Need to Invest in Data Center Education Now 

Eline Stuivenwold from the DDA and Dr. Maaike van Kessel from Noorderpoort, on how data center talents are fundamental for growth and digital leadership.

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3 Reasons Why Open Source is the Future of Data Center Hardware

The Open Compute Project (OCP) brings together hundreds of companies – vendors, system integrators, and users – to come up with the smart innovations that a modern data center needs, Robbert Hoeffnagel explains.

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Feature "Cloud Computing"

How Clean Is Your Data Usage? Measuring Carbon Footprint in the Cloud

The energy consumption of data centers, where cloud services are hosted, contributes significantly to carbon emissions. OVHCloud’s Falk Weinreich shows how companies can measure the sustainability of the IT resources they use.

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Powering Digital Learning Responsibly: Mediamaisteri’s Sustainable Compute Journey with Verne Global

Fruitful collaboration between a data center provider and a digital learning specialist animates both business goals and sustainability objectives, as described by Kim Gunnelius from Verne Global.

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Why Server Location Matters – and How the CSR Directive Comes into Play

UBIRCH’s Stephan Noller and Cosima Gräf on how sustainable data hosting reduces costs, ensures compliance, enhances brand reputation, and offers a competitive edge.

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Feature "Edge Computing"

Redefining Data Centers for the Edge

How is data center design and redundancy evolving for edge environments? Independent consultant Gerd Simon looks at bringing data to life at the edge.

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Feature "Data Protection & Privacy"

Bringing Registered Post Securely into the 21st Century

In 2011, the ‘Registered Mailing’ service ‘Aangetekend Mailen’ was launched with the intention of replacing the physical mailing process in small and large organizations with digital processes. Continuity and security are critical factors here, as are reliable partners that help ensure the highest quality service. Wouter van den Brink from ‘Aangetekend Mailen’ explains how the system works and how they are supported by infrastructure partner BIT.

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The “Green” Factor: Sustainable Data Centers in the Era of Digitalization

Jörgen Venot from DC-Data Center Group details the competitive advantage of “green” data centers and the options for measuring data center sustainability.

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OSDA – a New Approach for the Sustainability of Data Centers

The exponential growth in data collection and processing has been accompanied by a colossal use of energy. Lex Coors of Interxion describes a new standard that helps data centers to strike a balance between the principles of availability and sustainability.

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A Balanced Data Center Design

Mathias Loacher from 1&1 IONOS explains the factors influencing data center design and planning, and the benefits of their own new data center design.

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Connectivity and Data Centers: The Backbone of AI and Sustainable Digitalization

Roland Broch, Senior Project Manager for Digital Infrastructures at eco, on why robust connectivity and efficient data centers are critical enablers of AI innovation.

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EU Code of Conduct for Data Center Energy Efficiency

Making a data center environmentally friendly and energy efficient offers a range of advantages for the operator. The reduction in power consumption offers cost benefits which can increase margins or flow on directly to the end customer, making the data center more competitive. Being green is also a selling point for enterprise customers interested in reducing their carbon footprint. Becoming green also means time spent optimizing processes and improving systems, a challenging but rewarding process.

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Next Level Data Center Security

Toan Nguyen from e-shelter explores secure access to data centers thanks to hand vein scanners and blockchain.

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Innovative Approaches to Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

Roland Broch, the administrator of the eco Data Center Expert Group and the eco Data Center Star Audit, talks to dotmagazine about innovative approaches to energy efficiency in data centers; from water cooling to Kyoto wheels.

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Understanding and Mitigating Risks to Data Center Operation

Given the strategic value of data centers to digital transformation, it is important for data center operators to have a very clear view of the risks they face – ranging from DDoS to the GDPR – according to Gerd Simon, Independent Consultant and Lead Auditor for the eco Datacenter Star Audit.

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Feature "Edge Computing"

Cut Latency, Boost Efficiency: What MSPs Need to Know About Edge Computing

Thomas Amberg from Ynvolve explores how edge data centers are transforming IT infrastructure and how managed service providers can leverage circular IT solutions for scalability, cost efficiency, and sustainability.

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Secure and 100% Green Data Center and Cloud Services from Central Europe

Muzaffer Ege from Beyond.pl on the importance of sustainable data center operations and meeting Europe’s carbon neutrality targets.

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Feature "Artificial Intelligence"

How A Paper Mill Was Turned Into a Green AI-Optimized Data Center Ecosystem

A brief history of the City of Kajaani and its journey to becoming the leading European HPC ecosystem - and an engine of AI - by combining bold regional development, higher education, readily available infrastructure, the right operators, and a winning mindset.

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Keeping a Cool Head in the Data Center

Mustafa Keskin of Corning Optical Communications on how data centers can reduce noise levels and save electricity with liquid cooling systems.

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Energy is Expensive in Germany – Can This Be a Good Thing?

The high cost of energy in Germany is a result of the country’s transition from fossil fuels and atomic energy to renewables. This could be seen as a marker for a poor market environment – or the opposite, as Mathias Röckel explains.

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A Day Without Data Centers

As data centers are essentially the foundation of interconnected life, what would a day without those actually look like? A concept explored by Jens-Peter Feidner, Managing Director at Equinix Germany.

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The Colocation Boom-Within-a-Boom in Frankfurt

Independent consultant Gerd Simon in conversation with Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse and KDDI Deutschland, on the booming colocation market in Frankfurt, declarations of war, and keeping up with demand for data center capacities.

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Feature "Energy Efficiency"

How to Reduce Energy Consumption in IT Operations

Philippe Strübbe, Director Strategic Development & Commercial at Nomios Germany, on how and why companies should prioritize making their IT operations more energy-efficient.

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Feature "Mobility"

Mobility Data Ecosystems as an Opportunity for the Transport Revolution: How Wolfsburg Is Preparing for the Digital Future

Giovanni Coppa from WOBCOM offers a vision of secure, legally compliant, rule-controlled data exchange enabling mobility services and smart city solutions.

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Feature "Networks"

From Carrier Pigeons to Fiber Carriers

Klaas Mertens, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix, on why distance still matters so much in modern network communications.

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Data Centers are Here to Stay – We Won’t Stop Using Data

Laurent Tognazzi from Siemens looks at the current development of the data center market, and what this means for enterprise IT infrastructure decisions.

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Why and How the Energy Requirements of Data Centers Are Growing

Data centers have very high levels of energy consumption and this is growing continually. Dr. Ralph Hintemann of the Borderstep Institute looks at why the demand for energy is so high despite ever better energy efficiency.

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Edge Computing – Distributed processing for Growing Mountains of Data

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One looks at the definition of “the edge” and the intelligent geographical distribution of data centers.

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Rethinking IT Organization and Infrastructure as Decentralized – Data Center 4.0

Jörgen Venot from the DC-Datacenter-Group GmbH (DCG) shows the hurdles centralized IT creates for industrial applications, and where decentralized structures will prevail in the future.

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Feature "Sustainability"

Port Breakout and VSFFC: Optimizing Sustainability in Data Centers

Cindy Ryborz from Corning Optical Communications, on supporting higher speeds, compressing computing power, storage and data throughput, and improving energy efficiency.

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Establishment of a Sustainable Green Data Center Platform

Jörgen Venot from Germany’s DATA CASTLE shares insights on how his company is building a robust and sustainable ecosystem, with every step aligned with the goal of creating a green data center.

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Between Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth: What Does the Data Center Industry Need?

Without high-performance data centers, the German economy would be left with its hands tied. At the same time, however, the industry must be measured by energy efficiency and climate-friendly innovations. Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany and Leader of the eco Datacenter Infrastructure Competence Group, describes how sustainability regulations can be successfully implemented in 2025.

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What a “Green” Data Center Does To Save Energy

While a major consumer of energy, the data center industry is foremost in energy efficiency and are a greener option for corporate IT. BIT’s Alex Bik gives examples.

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Data Drives Mobility

Tatjana Hein, eco Association, on digitalization and data use as drivers of sustainable, innovative and multimodal mobility solutions.

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Finding Specialist Staff to Power Data Center Growth

Demand is growing worldwide so fast that data centers can’t be built and staffed fast enough. Dr. Béla Waldhauser from KDDI Deutschland explains the challenges and provides a perspective for the future of data center operations.

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Shining a Light on Sustainable Heat & Energy – A Data Center Perspective

Dr. Béla Waldhauser from Telehouse and the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures looks at the opportunities for data centers to contribute to a green future.

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Data Centers in the Transformation to Sustainable Energy Consumption

As data centers become ever larger consumers of energy, they have the chance to play a key role in shaping the move towards using more renewable energy and the future energy market. Staffan Reveman of Reveman Energy Academy looks at the hurdles ahead and possible symbioses for data center energy consumption.

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Digital Waste Heat – Overcoming Mismatches in Creation and Consumption

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse Deutschland & Spokesperson for the eco Alliance for Digital Infrastructures, on cooling data centers & heating homes.

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To Lie or Not to Lie – Transparency and Trust in Data Center Crisis Management

eco DCSA Auditor & independent consultant Gerd Simon, on vital processes and communication for managing data center crises, and the impact on business value.

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Multi-Tenant Data Centers: Managing Data for Less

Lauren Fahey & Tony Robinson from Corning on the benefits of outsourcing data center needs to multi-tenant facilities, & finding the right DC for your needs

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Driving Expansion of the Digital Ecosystem at All Levels in Europe and Germany

Dr. Béla Waldhauser from the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures highlights the essential role of strong infrastructures in driving Europe’s and Germany’s digital transformation, calling for streamlined investments, reduced bureaucracy, and enhanced funding to optimize data centers and support economic growth.

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Feature "Renewable Energy"

Blackouts, Renewable Energy, and Powering IT Reliably

Volatile renewable energy is increasingly important for national and internationally connected power grids, but, according to Judith Ellis, care is needed to provide stable power for critical infrastructure and sensitive IT processes.

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Heat Recovery from Data Centers: A Win-Win Situation

Data centers and society both have much to gain from the use of waste heat, a topic elaborated upon in a white paper and by Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Data Center Infrastructure Group.

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Abundant Energy Potential through Utilization of Data Center Waste Heat

Data centers & society have much to gain from waste heat utilization, as illustrated by Dr. Béla Waldhauser from Telehouse & the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures.

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Feature "Blockchain"

What Can Blockchain Do For You?

“The Internet never forgets!” Although untrue, this statement reminds people to think twice before putting information online – and out of their control. The advent of blockchain changes everything. Blockchain forgets nothing – and it brings back content control. Mathias Röckel looks at the potential of this new technology for innovative commercial enterprise, as well as for Internet infrastructure providers.

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Why the German Energy Efficiency Act Can Significantly Improve the Environmental Footprint of Digitalization

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, explores the transformative impact of the German federal government’s Energy Efficiency Act on the digital infrastructure landscape.

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Connectivity as a Key Differentiator for Data Centers

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on the value of quality connectivity services for enterprises and data centers.

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Feature "Green IT"

Reducing the Bill for Powering the Digital Economy

For both the environment and company OPEX, power consumption cannot increase at the same speed as computing power. Judith Ellis explores what data center operators and company IT professionals can do to create efficiencies.

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Feature "Industrial IoT"

Driving Digital Transformation

Forecasts of social disintegration and wide-spread unemployment caused by Industrial IoT are a melodramatic overreaction stemming from the fear of change. To the horseshoe smithy, the car also posed an existential threat – but does that mean we should return to the dark ages? Judith Ellis explores the attitudes to digital transformation, the challenges from smaller companies, and the steps needed to make it a success.

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Decentralization and the Boost to Digitalization

Donald Badoux from Data Center Group in conversation with Dr. Thomas King at DE-CIX on the importance of decentralized infrastructure for modern applications.

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Data Center Models and Their Customers

Data centers may be powerhouses of the digital economy, but they come in all shapes and sizes, with different services models, different business models, and different locational advantages. dotmagazine asked Dr. Béla Waldhauser, from the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures in Germany, to unravel the complexities and explain what kind of customer business cases are most appropriate for what kind of data center.

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Feature "Cloud Computing"

GAIA-X: Growing a Vibrant European Ecosystem

Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland e.V. and Head of the Digital Business Models division at eco, introduces the new European data infrastructure project that aims to grow a sovereign and self-determined digital ecosystem in Europe.

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Open Data Center Connectivity: The Key to Digital Localization

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on the real opportunity for data center operators through network solutions and enterprise connectivity offerings.

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doteditorial April 2017

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Datacenter Infrastructure, on powering and greening IT.

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Sustainable Digitalization through Energy-Efficient Data Centers

Roland Broch, Senior Project Manager for Digital Infrastructures at eco Association, explains the vital role of digital infrastructure and energy-efficient data centers in achieving sustainability goals.

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The Edge & Edge Data Centers: Gaining Clarity - doteditorial

Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Data Center Infrastructure, grapples with the definition of edge data centers and envisages the environment that will evolve at the edge of 5G networks.

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Feature "Digital Infrastructure"

Digital Infrastructure is Fundamental to Economic Growth in Europe - doteditorial

Dr. Béla Waldhauser from the eco Association looks at the digital infrastructure requirements for Europe to remain competitive in the global digital economy

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doteditorial: Economic Engine – Digital Infrastructure

Digital infrastructures encourage growth and employment on location and have a comparable economic importance to streets, public transportation networks, and water and power supply. Data centers in particular form the basis of the digitalization of society and the economy and provide the foundations for successful metropolitan areas.

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Data Centers in a Changing World

Dr. Béla Waldhauser from Telehouse & the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures on the energy consumption and energy-saving potential of data centers and digitalization.

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