Waste heat from established data center now goes to good use Nordic data center operator DigiPlex will connect its Stockholm data center to the local district heating system, providing enough hot air to warm 10,000 apartments, thanks to a deal signed with Stockholm Exergi, (formerly Fortum Värme). The project will be the fist time an operational […]
Data Center Operators and IoT’s Perfect Storm
According to Steve Bass, Chevron’s North America data center manager, data center operators should prepare for the perfect storm that will bring a sea change that will drastically change the metrics of data center operations. The storm consists of the advent of IPv6, the coming of 5G, and everybody’s favorite 2018 buzzword phrase, machine learning. […]
Solve the Capacity Challenge
How do I get capacity as fast as possible–where I need it, when I need it, and at scale? This is the question that many tech giants are asking right now. Currently, there are four “demand” trends driving this capacity challenge: demand is huge and rising fast, demand is unpredictable, demand is emerging in new […]
Getting Power to Do More
Increased Data Loads are Driving a Surge in Data Center Densities For both consumer and business users, the uber-connected lifestyle is here, and the growth in the use of devices and subsequent data demands are staggering. In the U.S. alone, the number of devices and connections is expected to grow from 7.3 per person in […]
High, Mixed, and Variable Density Needs an Adaptive Data Center
Quick take Customer-driven demands dramatically increase the variability of workloads and density demanded of the data center. Meeting the needs of business is about data center infrastructure that keeps up with the demands of digital transformation, supporting high, mixed, and variable density without stranding capacity. At Aligned, we can support high, mixed, and variable density […]
Arizona Tax Advantages Can Mean Millions in Savings for Phoenix Data Center Clients
Quick take High profile bids for big name tech companies get a lot of attention, but Arizona offers valuable tech incentives every day to companies of all sizes. Arizona’s tax exemption can mean millions in savings for our Phoenix data center clients. Download our new Phoenix Tax Exemption Insight Brief for more details about the […]
Top 10 Power-Related Questions for Your Data Center Search
Do you need high, variable, or mixed density? Do you have high performance computing needs for applications such as 3-D visualization, predictive data analytics, genomic sequencing, computational fluid dynamics, machine learning, or other new technologies? Are you taking advantage of advancements in chipset technologies, .5U server architectures, hyper-converged infrastructures, and the like? Do your compute […]
Data Center Reliability and Efficiency in the “Zettabyte Era”
The world as we knew it has ended. The new world is defined by exponentially increasing compute loads that are increasingly dynamic. And it demands innovation in data center infrastructure. This post is based on a talk Aligned Founder and CTO Jakob Carnemark made in 2016 at the Data Center Dynamics Colo + Cloud conference […]
The Role of the Data Center in the Age of the Customer
Aligned CEO Andrew Schaap writes about how success in the “Age of the Customer” requires a true partnership with the data center. By Andrew Schaap, CEO, Aligned Quick Take Companies that thrive in the Age of the Customer do so by being fast, responsive, and scalable. Success requires a data center partner who can deliver compute, […]
Preparing for a Future You Can’t Even Imagine
In Data Center Frontier, our CEO Andrew Schaap writes about mitigating the risk of capacity constraints – today and tomorrow. Quick take In a recent Data Center Frontier article, Aligned’s CEO explores how cloud service providers and enterprises alike can mitigate the risk of capacity constraints. Having a data center that can deliver capacity fast, […]
