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    Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.

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  • The Hidden Beauty of the Data Center

    May 30th, 2013 : Rich Miller

    With the right perspective, the inside of a data center is a visual feast. Today we kick off The Illustrated Data Center, a regular series that showcases some of the most unique and visually striking data centers we have seen. Read More

  • World Bank Unit Invests in Modular Infrastructure

    May 28th, 2013 : Rich Miller

    Factory-built data centers are gaining traction as a tool for bringing IT operations to emerging markets. A unit of the World Bank said today that it will invest in Flexenclosure, a provider of modular data centers, in hopes of accelerating wireless phone access in parts of Asia and Africa. Read More

  • Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of May 25

    May 25th, 2013 : Rich Miller

    The Week in Review: Sears to convert old stores to data centers, robotics applications in the data center, Microsoft's Xbox server armada. NSa faces surprise tax bill in Utah, energy experts on data center regulation. Read More

  • Microsoft Will Back Xbox One With 300,000 Servers

    May 24th, 2013 : Rich Miller

    With this week's unveiling of the new Xbox One gaming system, Microsoft says it will beef up its Xbox Live platform with 300,000 servers, a huge jump from the 15,000 servers currently supporting the platform. Read More

  • With Ubiquity, Sears is Turning Shuttered Stores into Data Centers

    May 23rd, 2013 : Rich Miller

    Sears Holdings has formed a new unit to market space from former Sears and Kmart retail stores as a home for data centers, disaster recovery space and wireless towers. With the creation of Ubiquity Critical Environments, Sears hopes to convert the retail icons of the 20th century into the Internet infrastructure to power the 21st century digital economy. Read More

  • Sentinel, Russo Partner on Bloomberg Data Center

    May 23rd, 2013 : Rich Miller

    Sentinel Data Centers and Russo Development will team up on a new data center for Bloomberg L.P. in Orangetown, New York, the companies confirmed today. The Orangetown data center is being developed by a joint venture between Russo and Sentinel, which will retain ownership of the property. Read More

  • Roundup: VMware Launches Public Cloud

    May 22nd, 2013 : Rich Miller

    VMware (VMW) has unveiled vCloud Hybrid Service, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud built and operated by VMware. Here's a look at notable analysis and commentary from around the web. Read More

  • Should Data Centers Be Regulated as Utilities? Industry Experts Weigh In

    May 21st, 2013 : Rich Miller

    Is the data center industry a candidate for regulation as a utility, as suggested last week by the New York Times? We reached out to experts who were familiar with both data centers and utilities to get their take. Read More

  • Is Bigger Better? Why Scale Matters in Data Center Economics

    May 21st, 2013 : Rich Miller

    In a cost-averse world in which Internet growth is creating an explosion of demand for data center space, CEO Hossein Fateh of DuPont Fabros believes the economics favor huge facilities operated by small teams of specialists. Read More

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