Uptime

OVH SBG2 data center in Strasbourg destroyed by fire on March 10 2021

Fire Has Destroyed OVH’s Strasbourg Data Center (SBG2)Fire Has Destroyed OVH’s Strasbourg Data Center (SBG2)

No OVH, firefighting, or local government services staff members were injured, the company said. Restart of surviving data centers on campus not anticipated until Monday.

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Mar 10, 2021

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An Oncor power substation is surrounded by snow in Waco, Texas, on February 18, 2021.

Most Texas Data Centers Weathered the Storm, But Things Did Not Go Smoothly Most Texas Data Centers Weathered the Storm, But Things Did Not Go Smoothly

byYevgeniy Sverdlik

Mar 8, 2021

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Parler Is Back Online, Running On Cloud Hosting Provider SkySilk Parler Is Back Online, Running On Cloud Hosting Provider SkySilk

Feb 16, 2021

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The VMware area on the expo floor at VMworld 2019

Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: February 5, 2021 Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: February 5, 2021

byData Center Knowledge

Feb 5, 2021

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A staff member works among the racks and network switches in the data center of LightEdge Solutions in Altoona, Iowa.

Uptime Says the Data Center Staffing ‘Crisis’ Doesn’t Have to Be a Crisis Uptime Says the Data Center Staffing ‘Crisis’ Doesn’t Have to Be a Crisis

byScott Fulton III

Feb 3, 2021

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Parler Reappears With Help From Russian-Owned Security Service Parler Reappears With Help From Russian-Owned Security Service

Jan 19, 2021

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Slack

Slack Service Disrupted as People Return to Work After Holidays

Slack Service Disrupted as People Return to Work After Holidays

Top 25 of 2020: The Year’s Biggest Data Center Stories

Top 25 of 2020: The Year’s Biggest Data Center Stories

Top 25 of 2020: The Year’s Biggest Data Center Stories

byData Center Knowledge

Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift

Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift

Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift

datacenter destroyed by tornado

How Western Express Recovered After a Tornado Wiped Out Its Data Center

How Western Express Recovered After a Tornado Wiped Out Its Data Center

byChristine Hall

How One Piece of Hardware Took Down a $6 Trillion Stock Market

How One Piece of Hardware Took Down a $6 Trillion Stock Market

How One Piece of Hardware Took Down a $6 Trillion Stock Market

A view of St. Peter Port in Guernsey

Guernsey Island Faces Down the Pandemic with New Data Centers

Guernsey Island Faces Down the Pandemic with New Data Centers

byScott Fulton III, Contributor

Nasdaq building in Times Square

The Pandemic Gives Nasdaq’s Move to the Cloud a New Sense of Urgency

The Pandemic Gives Nasdaq’s Move to the Cloud a New Sense of Urgency

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

A New York Hospital ‘Pivoted’ for COVID-19; IT Had to Keep Up

A New York Hospital ‘Pivoted’ for COVID-19; IT Had to Keep Up

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

A Marsden, England, regional council employee works from home as her children study in March 2020.

Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: September 4, 2020

Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: September 4, 2020

byData Center Knowledge

A Marsden, England, regional council employee works from home as her children study in March 2020.

Hybrid Cloud Proves a Winning Strategy for BlueJeans in the Pandemic

Hybrid Cloud Proves a Winning Strategy for BlueJeans in the Pandemic

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Citibank headquarters, New York City, 2012

Citi’s $900 Million Misfire Happened During Software Switch

Citi’s $900 Million Misfire Happened During Software Switch

Achieving Eight 9s as the World Goes Digital

Achieving Eight 9s as the World Goes Digital

Achieving Eight 9s as the World Goes Digital

byData Center Knowledge

COVID-19

How the Pandemic Has Forced a New Normal in the Data Center

How the Pandemic Has Forced a New Normal in the Data Center

byData Center Knowledge

A staff member works among the racks and network switches in the data center of LightEdge Solutions in Altoona, Iowa.

Resilience in a Pandemic: Smaller Data Center Providers Hang On, Hold Fast

Resilience in a Pandemic: Smaller Data Center Providers Hang On, Hold Fast

byScott Fulton III, Contributor

Blade server install

UK Emergency Planners' Data Center Risk Info Gathering Is Slow Going

UK Emergency Planners' Data Center Risk Info Gathering Is Slow Going

A CoreSite engineer testing a cross-connect for acceptable light loss at the company’s data center in Chicago.

Essential Workers: Keeping Data Centers Running During the Pandemic

Essential Workers: Keeping Data Centers Running During the Pandemic

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Cooling infrastructure at Sabey's Intergate.Manhattan data center in New York City

‘Freeze Time:’ How Long Can Data Center Supply Chains Hold Out?

‘Freeze Time:’ How Long Can Data Center Supply Chains Hold Out?

byScott Fulton III, Contributor

An Uber Eats driver picks up a food orders to be delivered at a McDonald's fast food restaurant on March 22, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Pandemic Tests the Limits of Internet Infrastructure Supply Chains

The Pandemic Tests the Limits of Internet Infrastructure Supply Chains

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Network cables at a data center of DE-CIX (Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange) in Frankfurt (2018)

The Pandemic Puts the Internet’s Resiliency – and Fragility – On Display

The Pandemic Puts the Internet’s Resiliency – and Fragility – On Display

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Network switch

Data Center Providers Adjust to Doing Business Remotely

Data Center Providers Adjust to Doing Business Remotely

byMaria Korolov

SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on April 2, 2020.

SBA Computers Crash in Fresh Blow to Companies Seeking Virus Aid

SBA Computers Crash in Fresh Blow to Companies Seeking Virus Aid

Data Center Interconnection Platforms Pitch in to Help IT Scale During the Crisis

Data Center Interconnection Platforms Pitch in to Help IT Scale During the Crisis

Data Center Interconnection Platforms Pitch in to Help IT Scale During the Crisis

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Colo Customers Lean on Remote Data Center Management Tools Amid the Pandemic

Colo Customers Lean on Remote Data Center Management Tools Amid the Pandemic

Colo Customers Lean on Remote Data Center Management Tools Amid the Pandemic

byMaria Korolov

10 Tools for Providing 24/7 IT Support to Remote Workers

10 Tools for Providing 24/7 IT Support to Remote Workers

10 Tools for Providing 24/7 IT Support to Remote Workers

byRichard Hay, Senior Content Producer

Stress Test: The Data Center Industry and the Pandemic

Stress Test: The Data Center Industry and the Pandemic

Stress Test: The Data Center Industry and the Pandemic

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Global Switch 2 data center in London's Canary Wharf (2009)

UK Data Centers Plead for Critical Status for Contractors as Coronavirus Takes Hold

UK Data Centers Plead for Critical Status for Contractors as Coronavirus Takes Hold

A Movistar service center in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2017

Hard-Knock Life Gets Harder in Venezuela With Internet Near Bust

Hard-Knock Life Gets Harder in Venezuela With Internet Near Bust

How Zoom, Netflix, and Dropbox are Staying Online During the Pandemic

How Zoom, Netflix, and Dropbox are Staying Online During the Pandemic

How Zoom, Netflix, and Dropbox are Staying Online During the Pandemic

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

google data center network room council bluffs

YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month

YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month

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