Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: September 2019

Can Oracle Catch Up in the Cloud Race? - It’s accelerating infrastructure expansion and has a potent technology story to tell, but there’s still a long road ahead.

Why SD-WAN Is Taking Over Enterprise Networks - The traditional connectivity model doesn’t work for today’s distributed enterprises.

Oracle Cloud Puts Data Center Expansion Pedal to the Metal - The company is planning to launch 20 new cloud availability regions before the end of 2020.

Aerial view of Tencent's biggest data center under construction in the mountainous area of the hinterland in March 2018 in Anshun, Guizhou Province of China.

Greenpeace: China’s Data Centers on Track to Use More Energy than All of Australia - Environmentalists partner with Chinese academics to call for cleaner energy for the fastest-growing cloud market.

Oracle co-founder, chairman, and CTO speaking at Oracle OpenWorld 2019 in San Francisco

Oracle’s Autonomous Cloud Security Claims Met with Skepticism - Is it really possible to eliminate data breaches by eliminating human operators, and would Oracle be the one to do it?

AI Hardware Landlords - Nvidia enlists colo providers around the world to house (and cool) its customers’ supercomputers.

Oracle and VMware Partner on Hybrid Cloud - Announcement at OpenWorld follows similar VMware deals with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Digital Realty Strikes $1.4 Billion Data Center Deal with Singapore’s Mapletree - DCK Investor Edge: Sells 10 buildings, seeds new joint venture with three hyperscale data centers in Ashburn

Data Center REIT Stocks Continue Soaring. Will It Last? - DCK Investor Edge: The big question now is whether all the good news is already baked into the prices.

A CGI representation of Keppel's vision of a floating data center park, or

In Land-Constrained Singapore, Keppel Eyes Floating Data Centers - CEO says the company is scouting for near-shore locations for a data center “marina.”