A submarine cable being deployed near the west coast of France in 2015 JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images
A submarine cable being deployed near the west coast of France in 2015

Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: July 21, 2019

In case you missed anything, here are some of the biggest things we wrote about this week.

Google’s New Switching Tech Makes Its Latest Subsea Cable Cheaper, Simpler - The Equiano cable along Africa’s west coast will be the first to use fiber-level switching. Here’s what that means.

Texas Data Center Operators Keep Watch as Weather Tests the Grid - As weather becomes increasingly unpredictable, so do prices in the state’s uniquely deregulated energy market.

The BlueKeep Vulnerability and Data Centers: What You Need to Know - Experts warn that BlueKeep attacks are on their way, and at least a million machines are vulnerable.

Another Thing You Lose When You Move to the Cloud - You know how much power you use in a colo. In the cloud you don’t.

Data Center Developer Compass Secures $3B to Fund Next Stage of Growth - Israeli developer Azrieli joins existing investors RedBird and Ontario Teachers’ in the deal

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