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Development, Land Speculation, and Permit Woes In up-and-coming markets like Madrid and Milan, there's a lot of new development in the data center services industry. Raw land with available local power and resources is being acquired to serve the hyperscale demand in southern Europe. Spain and Italy have been a little slower on the move towards cloud service models, making the potential upside far...

To learn more about Evoque's MGI product, check it out here: https://www.evoquedcs.com/ Regional Trends in Data Center Services and Markets in 2Q21 Northern Virginia is a market-driven by hyperscale requirements. It saw moderate growth in 2Q, and it's also spreading out to cover a wider geographical area. The sector there is so unique, datacenterHawk is developing a new analysis tool that tracks a...

As data centers around the world continue to move toward sustainability, Norway’s unique climate and environmental agencies have made 100% renewable energy possible — and the country is setting the standard for others to follow. What Makes Norway Different? While cities like London, Paris, and Amsterdam continue to get much of the data center attention in Europe, some are starting to realize that...

David Liggitt, founder of datacenterHawk, recently met with Andy Stewart, CEO of Evoque Data Centers, and Peter Roosakos, CTO of Foghorn Consulting. The news on everyone’s mind: Evoque’s acquisition of Foghorn. About the Guests, and What Prompted the Acquisition Andy was the CFO and then CSO at TierPoint through over $2 billion worth of acquisitions and funding. He took over as CEO at Evoque about...

We sat down with Damien Gaynor, Echelon’s Director of Sales and Marketing, to discover what they’ve done to get into the data center space and what they’re doing to stay there. As Gaynor shares, Echelon is working to meet the rapidly expanding global demand for data processing and storage solutions by developing large-scale campuses across Europe (focusing most of their efforts in Ireland). But wh...

The APAC data center market has distinct cultural and geographical diversity, unique supply challenges, and a high potential for hyperscale growth that make it a market worth looking at closely. A Diverse Landscape To get a framework for how major and secondary data center markets work in a certain part of the world, it’s important to understand the regions of the area. For example, in the United...

David Horowitz, the SVP and Director of Sales at T5 Data Centers, joins us for a conversation about the Chicago data center market. David walks us through the Chicago market's current challenges and opportunities, and what he sees on the horizon for T5 and the industry as a whole. T5 and the Chicago Market Suburban Chicago has been nurturing a growing data center market for years, and thanks to th...

Phoenix’s Data Centers By the Numbers Our latest podcast touches on the changes that have happened in the Phoenix area over the last five years. By measuring the planned power for data centers, the growth metrics become clear. Planned power went from 185 megawatts in 2017, all the way to 1,690 megawatts in 2021. This is to enable the rapid hosting of cloud service providers as soon as they’re read...

Why hyperscale data centers in Australia forecast global industry growth This is an episode of HawkTalk, datacenterHawk’s series of candid one on one conversations with executives and leaders in the data center industry. If you enjoyed this episode, you can check them all out on our blog. If you’d like to know when we release future episodes, you can subscribe here. James Veness is the Head of Por...

The Spectrum of Hyperscale Data Centers Tim puts hyperscale users on a spectrum: on one end there are first-party applications driving data center demand, and on the other end are third parties driving demand. What that means is that if a data center is providing cloud services — meaning that it has customers who are external to the business — it’s on the end where a third party is driving demand....

Our talk with Bruce Lehrman about Involta’s business strategy contained some interesting details and pearls of wisdom. They discussed getting involved early in emerging markets, what it takes to open up a world-class data center in a new location, and what verticals have shown the most interest in Involta’s services. Surprisingly, it was often the healthcare industry that became early adopters of...

Why Dallas Continues to Be An Attractive Market One of Flexential’s biggest markets is the Dallas data center market. Flexential has experienced continual growth in Dallas and their customers find this market attractive for their IT infrastructure. As Downie acknowledges, Dallas has been a destination market for enterprises for a decade or more and he feels fortunate to have participated in that....

From a data center perspective, whenever we approach the end of a quarter, there is always a lot of exciting data to review and trends to discuss. Today, we will be discussing all of the major European data center market highlights for 1Q 2021. We’ll also briefly touch upon the condition of the market at the end of 2020 so that we can better understand how the previous year played a role in launch...

1Q 2021 Data Center Market Highlights: What We’ve Noticed and What to Expect With the first quarter of 2021 now complete and the second quarter of the year being well underway, datacenterHawk will be taking a look back over the key data center market highlights of 1Q 2021. Here, we’ll be discussing our top takeaways from the quarter, as well as touching upon our expectations for the second. Overal...

Understanding the challenges data center customers face is the first step toward providing them with a good solution. When Nicholas Laag, CEO and Managing Director of Prime Data Centers, was preparing to open new data center facilities in Sacramento and Santa Clara, his primary focus was on the end-user. The varying needs and demands customers have—from hybrid migration to combining the cloud with...

Roger Süess of Green fills us in on the current state of the Zurich data center market in Switzerland, how it’s developed into what it is today. Check out our video above with Roger Süess of Green to get his take on the Zurich data center market. If you’re short on time, check out the summary of the conversation below. The Current State of Green Green’s current footprint in Zurich consists of 4 se...

SkyBox Datacenters has had opportunities to grow in the past 2 years and only look to continue that trend moving forward. Rob Morris took some time to sit down and give datacenterHawk an update on how SkyBox has grown since we last caught up with him 2 years ago. Below are some of the topics we dove into during our discussion. Growth in the Houston and Dallas markets Since we last spoke with Rob,...

Below we’ll lay out exactly how we do it at datacenterHawk. At the end of this article, you’ll be able to take our approach and put it to use to help you succeed in your new role. What Data Center Market Research Can Do For You For some, data center market research might be a bit of an ill-defined, fuzzy term. Put simply, market research helps people understand how a certain product or industry is...

Matthew Madden of DXN Limited talks about the state of Australian data centers and how they use autonomous mining vehicles to grow the IT industry with the edge. This is an episode of HawkTalk, datacenterHawk’s series of candid one on one conversations with executives and leaders in the data center industry. If you enjoyed this episode, you can check them all out on our blog. If you’d like to know...

Michael Chan of OneAsia fills us in on the current state of data center markets in Asia Pacific, along with where the latest activity is moving. This is an episode of HawkTalk, datacenterHawk’s series of candid one on one conversations with executives and leaders in the data center industry. If you enjoyed this episode, you can check them all out on our blog. If you’d like to know when we release...

We sat down with Digital Realty CFO Andy Power and Giuliano Di Vitantonio, EVP of Strategy & Business Segments, to get their take on recent European data center market growth. Check out our episode above with Andy Power and Giuliano Di Vitantonio of Digital Realty to get their take on the state of the European markets. Or if you’re short on time, check out the summary of the conversation below. Se...

It's a game that’s won and lost on speed. The faster information can be delivered from a data center, the more valuable the data center can be to people outside its four walls. Customers Don’t Like Slow Delivery Times Imagine you run a logistics company. The success of your business depends on how quickly you deliver packages. As your operation grows, you build warehouses to swap packages on and o...

In Podcast 40, we continue our Data Center Fundamentals series and dive into the basics of data center location. Why is the location of a data center important? We go through at all the reasons data center professionals need to know about the location of a data center. Economics Data centers are exponentially more expensive than other types of real estate, and the economic considerations have rami...

The European data center industry is full of growth and change. The increased demand from COVID-19 and individual European countries are at the forefront of that growth. Hear what EdgeConneX CMO, Phillip Marangella, has to say about it. This is an episode of HawkTalk, datacenterHawk’s series of candid one on one conversations with executives and leaders in the data center industry. If you enjoyed...