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Life on the edge can be dangerous. Randy saw it as an opportunity to found EdgeConneX, a data center company built to bring speed to the market. He took some time to walk us through his journey and how his experience shapes his outlook on today. 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...

What is a data center? We dive into the fundamentals of a data center and give a basic overview for anyone who is looking to get into the industry. On this podcast, David and I are going over the first of eight topics on data center fundamentals. We covered this in a blog series as well as an email course. Today, we answer the question “What is a data center?” and discuss some of the defining char...

Tim and David dive into the Northern Virginia market and look at how the data center industry has evolved over time, and how COVID-19 has impacted 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 this episode, you can check them all out on our blog. If you’d like to kno...

JLL’s Senior Vice President Andy Cvengros knows the ins and outs of the Chicago data center market and shares his knowledge with us on the current state of the market. 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 t...

HawkTalk 44 - Bill Cory offers his insight into the growing Portland/Hillsboro data center market Flexential’s Regional Vice President Bill Cory, is an expert on the Portland data center market and gives us an inside look as to why it’s seen as a hot spot in the industry today. Here are a few quick takeaways from our conversation: On HawkTalk 44 David dives into the Portland data center market wit...

This is an episode of HawkPodcast, datacenterHawk’s internal conversations about 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. On HawkPodcast 27 David and I look back at HawkPodcast 20, where we made our predictions for 2020, and see what we got right, and what we missed,...

Dallas is a major data center market, but how did it get there and what does it's future look like? Anthony Bolner of Stream Data Centers has been in the industry for 20+ years. On this episode he breaks down his view of the current Dallas data center market with our CEO, David Liggitt. ––––––––––––––––––––––– This is an episode of HawkTalk, datacenterHawk’s series of candid one on one conversatio...

Data Foundry knows a thing or two about Texas data centers. They're a data center provider and know how to produce a great product! Data Foundry began in 1994 and owns 6 data centers in the Austin and Houston markets. They’ve focused on the Texas data center markets and as discussed in the video have honed their product to offer a high quality service. Their Chief Technology Officer, Edward Henigi...

David gets the opportunity to sit down with Peter Jones, CDO at Yondr Group. Yondr in based in Amsterdam so dcH loved getting Pete's input on the data center market in Europe. Let us know some of your thoughts on the European data center market in the comments below.

Join the conversation as David and Corey dive into the data center industry and some of Digital Realty's strategic decisions. Great talk with a ton of info to take away from it. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. ------ Thank you for watching this video. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. --...

We've released our quarterly insight and Mike and David recorded a safe at home podcast just to go over the biggest headlines in some of the major markets. They go over what happened in Northern Virginia, Phoenix, and Northern California in the first quarter of 2020. They also talk about how COVID-19 has had an effect on our industry and what it could do long term to the data center markets. Blog...

While you're safe at home, listen to how Covid-19 is causing a surge in the data center industry. Will it last or will there be a fall out once everyone is able to leave their homes again? Listen in as Mike and David discuss it. HawkTalk with Steve Lim from RagingWire NTT: https://youtu.be/omrXbb60uEM Data center fundamentals blog series: https://www.datacenterhawk.com/blog/what-is-a-data-center-a...

Steve Lim, SVP of Marketing at NTT Global Data Centers discusses NTT's market strategy with datacenterHawk from inside their Dallas facility, TX1. He talks about NTT's presence in Silicon Valley, Sacramento, Chicago, Northern Virginia, & Hillsboro. Listen in to get a deeper look into the data center industry in all of these markets.

A first for datacenterHawk. Coronavirus has forced us to stay home, but we're not going to stop producing content! The data center industry is unique when it comes to how it has been impacted by coronavirus. David and Mike break down what they've seen happen so far in the industry and how different people should react to all this unknown. Things talked about in this episode: Podcast 13 - Challenge...

What are the types of data centers? Mike and David go through them and help bring clarity to the differences between them. Colocation Data Centers - 14:48 Retrofit Data Centers - 23:45 Hyperscale Data Centers - 26:05 Enterprise Data Centers - 32:36 Carrier Hotels - 39:40 Edge Data Centers - 45:20 Our recent blog post about the different types of data centers: https://www.datacenterhawk.com/blog/t....

Today, we take a break from data center industry trends and talk about leadership. Join as we dig into the significance of leadership and how it's been a pivotal aspect of datacenterHawk's journey. David discusses the experiences he's had in life that have been good examples of leadership, and how those experiences have shaped his decisions in starting a business, as well as in general life. Watch...

Mike and David discuss what strategies hyperscale data center users are focused on in the data center industry and the trends seen by hyperscale data center users by going through 4 main topics: 1. Dual Strategy Still Exists 2. International Markets are Eyed for Growth 3. Timeline Key for Decision Making 4. Smaller Deployments Drive Growth Around Key Business Initiatives ------ Thank you for liste...

We had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with an expert on the Silicon Valley and Northern California data center markets, Jerry Inguagiato. Jerry is a Senior Vice President at CBRE in their Data Center Solutions Group and a San Jose native. He knows all of the ins and outs of the Northern California data center market, and expertly guides us through them while revealing insight into the marke...

Episode 16 of the HawkPodcast. The last part in our 4 part series on challenges in the data center industry. We're focusing on investors and some of the areas that they need to research if they're going to jump into the data center industry. We discuss 3 frameworks in the industry that investors need to track: -The Data Center Market Size Framework -The Data Center Absorption Framework -The Data C...

2020 is here and David & Mike have 5 predictions of what's going to happen in the data center industry through out the year. Below are the quick links to their predictions, listen to what they think is going to happen and the details of each of the predictions. 05:17 Prediction 1 - 2020 Demand 14:45 Prediction 2 - 2020 Development 22:00 Prediction 3 - 2020 Merger & Acquisition Activity Increases 2...

David & Mike look back at 2019 and discuss the data center trends that shaped the industry. Was 2019 a year of surprises or did the year go as expected? Listen to the conversation to find out. ------ Thank you for watching this video. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data cen...

In Hawk Podcast 18, David and Mike briefly cover the differences between the five major European data centre markets and do a quick deep dive on Dublin. If you want to learn more about these data centre markets, you can search them on the datacenterHawk platform by clicking on the links below. -Frankfurt (https://www.datacenterhawk.com/search/frankfurt) -London (https://www.datacenterhawk.com/sear...

What are the 4 stages you need to assess when looking at colocation? David and Mike break it down and provide insight to a successful process. Phase 1: Requirements Phase 2: Request Phase 3: Review Phase 4: Realization/Relocation ------ Thank you for listening. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Le...

GI Partners and Stream Data Centers sit down to discuss their data center in Montreal. GI Partners acquired this LEED Gold facility in 2017 and the site can support up to 20 MW with an extremely low power cost. ------ Thank you for watching this video. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more...

Why is the Canadian data center market growing? David sits down with Vantage Data Centers' Max Guévin in Montreal to discuss how both Montreal and Toronto continue to catch the eye of data center users looking to place both small and large data center requirements. ------ Thank you for listening. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the indust...