CoreWeave Deploys “Industry First” NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 in Switch’s AI Factory Solution
CoreWeave announced that they were the first AI cloud provider to bring up the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 platform, in collaboration with Dell Technologies, at Switch. We are proud to be the AI Factory solution to host this “industry first” deployment, which marks a significant leap forward in high-performance AI computing and...
Switch is building ‘AI factories’ in Las Vegas
Las Vegas data-center owner Switch is expanding its big presence in Southern Nevada with a new kind of facility: so-called AI factories. Switch is developing a project at the southwest corner of the Jones Boulevard-215 Beltway interchange in the southwest Las Vegas Valley, near its existing cluster of data centers....
How ESG and Sustainability are Shaping Digital Infrastructure and Data Center Design
Although our industry is full of acronyms, this one is quite important. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings are a critical consideration to ensure the health and future of an organization.
Choosing Resiliency: 100% Uptime in the Most Resilient Infrastructure in the World
In a world that’s constantly connected, experiencing an outage is more expensive than ever; the average cost of IT downtime is $5,600 per minute. However, because there is so much variability in how businesses and data centers are run, the cost of these outages can range from as much as...
Powering Digital Infrastructure with Next Level Efficiency
To support some of the world’s most critical pieces of infrastructure, you need a resilient solution that can withstand the demand of a digital economy. However, the biggest focus in creating these types of data center architectures continues to revolve around efficiency. In the latest AFCOM State of the Data...
Data Center Design: A Few Key Considerations
With constant connectivity becoming the new normal in a digital society, data centers sit at the heart of the data exchange. A recent from Grand View Research indicates that, “The global data center market size was valued at USD 207.2 billion in 2019 and is expected to expand at a...
Water as a Key Consideration for Sustainable Data Centers
For the longest time, data centers were measured with the PUE metric. This metric would indicate how well power was being utilized and the efficiency of the data center. Although this is still very important, those focusing on truly sustainable solutions are also looking at water as an indicator for...
Powering the Fourth Industrial Revolution with Net ZERO Carbon Emissions
We are a digital society. Organizations and people rely on critical infrastructure to support data requirements, applications and services. Many worldwide are already digital natives as we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The World Economic Forum defines this new era as a fusion of technologies, blurring the physical, digital and...
Sustainably Powering Critical Infrastructure
Sustainable by Design® Our connected society is directly dependent on critical infrastructure. However, a new focus around critical infrastructure revolves around our ability to deliver green and sustainable power. A very recent study published in the journal Science concluded that data centers accounted for about 205 terawatt-hours of electricity usage...
The Carrier-Neutral Data Center: Why It’s Important To You
We are a truly connected society. More than ever before, technology leaders are working to find ways to help people and businesses connect more efficiently. Between edge computing, 5G, new requirements around applications and services, and a growing count of connected devices, telecommunications and connectivity are at the forefront of...