Data Center

Feature "Industrial IoT"
Driving Digital Transformation
Forecasts of social disintegration and wide-spread unemployment caused by Industrial IoT are a melodramatic overreaction stemming from the fear of change. To the horseshoe smithy, the car also posed an existential threat – but does that mean we should return to the dark ages? Judith Ellis explores the attitudes to digital transformation, the challenges from smaller companies, and the steps needed to make it a success.

Feature "Green IT"
Reducing the Bill for Powering the Digital Economy
For both the environment and company OPEX, power consumption cannot increase at the same speed as computing power. Judith Ellis explores what data center operators and company IT professionals can do to create efficiencies.

Feature "Cloud Computing"
GAIA-X: Growing a Vibrant European Ecosystem
Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland e.V. and Head of the Digital Business Models division at eco, introduces the new European data infrastructure project that aims to grow a sovereign and self-determined digital ecosystem in Europe.
Industry Insights "Cloud Computing"
What is Driving the Growth in Connectivity?
Luxembourg – The Digital Nation in the Green Heart of Europe

Feature "Data Center"
Data Center Models and Their Customers
Data centers may be powerhouses of the digital economy, but they come in all shapes and sizes, with different services models, different business models, and different locational advantages. dotmagazine asked Dr. Béla Waldhauser, from the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures in Germany, to unravel the complexities and explain what kind of customer business cases are most appropriate for what kind of data center.

Feature "Data Center"
Decentralization and the Boost to Digitalization
Donald Badoux from Data Center Group in conversation with Dr. Thomas King at DE-CIX on the importance of decentralized infrastructure for modern applications.
Industry Insights "Data Center"
Edge Computing – Distributed processing for Growing Mountains of Data

Feature "Connectivity"
Connectivity as a Key Differentiator for Data Centers
Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on the value of quality connectivity services for enterprises and data centers.

Feature "Blockchain"
What Can Blockchain Do For You?
“The Internet never forgets!” Although untrue, this statement reminds people to think twice before putting information online – and out of their control. The advent of blockchain changes everything. Blockchain forgets nothing – and it brings back content control. Mathias Röckel looks at the potential of this new technology for innovative commercial enterprise, as well as for Internet infrastructure providers.

Feature "Digital Infrastructure"
Digital Infrastructure is Fundamental to Economic Growth in Europe - doteditorial
Dr. Béla Waldhauser from the eco Association looks at the digital infrastructure requirements for Europe to remain competitive in the global digital economy
Industry Insights "Digital Infrastructure"
Multi-Tenant Data Centers: Managing Data for Less
Next Level Data Center Security
Redefining Data Centers for the Edge
Data Centers and E-Waste
Transforming Data Center Operations

Feature "Digital Infrastructure"
doteditorial: Economic Engine – Digital Infrastructure
Digital infrastructures encourage growth and employment on location and have a comparable economic importance to streets, public transportation networks, and water and power supply. Data centers in particular form the basis of the digitalization of society and the economy and provide the foundations for successful metropolitan areas.
Industry Insights "Digital Infrastructure"
Green Efficiency
OSDA – a New Approach for the Sustainability of Data Centers

Feature "Data Center"
The Edge & Edge Data Centers: Gaining Clarity - doteditorial
Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Data Center Infrastructure, grapples with the definition of edge data centers and envisages the environment that will evolve at the edge of 5G networks.

Feature "Data Center"
doteditorial April 2017
Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Datacenter Infrastructure, on powering and greening IT.

Feature "Data Center"
Open Data Center Connectivity: The Key to Digital Localization
Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on the real opportunity for data center operators through network solutions and enterprise connectivity offerings.
Industry Insights "Data Center"
Rethinking IT Organization and Infrastructure as Decentralized – Data Center 4.0

Feature "Data Center"
The Colocation Boom-Within-a-Boom in Frankfurt
Independent consultant Gerd Simon in conversation with Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse and KDDI Deutschland, on the booming colocation market in Frankfurt, declarations of war, and keeping up with demand for data center capacities.

Feature "Data Center"
Shining a Light on Sustainable Heat & Energy – A Data Center Perspective
Dr. Béla Waldhauser from Telehouse and the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures looks at the opportunities for data centers to contribute to a green future.
Industry Insights "Data Center"
Sustainability Reporting: dotBERLIN’s Journey to More Sustainability
Wake-up Call from the Biosphere: Living Digitally and Sustainably in a Better World
Toward Green Digitalization: How Data Centers Help Create a Sustainable IT Infrastructure
Why Cooperation Enables Sustainable Digitalization
Driving Green Innovation in the Cloud Computing Industry

Feature "Data Center"
Finding Specialist Staff to Power Data Center Growth
Demand is growing worldwide so fast that data centers can’t be built and staffed fast enough. Dr. Béla Waldhauser from KDDI Deutschland explains the challenges and provides a perspective for the future of data center operations.

Feature "Energy Efficiency"
Data Centers in the Transformation to Sustainable Energy Consumption
As data centers become ever larger consumers of energy, they have the chance to play a key role in shaping the move towards using more renewable energy and the future energy market. Staffan Reveman of Reveman Energy Academy looks at the hurdles ahead and possible symbioses for data center energy consumption.
Industry Insights "Energy Efficiency"
Why and How the Energy Requirements of Data Centers Are Growing
The Win-Win Situation of Data Center Energy Efficiency

Feature "Data Center"
Digital Waste Heat – Overcoming Mismatches in Creation and Consumption
Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse Deutschland & Spokesperson for the eco Alliance for Digital Infrastructures, on cooling data centers & heating homes.
Industry Insights "Data Center"
Secure and 100% Green Data Center and Cloud Services from Central Europe
The “Green” Factor: Sustainable Data Centers in the Era of Digitalization
Case Study: Data Center Efficiency – How AI Can Help Optimize Data Center Cooling
Power to Data – Data to Heat: New Business Opportunities for Energy Suppliers

Feature "Doing Business in Germany"
Energy is Expensive in Germany – Can This Be a Good Thing?
The high cost of energy in Germany is a result of the country’s transition from fossil fuels and atomic energy to renewables. This could be seen as a marker for a poor market environment – or the opposite, as Mathias Röckel explains.
Industry Insights "Doing Business in Germany"
What's New in eco April 2017

Feature "Data Center"
Understanding and Mitigating Risks to Data Center Operation
Given the strategic value of data centers to digital transformation, it is important for data center operators to have a very clear view of the risks they face – ranging from DDoS to the GDPR – according to Gerd Simon, Independent Consultant and Lead Auditor for the eco Datacenter Star Audit.

Feature "Data Center"
To Lie or Not to Lie – Transparency and Trust in Data Center Crisis Management
eco DCSA Auditor & independent consultant Gerd Simon, on vital processes and communication for managing data center crises, and the impact on business value.

Feature "Renewable Energy"
Blackouts, Renewable Energy, and Powering IT Reliably
Volatile renewable energy is increasingly important for national and internationally connected power grids, but, according to Judith Ellis, care is needed to provide stable power for critical infrastructure and sensitive IT processes.
Industry Insights "Renewable Energy"
Innovative Approaches to Energy Efficiency in Data Centers
A UPS Solution with Kinetic Energy

Feature "Data Center"
Heat Recovery from Data Centers: A Win-Win Situation
Data centers and society both have much to gain from the use of waste heat, a topic elaborated upon in a white paper and by Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Data Center Infrastructure Group.
Industry Insights "Data Center"
Adapting Data Center Design to Diverse National Requirements

Feature "Data Center"
Data Centers in a Changing World
Dr. Béla Waldhauser from Telehouse & the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures on the energy consumption and energy-saving potential of data centers and digitalization.