West-Michigan based IT Company, US Signal, has recently announced that they are planning on developing a new data center just outside of Detroit. This facility will be their fourth located in Michigan, and the eighth in the Midwest. If…

Equinix, Inc is a global data center company, which has recently announced a new major expansion of their footprint within South Korea. The new facility will be called the International Business Exchange (IBX) will be carrier-neutral and known as SL1…

Speculations It seems as though Google’s next data center will be built in Becker, Minnesota. The news was announced by Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, which disclosed the project in their regulatory filing. Xcel Energy would provide the power to support the…

When operating a data center, one of the biggest ongoing expenses is the electricity. Electricity is in high demand largely because of cooling requirements in data centers. This is important because computer equipment generates so much heat. Specifically, when performing…