5 Ways AI Is Changing Data Centers
AI is a game-changer for data centers. The popularity of AI means that data center services are more in demand than ever. Data centers that adapt quickly to AI-related changes will be at the forefront of the industry because they can easily support AI workloads. How are data centers adapting to AI? Below are five key changes that will keep data centers on the cutting edge. 1. Power and Cooling Solutions In the “old days”: Until recently, most data centers used standard server rack setups with comparatively low power densities. Air cooling has been standard for most facilities. This was sufficient for the non-AI workloads of the past. Power was […]
Colocation: When to Shut Down the Server Room and Open up the Cloud
What exactly are Colocation Services? The common calling card of the Network Administrator of the past was to: “Keep your users close, keep your servers closer.” They would break into a sweat at the thought of hosting mission critical servers in another building, let alone another state or by another company entirely. However, except for the largest of corporations, the current trend is to move away from locally hosted servers and server farms to co-located data centers, also referred to as Managed Hosting Solutions. Many Network Administrators & Network Engineers feared that the advent of these remote hosting solutions would rule their jobs obsolete, but just the opposite is true […]
