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That's all for day one of DCD>Building at Scale | Europe, but here's a sneak peek at what we'll be exploring in tomorrow's opening episode. The European data center colocation market is projected to grow to $31.59 billion by 2028. However, this growth is not without its challenges: supply chain constraints, grid & energy issues, and the evolving concept of the “social license” of data centers. Join us tomorrow for our chat with NTT Global Data Centers for crucial insight into: 🛠️ Market expansion amidst supply chain, grid & energy challenges 🛠️ The importance of developing data centers that can support advanced AI tech 🛠️ The critical role of data centers in the European market’s ongoing evolution Register now: https://okt.to/jTQH6h Featured speakers: Bruno Berti, Alex Dickins, and Konstantin Hartmann. #DCDBroadcast #DataCenterConstruction #Europe

Deep Edge ramps up data center builds in booming broadband era Deep Edge is seeking to build more interconnection facilities across the U.S., especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets as new opportunities are driven by a surge in rural broadband spend. This week the company completed construction of a interconnection data center in Charlotte, North Carolina in a first step toward its planned multi-phase expansion. The carrier-neutral data center will add more capacity to the company’s existing facility that connects long-haul and regional fiber networks from AT&T, Charter Communications, Lumen, Zayo Group and Verizon. As more fiber pops up in smaller markets through funding like the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, “there’s more opportunities to reach those customers,” said Chuck Corcoran, head of operations for Deep Edge. “We're trying to get closer to the customer and respond quickly to our customers’ needs in those markets.” Deep Edge’s customers include internet service providers (ISPs) and hyperscalers that need to connect to long-haul and regional networks. Corcoran noted Deep Edge is also considering a play with content providers that want to be closer to their subscribers. One impetus for the company's expansion, he said, is providing its customers in smaller markets with the amount of power necessary to work with emerging tech like artificial intelligence (AI). As the need for interconnections continues to grow in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets, traditional data center designs “are not built to accommodate the growing, specific requirements for latency and power, as well as the flexibility needed by today’s applications and the companies that leverage them to drive business forward,” said Deep Edge Chairman Bill Cook in a statement.

Who's Doing What ❓ 🔺 STACK Infrastructure has said it is expanding its AI data center capabilities with high-density racks via a closed-loop water cooling system to help support the growing requirements of machine learning workloads. They're offering customizable solutions that can support: 🌐 up to 30kW per rack with traditional air cooling 🌐 up to 50kW per rack with rear door heat exchangers 🌐 up to 100kW per rack with direct-to-chip liquid cooling. The company said it intends to support 300kW or higher per rack with immersion cooling in the future. 🔺 CyrusOne launched a new AI-specific built-to-suit data center design, using immersion cooling, and other techniques, to achieve high power densities. 🔺 Digital Realty launched a high-density colocation service in 28 markets to support workloads of up to 70 kilowatts per rack 🔺 Equinix announced it would be rolling out support for liquid cooling across a large proportion of its data center footprint. Who's next❓ Tim Hughes Robert Jackson Chris Sharp Tom Langer

We believe that technology is only as good as one’s ability to implement it, including 5G. NTT DATA was recently recognized by Everest Group as a Leader in the 5G Engineering Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023 for its ability to bring advanced technologies, skillsets, and ecosystem resources to customer use cases in order to help enterprise companies utilize the full potential of 5G technology. The report also highlighted one of NTT DATA’s most successful projects, which was building a private 5G network work in the city of Las Vegas. Curious to see how we helped the city of Las Vegas build a private 5G network to deploy their applications and services? Take a look 👉 https://bit.ly/46CBxqV

In Capacity Magazine this month, our COO Jon Healy chats about the future of hyperscale data centres, exploring both the technological advancements driving change and the global resource constraints impacting size. ➡️ Power limitations: While some European megaprojects are underway, Jon notes power shortages could restrict hyperscale growth in the long run. ➡️ Shifting technologies: As compute and storage needs evolve, data centre design will adapt to best support specific workloads. ➡️ Resource scarcity: Land and power availability will likely see stricter regulations, requiring data centre providers to meet higher standards. ️️ Read Jon's full interview in Capacity Magazine ➡️ ttps://https://lnkd.in/ecbTyG64 #hyperscale #datacentres #futureoftech #keysource #capacitymagazine Capacity Media

We're delighted to feature Matt Peterson, President of San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange, on the cover of July's edition of Intelligent Data Centres. Here, Peterson shares the benefits of partnering with Bandwidth IG’s new dark fibre network and how the route will help keep this data centre market one of the most dynamic of its kind. In this month's Data Centre Predictions feature, Jonathan Blake, VP and Director, TMT EMEA, HDR, explores five key factors that are readying the region to challenge North America and prepare the next generation of data centre activities. It’s inevitable that data centres are entering a new era, but their new definition must procure synergy with other industries to function sustainably. In this month's Expert Opinion section, Chad McCarthy, Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder of nLighten, tells us more. That's just a snippet of what we have to offer in this month's magazine. Want to get ahead in your industry? Read the full magazine in the link below: https://lnkd.in/eQzkmmNu

Data centers purpose-built for AI will emerge in 2H 2024 says Lucas Beran of Dell'Oro Group and they will have racks that will demand 80-100 kW of power, waaaay above today's 10-15 kW range for general-purpose racks. Put another way, it's like cramming six to nine U.S. homes (10-12kW capacity) into every rack. https://lnkd.in/g5HSaRBe

🔔🔔🔔 #MDPIfutureinternet [New Published Papers in 2024] Title: Enhanced Multi-Task Traffic Forecasting in Beyond 5G Networks: Leveraging Transformer Technology and Multi-Source Data Fusion Authors: Ibrahim Abdullah Althamary, Rubbens Boisguene and Chih-Wei (Gary) Huang Please read at: https://lnkd.in/gQnvKtBp Keywords: #deeplearning; #datafusion; #transformermodels; #mobiletrafficforecasting; #recurrentneuralnetworks; #convolutionneuralnetworks; #selforganizingnetworks via Future Internet MDPI

What are the challenges of 5G and facilitators to address the challenges 🤔? 📍Challenges: 1️⃣ Capacity (х1000 > 70% indoor) 2️⃣ Data Rate (x10-100) 3️⃣ End to End latency (< 5ms) 4️⃣ Massive number of connections (x10-100) 5️⃣ Cost (Sustainable) 6️⃣ Quality of Experience (QoE) (Consistent) 📍Facilitators to address the challenges: 1️⃣ Capacity (spectrum-Massive MIMO-New air interface-All optical networks-Small cells-Local offload-Control/User plane split-User deployment models) 2️⃣ Data Rate (spectrum-Massive MIMO-New air interface-All optical networks-Small cells-Local offload-Control/User-plane split) 3️⃣ End to End latency (New air interface-All optical networks-Local offload-Content Delivering Network (CDN)) 4️⃣ Massive number of connections (spectrum-New air interface-All optical networks-Local offload-Software based approaches-Energy efficient hardware-Energy management techniques) 5️⃣ Cost (Local offload-Control/User plane split-Software based approaches-User deployment models-Simple access points-Energy efficient hardware-Energy management techniques-Self Organizing Networks (SON)-Traffic management-Big data driven network intelligence) 6️⃣ Quality of Experience (QoE) (Content Delivering Network (CDN)-Self Organizing Networks (SON)-Traffic management-Big data driven network intelligence) #5g #5gtechnology #5gnetworks #telecommunications #wirelesstechnology

🌐 Explore the transformative power of observability in #Telco's #OSS/#BSS evolution! Red Hat's blog unravels the impact and significance of observability, redefining operations in the telecommunications industry. Delve into the insights here!