Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
January 6, 2025
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: January 6, 2025. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
Digital Realty, a global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, announced its portfolio of 11 data centers in Illinois will be matched with 100% clean and renewable energy beginning in 2025. According to the vendor, the initiative underscores Digital Realty's commitments to sourcing renewable power, making significant strides towards its sustainability goals, and giving back to local communities.
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (Duos), through its operating subsidiaries Duos Edge AI, Inc., and Duos Energy Corp., is partnering with the Pampa Energy Center (PEC) to develop high-density Data Center Development Parks powered by up to 500MW of natural gas self-generation, supplemented by up to 200MW of wind turbine generation, and alternative fuel sources for redundancy.
IBM's proposed plan to acquire HashiCorp, a leading cloud software company, is now under investigation by U.K.'s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA. The CMA is seeking to determine whether the acquisition could reduce market competition.
Yondr Group, a leading global developer, owner, and operator of hyperscale data centers, announced it secured a 4.5-acre site in Toronto to develop its first Canadian data center. The three-story 27MW data center is planned to bring its first megawatts online in mid- 2026. The development sits strategically within an emerging Canadian corridor for data center infrastructure.
Think About It
Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a powerful force that drives both innovation and economic efficiency. For DBAs, this evolution brings new opportunities and challenges. Let's take a look at the impact of open source on the modern DBA and the skillset needed to stay relevant.