Author: Aaron Lewis, Cloud and Data Centre Analyst Summary From April 15 to 18, 2024, Omdia attended Data...

Author: Aaron Lewis, Cloud and Data Centre Analyst   Summary Microsoft developed Azure Boost, an in...

Author: Roy Illsley, Chief Analyst of IT Operations   Summary Download the presentation to discover how...

Author: Shen Wang, Principal Analyst of Data Center Power and Cooling Systems   Summary Data center powe...

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From 1 kW to Warp Speed If you grew up watching Star Trek, you remember the command: “Warp speed. ” The ship didn’t gr...

The bell had not even rung for 2026 yet, and we already had a four-billion-dollar transaction in motion. Right before the...

By Bill Kleyman,  Executive Chair, Data Center Programs, Informa and  Co-Founder and CEO, Apolo.us   Wh...

You Have Agency but Exercising it is a Choice When faced with the advent of something that could be both profound and...

A warm welcome to our new AFCOM members who joined in June 2025, as well as a continued shout out to our existing AFCOM me...

AFCOM’s 2026 State of the Data Center Report draws on a survey of data center professionals to put hard numbers behind som...

SUMMARY Now in its 10th edition, this is the AFCOM State of the Data Center Report for 2026 by Bill Kleyman. Ten years...

AFCOM members can access the full 5 Bold Predictions whitepaper by  clicking here. If you aren't yet an AFCOM member...

SUMMARY In 2025, disruption will no longer come from a single technology like AI, but from the collision of multiple...

Available to everyone, this Executive Summary of the State of the Data Center 2025 Report gives an overview of the conte...

For our January gathering, we discussed green building initiatives with special guest speakers Megan Baker of Green Buildi...

AFCOM State of the Data Center 2026: Inside the Race to Build the AI Infrastructure of Tomorrow  Presented by ...

  For our December gathering, Data Center Knowledge's senior site editor  James Walker  walked through th...

The Evolution of Dark Data Centers: Automation, Security and the Future of Lights-Out Operations The data center...

November 6, 2025 marked our first Virtual Chapter Meeting! AFCOM Association Manager Wendy Shuchart introduced members of...

In this issue, we investigate 2024's class of emerging technologies, all of which directly or indirectly address the power...

In this issue, we discuss the rising adoption of prefab modular as a design trend—and why (or why not) data centers should...

In this issue, we discuss how AI will radically transform the data center industry—and how data center leaders must respon...

In this issue, we discuss the ways in which water scarcity has encouraged the data center industry to innovate. Click the...

In this issue, we investigate important issues around 2023's new crop of emerging technologies, including: Which batt...

You may know him as Mr. Wonderful from ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ series – though today, Kevin O’Leary is better known for his ven...

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Boeing has been making headlines for a slew of serious quality issues that have surfaced, most notably when missing bolts...

In most industries, companies generate supply and then search for demand, but in the AI-driven data center landscape, dema...

The data center industry is facing a pressing demand for skilled workers, yet talent pipelines remain constrained by a lac...

by Dave Mosley As we move into the new decade, business and customer expectations have never been higher. Edge compu...

by Bill Kleyman Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of writing and standing on stages talking about this...

Carrie Goetz, DCI board member and CTO of StrategITcom, is launching a podcast series that discusses jobs within and suppo...

by Robert Reid, Panduit and Pat Chou, Cisco As applications like AI, 5G, and IoT continue to grow, so will the need...

by Bill Long, VP of Interconnection Services for Equinix  An increasingly connected world requires networks tha...