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Wednesday, August 13, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Rejecting the Monopoly Narrative About AI »
You Have Agency but Exercising it is a Choice When faced with the advent of something that could be both profound and...
Thursday, July 3, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Welcome to the June 2025 new and renewing AFCOM members »
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...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
AFCOM Member Spotlight: Thom Jackson, Partner and Mechanical Engineer, Dunham Associates »
Thom Jackson isn't just a data center guru and mechanical engineer at Dunham Associates in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he's a...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Edge Data Centers Need Microgrids and Supporting Infrastructure »
By Drew Robb As the number of edge data centers grows, the supporting power infrastructure must adapt, both internally wi...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data Centers Turn to Edge Units to Serve AI Workloads: But is Edge Right for Every Data Center? »
By Drew Robb  Large data centers and colocation facilities have dominated IT for the past decade. But megatrends suc...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Breaking Bottlenecks: Strategies to Overcome Delays and Supply Chain Disruptions »
By Drew Robb  Construction delays and supply challenges pose significant risks to data center operational readiness...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
On-Site Data Center Power Provides Energy Certainty »
By Drew Robb  Reliable on-site power is becoming an essential facet of data center operations, especially as the gri...
Monday, March 17, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Speaking truth to power (for our data centers) »
With the emergence of Cloud Computing and more recently AI-at-scale, data centers have come to the fore. They are at a con...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Meet Wendy Schuchart, AFCOM Association Manager! »
We’re thrilled to announce that Wendy Shuchart has joined the AFCOM team as our new Association Manager! Wendy brings a we...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Unprecedented Data Center Construction Rush to Handle 1000% Capacity Surge by 2030 »
By Drew Robb  The AI boom is turbocharging unprecedented demand for data center construction. IT analyst firm Omdia...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data Center Space Is Now Harder to Get Due to AI »
By Drew Robb  The hype behind AI is unrelenting: It will cure cancer, end poverty, and bring about a utopian civiliz...
Monday, December 16, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
How Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Can Enhance Data Center Security »
By Drew Robb The security landscape is constantly evolving, as will be covered in the Emerging IT and Data Center Techno...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024   (1 Comment - view/add)
Labor Shortages Plague the Data Center – AI Skills are in Short Supply »
By Drew Robb Labor shortages are nothing new in the data center. Every year, the subject of labor and recruiting is given...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Residents Resist Data Center Development Citing Concerns About Dwindling Resources »
By Alyse Burnside  This past August was the hottest month recorded on Earth, marking the 15th consecutive month of r...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
At the Center of It All: Q&A with AFCOM Chapter Leader Ryan Gruver »
Today we’re kicking off a new Q&A series, where we interview AFCOM chapter leaders to explore some of the greatest minds w...
Tuesday, August 6, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
The Current State of Liquid Cooled Infrastructure »
By Steven Hill   Things are getting hotter this summer, not only from the impact of climate change, b...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
As Temperatures Rise, Data Centers Must Beat the Heat »
By Danny Bradbury As the earth’s thermostat rises, data centers are feeling the heat. With soaring temperatures pushing...
Monday, July 1, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data Center Waste Heat and the Multifunction Campus »
By Drew Robb Data centers are generating more heat than ever. In addition to working to improve cooling efficiency, mo...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data centers to run out of power in two years, says DigitalBridge CEO »
By Mike Dano It's no secret that data centers – including those running new AI programs – consume lots and lots of...
Thursday, May 2, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Interview with Rebecca Weekly, VP of Infrastructure at GEICO | Women in Data Centers »
Interview with Rebecca Weekly, VP of Infrastructure at GEICO  | Women in Data Centers  ...
Thursday, May 2, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Interview with Melissa Olson, Business Development Manager for Belimo | Women in Data Centers »
Interview with Melissa Olson, Business Development Manager for Belimo  | Women in Data Centers  ...
Thursday, April 25, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Intel, AMD Discuss How AI Will Test and Revolutionize Data Centers »
By Drew Robb The opening keynote at Data Center World 2024 featured speakers from AMD and Intel discussing the tra...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data Center Construction Trends: Build Fast, Build Smart »
By Sandra MacGregor   Driven by the ever-increasing demand for data processing and storage, the data cen...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Interview with Janna Connor, Unit Manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Women in Data Centers »
Interview with Janna Connor, Unit Manager of Data Centers at Blue Cross and Blue Shield  | Women in Data Centers...
Thursday, March 14, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Key Trends and Technologies Impacting Data Centers in 2024 and Beyond »
By Drew Robb There are many trends and technologies affecting data centers on a global scale. These include pressure...
Monday, March 11, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Interview with Garima Kochhar, Senior Distinguished Engineer at Dell | Women in Data Centers »
Interview with Garima Kochhar, Senior Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies  | Women in Data Centers &nb...
Thursday, March 7, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Interview with Carrie Goetz, Best-Selling Author | Women in Data Centers »
Interview with Carrie Goetz, Best-Selling Author  | Women in Data Centers  ...
Thursday, January 18, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Quantum Leap: Data Centers Thrive on Turbocharged Fiber-Optic Networks »
By Sandra MacGregor   Quantum Corridor, a Midwestern US fiber-optic network, has joined an expanding group o...
Thursday, December 14, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Webinar Recap | Water Usage in the Data Center: How to Do More with Less »
Written by Sara Laws Summary Energy and power usage are always key concerns for data center professionals, bu...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Webinar Recap | Advance Your Data Center Career - Pathways to Certification »
Written by Sara Laws Summary There is a shortage of skilled workers and new talent entering the data center i...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Implementing Augmented Reality Tools | Top Considerations »
Implementing Augmented Reality Tools  | Part 25 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series Virtual reality (VR) is popular w...
Monday, October 9, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Webinar Recap | The Race To AI: How Every Data Center Will Become an AI Data Center »
Summary “Our industry loves innovation–as long as it’s ten years old.” Midway through last week’s presentation re...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Data Center Cabling | Top Considerations »
Data Center Cabling  | Part 25 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series There is a lot that could be said about data cente...
Thursday, August 10, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Lowering the Cost of New Data Centers | Top Considerations »
Lowering the Cost of New Data Centers  | Part 24 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series Cloud storage firm Impossible...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Adding Wind or Solar | Top Considerations »
Adding Wind or Solar  | Part 23 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series Many data centers are determined to lower their c...

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