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...

Thom Jackson isn't just a data center guru and mechanical engineer at Dunham Associates in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he's a...

By Drew Robb As the number of edge data centers grows, the supporting power infrastructure must adapt, both internally wi...

By Drew Robb  Large data centers and colocation facilities have dominated IT for the past decade. But megatrends suc...

By Drew Robb  Construction delays and supply challenges pose significant risks to data center operational readiness...

By Drew Robb  Reliable on-site power is becoming an essential facet of data center operations, especially as the gri...

With the emergence of Cloud Computing and more recently AI-at-scale, data centers have come to the fore. They are at a con...

We’re thrilled to announce that Wendy Shuchart has joined the AFCOM team as our new Association Manager! Wendy brings a we...

By Drew Robb  The AI boom is turbocharging unprecedented demand for data center construction. IT analyst firm Omdia...

By Drew Robb  The hype behind AI is unrelenting: It will cure cancer, end poverty, and bring about a utopian civiliz...

By Drew Robb The security landscape is constantly evolving, as will be covered in the Emerging IT and Data Center Techno...

By Drew Robb Labor shortages are nothing new in the data center. Every year, the subject of labor and recruiting is given...

By Alyse Burnside  This past August was the hottest month recorded on Earth, marking the 15th consecutive month of r...

Today we’re kicking off a new Q&A series, where we interview AFCOM chapter leaders to explore some of the greatest minds w...

By Steven Hill   Things are getting hotter this summer, not only from the impact of climate change, b...

By Danny Bradbury As the earth’s thermostat rises, data centers are feeling the heat. With soaring temperatures pushing...

By Drew Robb Data centers are generating more heat than ever. In addition to working to improve cooling efficiency, mo...

By Mike Dano It's no secret that data centers – including those running new AI programs – consume lots and lots of...

Interview with Rebecca Weekly, VP of Infrastructure at GEICO  | Women in Data Centers  ...

Interview with Melissa Olson, Business Development Manager for Belimo  | Women in Data Centers  ...

By Drew Robb The opening keynote at Data Center World 2024 featured speakers from AMD and Intel discussing the tra...

By Sandra MacGregor   Driven by the ever-increasing demand for data processing and storage, the data cen...

Interview with Janna Connor, Unit Manager of Data Centers at Blue Cross and Blue Shield  | Women in Data Centers...

By Drew Robb There are many trends and technologies affecting data centers on a global scale. These include pressure...

Interview with Garima Kochhar, Senior Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies  | Women in Data Centers &nb...

Interview with Carrie Goetz, Best-Selling Author  | Women in Data Centers  ...

By Sandra MacGregor   Quantum Corridor, a Midwestern US fiber-optic network, has joined an expanding group o...

Written by Sara Laws Summary Energy and power usage are always key concerns for data center professionals, bu...

Written by Sara Laws Summary There is a shortage of skilled workers and new talent entering the data center i...

Implementing Augmented Reality Tools  | Part 25 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series Virtual reality (VR) is popular w...

Summary “Our industry loves innovation–as long as it’s ten years old.” Midway through last week’s presentation re...

Data Center Cabling  | Part 25 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series There is a lot that could be said about data cente...

Lowering the Cost of New Data Centers  | Part 24 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series Cloud storage firm Impossible...

Adding Wind or Solar  | Part 23 of AFCOM’s Consider This Series Many data centers are determined to lower their c...