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  • 1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

    When people talk about "the cloud," and the way in which the Internet forms the basis for distributed "cloud computing," most of us don't take the cloud concept literally. But I've come to appreciate that data centers, the literal heart of the Internet, seem to rely in equal measure upon each of the four elements: Earth, Air (or Ether), Fire and Water. Data centers need a plot of real estate. They need the fiber-optic lines that bring Ether-net connectivity.

  • 1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 24, 2025 — Investors and lenders are developing innovative financing structures to meet the unprecedented capital demands of the data center industry, according to financial experts speaking Feb. 25 at the MetroConnect conference here.

  • 1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 24, 2025 — Industry leaders acknowledged a growing challenge in balancing surging power demands with environmental sustainability goals during a panel discussion at the MetroConnect conference here on Feb. 25. "The best we can do is to continue to do the best we can," said Buddy Rizer, executive director of economic development for Loudoun County, Virginia, home to the world's largest concentration of data centers.

  • 1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 24, 2025 — The data center landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift with power availability now dictating location decisions, forcing fiber providers to adapt with unprecedented long-haul infrastructure builds, industry leaders said Feb. 25 at the MetroConnect conference here.

  • 1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 24, 2025 — On-site natural gas generation offers a viable alternative to grid connections for power-hungry data centers, according to Jim Summers, CEO of GPC Infrastructure, who presented Feb. 24 at the MetroConnect conference here.

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