Rich Miller

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Founder and Editor at Data Center Frontier

Host at The Data Center Frontier Show

Charting the future of data centers and cloud computing, and the innovations that will take us there. My interests: #datacenter #cloud #ai #IoT #edgecomputing

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In AI Arms Race, Data Centers Are the Table Stakes for Hyperscale Players

Aug 8, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

Hyperscale tech companies and global investment firms continue to invest heavily in digital infrastructure for AI, citing it as a game-changing technology for society and the economy. But after a selloff in the tech sector, some stock investors are assessing the timing of the payoff on these big bets on AI.
ECL Advances its Vision for Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers

Jun 25, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

Yuval Bachar has a big vision for hydrogen-powered data centers. In coming years, Bachar hopes to deploy hundreds of megawatts of highly-sustainable data center capacity alongside hydrogen pipelines and solar power arrays. "It's a mission," said Bachar, the founder and of ECL.
Go Daddy Outage Causes Widespread Downtime

May 30, 2024 | datacenterknowledge.com | Rich Miller

Domain registrar Go Daddy is experiencing a major domain name service (DNS) outage, which is impairing access to many customer web sites. Go Daddy manages 52 million domain names, meaning a DNS outage could affect millions of web sites across the Internet.
The Gigawatt Data Center Campus is Coming

Apr 29, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

The Internet is entering an era of gigawatt-scale data center campuses to power artificial intelligence (AI), according to developers and industry groups, who say this approach provides the best opportunity to support AI workloads with renewable energy. Hyperscale tech companies are already seeking sites for campuses that can support a gigawatt of electric power capacity, equal to 1,000 megawatts or 1 billion watts, according to speakers at last week’s Data Center World conference.
DOE Study: AI Boom Breeds Localized Energy Constraints, But Grid Can Meet Long-Term Demand

Apr 22, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

WASHINGTON, DC - Data center energy use in the United States has doubled over the past three years and is expected to grow by another 50 percent by 2027, according to preliminary results of a new government study. The 2024 Report to Congress on U.S. Data Center Energy Use is designed to assess how surging interest in artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the technology industry’s use of electricity.
Hybrid Data Center Designs Offer Flexibility for Transition to Liquid Cooling

Mar 27, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

As powerful AI hardware is deployed at scale, more data center workloads will require liquid cooling to manage racks of high-density servers. But traditional cloud and enterprise equipment isn’t going anywhere, and air cooling will remain essential for many years to come. For the next few years, data center designs are likely to focus on hybrid designs that support both liquid-cooled racks and air-cooled environments.
What the Cloud Revolution Tells Us About Data Center Power Challenges

Mar 15, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

"Data centers have become the front lines in our society’s digital transition, creating tension with the limitations of the power grid." I wrote that in January as the central theme of DCF's "8 Trends" forecast for 2024. Several months later, the data center power crunch is squarely in the national headlines. The growing attention to U.S. power constraints is ramping up pressure on the data center industry, which is already facing scrutiny in many communities. So what happens now?
Lonestar Data Makes it to the Moon on IM-1 Lunar Lander

Feb 23, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

Where is the outer boundary of the data center frontier? Today it is on the surface of the moon, in the form of a small data storage device from Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar Data is a customer on a lunar lander from Intuitive Machines, which landed safely on the moon Thursday afternoon.
Equinix Will Bring xScale Hyperscale Data Centers to the U.S.

Feb 20, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

Equinix wants a bigger piece of the hyperscale data center market in North America. The digital infrastructure company will be building out its hyperscale design in selected U.S. markets. The Equinix hyperscale business segment, known as xScale, is gaining strategic importance as the growth of AI boosts demand for advanced cooling and fast access to cloud platforms. In its earnings call last week, the company said its accelerating investment in its xScale portfolio, including in the United States.
Data Centers Are Booming In Ohio’s Digital Heartland

Jan 31, 2024 | datacenterfrontier.com | Rich Miller

As data center developers scramble to find enough land and power to support their new MegaCampuses, Central Ohio has become a focal point for new digital infrastructure. The Ohio cloud cluster has grown over the last decade, as three large cloud companies chose New Albany, a suburb of Columbus, as the home for their new data centers. Things kicked into a different gear in 2023 with a burst of land banking by hyperscale operators and data center developers.