Here's a roundup of data center news and commentary I came across over the weekend that didn't involve the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. YouTube was offline for an hour Saturday morning. The outage was attributed to "internal technical issues." Much less... Data Center Knowledge »
Iowa's development as an unlikely data center hub continues, with TEAM Companies announcing this week that it is moving ahead with plans to $15 million in a new data center in Waukee, Iowa. On Monday the Waukee City Council approved a proposed site plan... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)
Health Care Service Corp. is beginning work on a $232.5 million, 250,000-square-foot data center in the Alliance development in Fort Worth. The new facility is being built to handle anticipated member growth for Health Care Services, the fourth-largest... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)
Here's a roundup of some of this week's news from the content delivery network (CDN) sector: Level 3 (LVLT) said its Content Markets Group has been selected by game publisher Funcom as its exclusive CDN provider for the Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)
CRG West will build a data center campus in Santa Clara, Calif., continuing the company's expansion of its data center footprint. The new project adds to the data center boom in Santa Clara, which is currently the focus of major new facilities from most... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)
I'm at the SNIA Symposium this morning. Hence the short post. What is the impact of virtual machines on I/O? Engineers have spent decades optimizing the OS, drivers, caching, controllers and disks for specific workloads. Observed behavior such as... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Storage Mojo)
Internap Network Services (INAP) has added 7,000 square feet of new enterprise data center space at its Fannin Street facility in Houston, Tex. The expansion nearly doubles the existing site, creating 15,000 square feet of usable space designed for... (posted on 22 Jul 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)

Computerworld News