Why Facebook’s IPO is Good for the Data Center Industry

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 18 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...g-n-play” wholesale data center space from at least four providers, including Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology, CoreSite Realty and Fortune Data Centers. Now that Facebook is building its own data centers, its changing needs will continue to impact the market. The social... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Nasdaq

Apple: iDataCenter Power Will Be 100% Green

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 17 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Solar

...data center professionals at the annual Uptime Symposium, and said its activism targeting Apple and Facebook was designed to prompt the industry to wield its power to alter the energy paradigm. “You have a ro......d major data center firm this week to unveil an expanded use of solar arrays, with others including DuPont Fabros Technology and QTS (Quality Technology Services). (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Greenpeace International

Data Center Building Boom Continues in Ashburn

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 14 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

... Rackspace Expands With DuPont Fabros: Rackspace recently pre-leased nearly 9 megawatts of space at DuPont Fabros Technology’s new ACC6 data center in Ashburn. That includes 3.9 megawatts of caoacity that was initially lease......le it hasn’t yet issued a press release, Sacramento-based RagingWire Data Centers announced via its Facebook page that its new data center in Ashburn is now live. RagingWire is one of several companies enteri... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Digital Realty   DuPont Fabros   DuPont Fabros Technology

Data Centers Scale Up Their Solar Power

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 14 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Solar , Cloud Computing

...ld an aircraft carrier look like when it’s covered with an array of solar panels? This photo of the DuPont Fabros Technology data center in New Jersey will give you an idea. The building is 1,100 feet long – about the length...... This solar installation will produce 924,013 kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean electricity annually. + Facebook – Facebook has installed a large array of solar panels at its new ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Cisco   DuPont Fabros

Facebook Brings Open Compute into its Colo Space

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 6 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...al network will soon be deploying those servers in some of its leased data center space as well. Facebook has been working with landlord DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) to implement its Open Compute designs in a data center in Ashburn, Virginia, according to Fra... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Digital Realty   DuPont Fabros   DuPont Fabros Technology

Zynga moves from AWS to its own Data Centers

Explore greenm3.com (Oct 11 2011) Cloud Computing

...mazon Web Services, for the hardware infrastructure for its server-based games such as FarmVille on Facebook. But to cut costs and diversify its risks, Zynga is now investing more money in building its own da......of the sites. Zynga currently leases data center space from two wholesale data center providers, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). In the wholesale data center model, a tenant leases dedicated... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   DuPont Fabros Technology   Facebook

Report: Rackspace Scouting Oregon Sites

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 3 2011) Cloud Computing

...companies interested in building a major data center in the town, which is currently home to a huge Facebook server farm. Now the local media say chatter has focused on Rackspace Hosting as a prospect to loca...... to house its fast-growing cloud computing operation. The San Antonio company has leased space from DuPont Fabros Technology in Ashburn, Virginia and Elk Grove Village, Illinois. In the wholesale data center business, provid... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   DuPont Fabros Technology   Facebook   Rackspace

Microsoft Steps Up Cloud Expansion Plans

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 23 2011) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

...n its data centers and delivered over the Internet. Major Internet companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook typically build multiple facilities at a single location, but usually deploy one phase at a time. M......rs in northern Virginia, where it has been one of the largest tenants in data centers operated by DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT). The company recently indicated it will renew its leases for those sites. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   DuPont Fabros Technology   Facebook

Microsoft Renews Big Lease, Yahoo Doesn’t

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Aug 10 2011) Cloud Computing

... third-party facilities and into its new company-built data centers. The company told its landlord, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), that it will not renew a lease for 5.7 megawatts of space, which expires April 30, 2012. DuP......r most of the company’s leases, those expirations aren’t until 2016 to 2022. A first indicator of Facebook’s intentions may be its lease at a CoreSite data center in the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Yahoo   DuPont Fabros   DuPont Fabros Technology

Report: Data Center Energy Use is Moderating

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Aug 1 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...ey tracks a time of dynamic growth for the data center industry, in which Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple all built enormous cloud data centers, while service providers filled space at wholesale ......s, while service providers filled space at wholesale data centers built by Digital Realty Trust and DuPont Fabros Technology. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   New York Times   The New York Times   Google

The ‘Facebook Effect’ and the Data Center Market

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 12 2011)

.... Digital Realty will have the longest lead time to prepare for any transitions, as its leases with Facebook have an average of 86 months (about 7 years) remaining. + DuPont Fabros Technology: Facebook is the second-largest tenant for DuPont Fabros (DFT), with annualized base rent of about $22 milli... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Digital Realty

Zynga to Boost Investment in Data Centers

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 8 2011) Cloud Computing

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Cisco   DuPont Fabros Technology

Data Centers: The Next Wave of IT Innovation

Explore SOA World Magazine (Jun 14 2011) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...act on electrical and mechanical innovation.  Well-capitalized tech companies (including Google and Facebook) have invested billions in data center innovation, from sophisticated water-cooling to internal rac......ata centers.  The traditional wholesale data center industry (including Digital Realty Trust [DLR], Dupont Fabros Technology [DFT}, and regional player CoreSite [COR]) has been very successful in building standardized design... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Juniper Networks   DuPont Fabros Technology

Apple Adding Data Center in Silicon Valley

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 18 2011) Cloud Computing

...or 2.28 megawatts of critical power load in a new data center being built in Santa Clara, Calif. by DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), a leading developer of wholesale data center space. The lease is scheduled to commence in th......rthern Virginia, Chicago and New Jersey. The company’s tenants include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook. DFT’s Santa Clara site will be built in two phases, each with 18 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Europe   Google

Marquee Tenants Expand With DuPont Fabros

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 10 2011) Cloud Computing

For DuPont Fabros Technology, the second act is often easier than the first. That’s the trend seen in the company’s data center ......et company and a gaming company. Current tenants in ACC5 Phase I fitting those descriptions include Facebook and Zynga, whose games are enormously popular on major social networks. Facebook has leased additional space over the past quarter, vaulting past Microsoft to become DFT’s second-l... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Yahoo   DuPont Fabros   DuPont Fabros Technology

DuPont Fabros Eyes Next Phase in Chicago

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 5 2010) Construction

After a slow start, leasing has picked up at the Chicago-area data center built by DuPont Fabros Technology. The company has now leased all 122,000 square feet of raised-floor space in the first phase of the......its the description of Net2EZ Managed Data Centers, and the “high-growth tenant”  sounds a lot like Facebook. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   DuPont Fabros   DuPont Fabros Technology   Hossein Fateh

Analysts: Demand Still Outpacing Supply

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 29 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ey markets has prompted some large users to move aggressively to secure space. Chief among these is Facebook, which in March leased much of the available wholesale data center space in two major markets, Sant......Chicago, where leases from ServerCentral and Rackspace for nearly 6 megawatts of power/space helped DuPont Fabros Technology helped fill up its data center in the western suburb of Elk Grove Village. “Hosting has begun ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   DuPont Fabros   DuPont Fabros Technology   Facebook

Zynga Leases Data Center in Virginia

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 12 2010) Cloud Computing

...ville and Mafia Wars, are played by more than 235 million active users each month, primarily on the Facebook platform. Sources indicate Zynga has recently leased space at ACC5, a 360,000 square foot data......ed space at ACC5, a 360,000 square foot data center in Ashburn, Virginia. The building’s developer, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), announced several new leases last week but did not identify the new tenants ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   DuPont Fabros Technology   Facebook