Data Center Management Articles
What's ahead for data analytics during the next 12, 24, or even 36 months? This area of business technology has seen sweeping changes in recent times, largely thanks to the rise of accessible AI. And with it, there has been a concerted movement toward integrating the tools and platforms that deliver and support analytical applications—be they predictive, AI, or pattern matching.
Posted January 21, 2026
Opengear, a Digi International company, is adding to its Network Resilience Platform: the CM8000 Series and the OM1300 Series—delivering compact, flexible, and automation-ready out-of-band infrastructure designed to respond to increasing outages and distributed sites that continue to scale.
Posted January 15, 2026
Datavault AI Inc., a leader in instant data monetization and enterprise digital twins, announced it will deliver enterprise-grade AI performance at the edge in New York and Philadelphia by expanding its collaboration with IBM using the SanQtum AI platform.
Posted January 12, 2026
LiquidStack, a global, full-service leader in liquid cooling for data centers, announced a 300-megawatt order of Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) capacity from a major U.S.-based data center operator.
Posted January 12, 2026
Oracle is partnering with Related Digital and DTE Energy, to construct Oracle's AI data center in Saline Township, Michigan. As the future tenant, Oracle will operate the data center once it's delivered and provisioned, outfitting it with the latest technology for its customer, OpenAI, according to Oracle.
Posted January 12, 2026
In the year ahead, there will be signs of significant transformation at data sites. AI is the driver of change, of course, but it goes deeper, promising to reshape operations, security, customer interaction data, and a host of other functions. To explore the possibilities, we canvassed leaders across the industry on the changes they see ahead in the data world.
Posted January 08, 2026
Kioxia America, Inc. is introducing BG7 Series solid state drives (SSDs)—the first client solution to feature Kioxia Corporation's latest BiCS FLASH generation 8 3D flash memory with innovative CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology.
Posted January 07, 2026
It's now 2026 and AI has become a daily part of business conversations. Everyone in the C-suite is contemplating whether to hop on the "hype train." The bubble surrounding the industry seems poised to pop at some point as the market becomes saturated with companies producing "AI slop" in terms of plagiarized art and writing and inflating the value of GPUs and other computer hardware equipment, along with demanding more capacity for data center power. Here, experts share their predictions for AI in 2026.
Posted January 05, 2026
Vultr, one of the largest privately-held cloud infrastructure companies, is marking a major milestone in its long-standing strategic collaboration with AMD to advance and scale AI workloads worldwide. Vultr will launch an AI supercluster, powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs deployed in its new Springfield, Ohio cloud data center location. This 50 MW expansion delivers unprecedented performance per dollar for AI training and inference.
Posted December 08, 2025
This year has seen a variety of changes in the AI landscape, from the proliferation of agents to major questions around AI's true return on investment. In the end, it's all about the data.
Posted December 08, 2025
One of the largest power grid operators in the U.S. is asking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to only allow large data centers to connect to the grid if there's enough capacity available to serve them reliably, according to Utility Dive. The infrastructure underlying big data processing, typically large-scale data centers, is starting to receive pushback as more residents in the U.S. see climbing energy costs.
Posted December 08, 2025
Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions, announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power enterprise-grade generative AI (gen AI) on AWS with Red Hat AI and AWS AI silicon.
Posted December 08, 2025
IBM and Cisco are partnering on the groundwork for networked distributed quantum computing, to be realized as soon as the early 2030s.
Posted December 08, 2025
Seagate Technology Holdings plc, a global leader in mass-capacity data storage, is introducing its new Seagate Exos 4U100 and 4U74 JBOD systems, setting a new standard for enterprise storage ahead of the SuperComputing (SC25) conference.
Posted December 04, 2025
Poor-quality test data leads to poor production applications, compliance risks, and inefficiencies that will be costing the organization time, money, and very soon its competitive edge.
Posted December 04, 2025
As AI continues to dominate the technology landscape, the data underlying the information these artificial intelligence solutions train on is under more scrutiny than ever. Here, data professionals share their big data and database/infrastructure predictions for 2026.
Posted December 03, 2025
After a banner year for the "promise of progress" on AI ambitions, deepening CX fatigue, and ongoing economic volatility, Forrester is predicting 2026 will bring a year of reckoning. According to Sharyn Leaver, chief research officer at Forrester, "Navigating the coming year will take some mindset shifts: from lofty ambition to pragmatism, from experimentation to accountability, from surface-level engagement to meaningful connection." To help make the process of identifying useful products and services easier, each year, DBTA presents a list of Trend-Setting Products, highlighting a commitment to innovation and efforts to provide organizations with tools to address changing market requirements.
Posted December 03, 2025
Oracle is opening its second public cloud region in Italy to meet the rapidly growing demand for its AI and cloud services. Located in Turin, the new cloud region will enable more enterprises, startups, and public sector organizations in Italy to take advantage of Oracle's industry-leading AI and cloud computing services, including the latest generative AI and multi-cloud capabilities, the company said.
Posted December 03, 2025
Pepperdata, a leader in Kubernetes and GPU resource optimization, is launching its Global Partner Program, a new initiative that brings together systems integrators, technology providers, and consultancies with Pepperdata's dynamic resource optimization platform.
Posted December 02, 2025
NVIDIA and Synopsys, Inc. are expanding their partnership to revolutionize design and engineering across industries. According to both companies, this expanded partnership will integrate the strengths of NVIDIA's AI and accelerated computing with Synopsys' market-leading engineering solutions to deliver capabilities enabling R&D teams to design, simulate, and verify intelligent products with greater precision, speed, and at lower cost.
Posted December 01, 2025
Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is launching Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) Block High End, a next-generation, all-flash NVMe block storage solution designed to address the demands of most mission-critical business and growing AI workloads.
Posted November 25, 2025
Fortinet, a global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, announced the Secure AI Data Center solution, an end-to-end framework purpose-built to protect AI infrastructures. Designed to secure the full AI stack—from data center infrastructure to applications and large language models (LLMs)—the solution delivers advanced AI threat defense with ultra-low latency and reduces power consumption on average by 69% compared to traditional approaches, according to Fortinet.
Posted November 17, 2025
Flex, a global manufacturing leader and innovator in data center infrastructure solutions, is partnering with LG Electronics (LG) to jointly develop integrated, modular cooling solutions that address the escalating thermal management challenges of AI-era data centers.
Posted November 17, 2025
Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech is opening its Quantum Data Center, the first multimodal quantum infrastructure in Europe. Located in Barcelona's innovation district, the center marks a major step forward for Europe's technological progress and positions Catalonia as one of the world's leading hubs in quantum computing, the company said.
Posted November 17, 2025
Cisco is adding key elements to the Cisco 360 Partner Program that will launch on January 25, 2026, co-designed with partners to help accelerate their profitability and deliver greater customer value.
Posted November 06, 2025
IBM Technology Lifecycle Services (TLS), the IBM worldwide provider of client support services, is expanding its capabilities to offer comprehensive firewall and network solutions in partnership with Cisco. Cisco Secure Firewall, a key component of the Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall, is engineered to help organizations strengthen enterprise data security by providing visibility into the network and threat protection against zero-day attacks using Snort ML, backed by Talos Intelligence and AI-assisted automation, the companies said.
Posted November 03, 2025
IBM is acquiring Txture GmbH, a company with software assets that help businesses migrate, modernize, and optimize their hybrid cloud estates. According to IBM, Txture brings powerful assets that complement IBM Consulting's Application Migration & Modernization (AM&M) and Cloud Technology Strategy offerings.
Posted November 03, 2025
Daikin Applied, a global leader in commercial and industrial HVAC solutions, announced it is redefining the future of data center cooling technology with precision environment designs for the world's most advanced facilities—where reliability, scalability, and asset protection are non-negotiable.
Posted November 03, 2025
Cockroach Labs, the company behind the distributed SQL database CockroachDB, announced an OEM partnership with IBM to bring CockroachDB PostgreSQL for IBM to market. According to Cockroach Labs, this collaboration gives enterprises a trusted path to modernize mission-critical applications with a cloud-native PostgreSQL database engineered for active-active business continuity across hybrid environments—including IBM LinuxONE, Linux on Z, Power Systems, and Red Hat OpenShift—as well as major public clouds and other distributed platforms.
Posted November 03, 2025
Amazon Web Services went down on October 20, kicking off at 3 am ET at AWS' main US-East-1 region hosted in northern Virginia—the heart of its cloud services. According to the website Downdetector, user reports indicated problems at sites including Amazon, Disney+, Lyft, the McDonald's app, The New York Times, Reddit, Ring doorbells, Robinhood, Snapchat, T-Mobile, United Airlines, Venmo, Verizon, and more.
Posted October 20, 2025
BMC announced it is delivering solutions that place AI, observability, and automation where teams already operate to fundamentally transform how teams resolve issues and manage complexity.
Posted October 20, 2025
Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, is partnering with Lumen Technologies to deliver high-capacity, AI-ready connectivity services (AI WAN) across major U.S. metro markets.
Posted October 20, 2025
IBM announced the upcoming general availability of the IBM Spyre Accelerator, an AI accelerator enabling low-latency inferencing to support generative and agentic AI use cases, while prioritizing the security and resilience of core workloads.
Posted October 20, 2025
Zayo, a leading communications infrastructure provider, is launching DynamicLink to "deliver on and surpass the definition of true NaaS." According to the company, "DynamicLink delivers what others can't: more reach, broader capabilities, and industry-first AI-powered intelligence."
Posted October 14, 2025
Object First, the company offering the "best storage for Veeam," announced Ootbi Mini, a new compact immutable storage appliance designed for remote and branch offices, edge environments, and small businesses to ransomware-proof local Veeam backup data.
Posted October 09, 2025
IBM is unveiling IBM Network Intelligence, a network-native AI solution that addresses the escalating complexity of modern telecommunications and enterprise networks. Developed in collaboration with IBM Research, the solution is essential for organizations that want to transform every phase of network operations and build trustworthy AI, according to IBM.
Posted October 06, 2025
HashiCorp, an IBM company, is introducing a series of Infrastructure and Security Lifecycle innovations, and a preview of Project infragraph—a new strategic investment for the HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) that lays the groundwork for agentic infrastructure. The announcements were made at HashiConf 2025, the 10th global conference hosted by HashiCorp and its first as an IBM company.
Posted October 06, 2025
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are announcing five new U.S. AI data center sites through the Stargate partnership, OpenAI's overarching AI infrastructure platform. The combined capacity from these five new sites—along with the flagship site in Abilene, Texas, and ongoing projects with CoreWeave—brings Stargate to nearly 7 gigawatts of planned capacity and over $400 billion in investment over the next three years.
Posted October 01, 2025
In recent months, the ground has been moving underneath the feet of the overseers of enterprise data and IT environments. AI is bringing new challenges, along with seemingly insatiable business demands for real-time insights. To explore the most compelling technologies promising to shape the data world in the months and years to come, we canvassed market leaders to get a sense of the top technological changes and potential issues that may arise.
Posted September 30, 2025
Cloudera, bringing AI to data anywhere, is introducing updates to its platforms, specifically Cloudera Iceberg REST Catalog and Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer, to strengthen the company's commitment to delivering the best open data lakehouse powered by Iceberg.
Posted September 29, 2025
Enterprise technology requires mainframers to move with precision, excellent timing, and up-to-date skills—both technical know-how and soft skills. This September for National Learning and Development Month, mainframers at all career stages can seize their talent upgrade with this playbook, put together with advice from SHARE members.
Posted September 22, 2025
Rocket Software, a global technology leader in modernization software, is adding groundbreaking innovations to its COBOL solutions designed to help businesses update COBOL applications without disrupting ongoing operations or compromising application reliability.
Posted September 22, 2025
NVIDIA and Intel Corporation announced a partnership to jointly develop multiple generations of custom data center and PC products that accelerate applications and workloads across hyperscale, enterprise, and consumer markets. The companies will focus on seamlessly connecting NVIDIA and Intel architectures using NVIDIA NVLink—integrating the strengths of NVIDIA's AI and accelerated computing with Intel's leading CPU technologies and x86 ecosystem to deliver cutting-edge solutions for customers.
Posted September 22, 2025
Digital Realty, one of the largest global providers of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, is launching its data center innovation lab. According to the company, the Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) offers partners and customers a fully supported, real-world data center testing environment where they can bring their own workloads or leverage pre-configured infrastructure to validate AI and hybrid cloud-deployments before scaling.
Posted September 22, 2025