Aug, 2025 : Study: Legacy Systems Slow Database Modernization
📅 - AWS Premier Tier Services Partner Caylent has published its 2025 Database Migration study, revealing widespread difficulties enterprises face in modernizing their data infrastructure. The findings, drawn from more than 300 IT leaders across industries such as manufacturing, energy, healthcare, education, and entertainment, underscore the persistent risks of downtime, cost overruns, and strategic uncertainty that accompany large-scale migration projects.
Only 6 percent of respondents reported that their organizations completed their most difficult database migration projects on schedule, and the same percentage said they experienced zero downtime. Most projects involved significant delays, [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Texas Lands Billions in Hyperscale Data Center Deals - Texas is witnessing one of the largest waves of hyperscale data center investment in history, with billions of dollars being committed to new facilities aimed at meeting surging demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Yondr Group has acquired a 163-acre site in Lancaster, just south of Dallas, where it plans to develop a 550MW data center campus. The project represents a multibillion-dollar undertaking in land, construction, and future operations. At the same time, Vantage Data Centers has announced a record $25 billion investment in Shackelford County to build "Frontier," a 1.4GW mega-campus that will be the largest in its global portfolio.
Together, these two projects [...]
📅 - NorthC Extends Munich Data Center Lease for 25 Years - European data center operator NorthC has secured the long-term future of its Munich facility by renewing its lease with real estate company Allgemeine Südboden AG. The agreement extends for another 25 years and covers 4,800 square meters of data center space in the Neue Balan campus, one of Munich's most established business districts.
The facility provides 2MW of IT capacity across 5,000 square meters and has been a key part of NorthC's German footprint since the company acquired local provider IP Exchange from q.beyond in 2022.
Allgemeine Südboden described the lease extension as a testament to the importance of the site, particularly for companies working in innovation-led [...]
📅 - North American Data Centers Struggle as Vacancy Falls to Record Low - The North American data center industry has entered a phase of unprecedented strain as vacancy rates plunge to historic lows and demand continues to soar. According to JLL's North America Data Center Report – Midyear 2025, the vacancy rate has dropped to just 2.3%, underscoring a profound imbalance between supply and demand.
With total inventory hitting 15.5 gigawatts (GW) and new projects struggling to keep pace, the industry is grappling with what JLL describes as a new reality: "power is the new real estate."
At the forefront of this dynamic is Northern Virginia, the largest data center hub in North America with 5.6 GW of capacity - more than three times that of the Dallas-Fort Worth [...]
📅 - SpaceX Delivers Data Center to ISS in Breakthrough for Space Computing - A major step in space-based computing is on the horizon as a prototype orbital data center prepares to launch to the International Space Station (ISS). Sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, the initiative will test whether advanced systems can process and store data directly in orbit - a capability considered essential for the next generation of commercial space stations.
The demonstration is the product of a collaboration between Axiom Space, an ISS commercial services provider, and Red Hat, the open-source software leader. Their system will be delivered aboard SpaceX's 33rd commercial resupply mission for NASA. At its core is an Axiom-built data center equipped with Red Hat (video) [...]
📅 - Hurricane Electric Opens New Toronto PoP at Coloware YTZ-1 Data Center - Hurricane Electric, operator of one of the world's largest IPv6-native Internet backbones, has expanded its presence in Canada with the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) inside the Coloware YTZ-1 data center at 151 Front Street, Toronto. The location, known as the country's most connected carrier hotel, provides direct access to hundreds of service providers and TorIX, Canada's largest Internet exchange.
By selecting this facility, Hurricane Electric strengthens its regional reach while enabling businesses to leverage next-generation IP services with improved resilience and performance.
Toronto's role as a technology and economic hub makes the expansion strategically significant. [...]
📅 - Delska’s 10MW Latvian Data Center Earns Tier III Design Certification - Northern European data center operator Delska has reached a major milestone with its upcoming EU North Riga LV DC1 facility, which has been awarded Uptime Institute Tier III Design Certification ahead of its planned launch later this year. The designation guarantees stringent redundancy and availability standards, ensuring 99.982 percent uptime and uninterrupted operations, even during maintenance windows.
For businesses running mission-critical workloads, the certification represents assurance that the Riga site will deliver stable and resilient infrastructure.
The 10 MW data center is being developed with next-generation applications in mind, offering up to 250 kW per rack to [...]
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