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Social Ecologies Powering the Cloud - Ashburn, VA

Ashburn as the Data Center Capital—Analysis of Its Social Impact Grid Strain and Reliability Ashburn's story illustrates the social consequences of concentrating the digital economy's physical infrastructure in a single place. What was once an invisible bac...

Landscape Diagram

Social Ecologies Depleting Water - Stanton Springs, GA

Stanton Springs History Diagram

Social Ecologies Depleting Water - Stanton Springs, GA

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Social Ecologies Appendix

Depleting Water - Stanton Springs, GA Pollution by Design - Memphis, TN https://time.com/7308925/elon-musk-memphis-ai-data-center/https://www.wusf.org/2024-09-11/how-memphis-became-a-battleground-over-elon-musks-xai-supercomputer?https://www.supportdemocra...

Network Security

Electrical and IT Connectivity

Recreation of a boundless information global heat map of data collection from a snapshot of 2007 data. The color scheme ranges from green (least subjected to surveillance by the NSA) through yellow and orange to red (most surveillance by the NSA). Dat...

Growth of Data Centers, 2000-Present

Cataloging Data Centers along I-10 Development Trends in Texas and Florida

Current Stage of Data Centers in TexasCurrent Stage of Data Centers in Florida The development of data centers along the I-10 corridor, particularly in Texas and Florida, has increased significantly since the early 2000s. Initially, data centers were con...

Fiber Optic Infrastructure
I-10 corridor
Infrastructure
Deregulated Energy Market
Latin America

Additional Archive

Electrical and IT Connectivity

San Antonio vs. Tampa–Orlando: Patterns of Placement

Cataloging Data Centers along I-10 Urban Comparison

Data Centers of San Antonio, TxData Centers of Tampa & Orlando, Fl Taking a closer look at the maps of data centers in San Antonio, Texas and Tampa/Orlando, Florida, two distinct patterns of development emerge. For San Antonio, data centers are cluster...

San Antonio, Tx
Tampa, Fl
Orlando, Fl
Development Patterns
Data Center Development
Clustering

Significant Company Footprints

Cataloging Data Centers along I-10 Development Trends in Texas and Florida

Prevalent Companies’ Data Centers in TexasPrevalent Companies’ Data Centers in Florida Major companies have carefully chosen spots in Texas and Florida for data center development due to their favorable energy markets, infrastructure, and business enviro...

Meta
Microsoft
Amazon
Cyrus One
Lumen
Hyperscale
Data Center Hubs

Adaptive Reuse & Hyperscale

Cataloging Data Centers along I-10 Case Studies & Anomalous Data Centers

Data centers come in many distinct types, from deep underground bunkers to shimmering glass towers to sprawling greenfield campuses. The Westland Bunker in Montgomery, Texas, Equinix Infomart in Dallas, and Meta’s planned hyperscale campus in northern L...

Adaptive Reuse
Underground Bunker
Glass Facade
Hyperscale
Efficiency
Sustainability
Cooling

types of data centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Enterprise Data Center

Morphologies the types of data storage

Enterprise Data Centers Location & Infrastructure: Usually on-premises, requiring dedicated space, power, cooling, and security.Power & Cooling: High-capacity power supply with backup generators, efficient cooling systems (CRAC units, chillers).Security: ...

Colocation Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Equinix Data Center in Dallas, Texas Colocation Data Centers Facilities where multiple organizations rent space and infrastructure, sharing power, cooling, and physical security resources. Location & Infrastructure: Shared facility that provides space, ...

Cloud Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Cloud Data Centers Massively scalable, operated by cloud providers, supporting cloud services like SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. Requirements: Massive Scale & Capacity: Hundreds of thousands of servers across multiple geographically dispersed sites.Power & Coo...

Hyperscale Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Hyperscale Data Centers Exceptionally large facilities designed to serve thousands or millions of users, typically operated by tech giants like Google, Amazon, or Facebook. Requirements: Physical Scale & Infrastructure: Cover hundreds of thousands to mi...

Edge Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Edge data center in Arlington, Texas Edge Data Centers A small-scale data center situated at the "edge" of a network, physically closer to where data is generated and consumed. The primary goal is to minimize the distance data has to travel, thereby redu...

Modular Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Modular Data Centers A modular data center is a portable, prefabricated data center system made from standardized components. Think of it like a set of building blocks for a data center. These modules, which can be the size of a shipping container, are bu...

Data Bank Data Services, Dallas, TX

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Often, enterprise or colocation centers, sophisticates hide within the facade of an older building, typically with a more classical facade. These older buildings are often institutional or infrastructural, like banks and telephone towers, which no longer ...

Meta, Springfield, NE

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

These bi-winged creatures are often found in rural areas, where there is no need to hide. Always in two, creating an internal streetscape. These bi-winged creatures, often found in rural areas, where there is no need to hide, are the Guardians of the E...

Digital Realty, Ashburn, VA

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

The data center, as revealed in its plan, is a creature of almost deliberate indifference, a testament to the lack of architectural ambition that defines its purpose. Its layout, a series of repetitive, staggered boxes, betrays no passion or grand design, on...