The Open Compute Project is ready to shake up the world of data center racks. The open source hardware project today outlined plans for Open Rack, which will see to set a new standard for rack design for hyperscale data center environments - including 21-inch servers instead of the traditional...

Digital Realty Trust will begin the expansion of its colocation offering in St. Louis, where the data center developer has just completed a major expansion of power and space at its 210 N. Tucker property.

Apple will use biogas from landfills to generate electricity for its massive data center in North Carolina, the company said in a regulatory filing. The biogas will be converted into power using fuel cells from Bloom Energy,

One of Europe's largest web hosting companies is entering the North American market. French hoster OVH, which operates more than 120,000 servers, has begun testing its new data center in Beauharnois, Quebec, which will serve as the launchpad for its entry into the U.S. market.

The Week in Review: Huge leasing deals for DuPont Fabros in Virginia, Digital Realty looks to colo, Google expands in Iowa, Data Centers Delivered enters modular market, SingleHop raises $27 million.

Digital Realty Trust, the world's largest provider of wholesale data center space, is expanding its colocation business, reflecting the blurring of business boundaries in the data center space, where wholesale providers and "retail" colocation companies are increasingly competing for the same...

Data center developer DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) has signed up tenants for more than 18 megawatts of data center space at its new ACC6 data center in Ashburn, the company said today.

Google is considering a $300 million expansion of its operations in Council Bluffs, Iowa, near where it has filed for permission to deploy a field of satellite antennas.

The Week in Review: Apple and Greenpeace feud over cloud power, inside Go Daddy's infrastructure, Facebook's second data center goes live, Microsoft to build waste-powered server farms, Compass comes out of stealth mode.

Facebook is now running its custom Internet infrastructure in a warmer climate. Facebook's new data center in Forest City, North Carolina is online and has begun serving live traffic, the company said Thursday.