In Northern Virginia, there are about 50 Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, surrounded by high fences, security personnel, and multi-layer intrusion prevention systems.

Companies like Google and Microsoft frequently shred used hard drives in the name of data security — but the practice has been criticized as wasteful. Mick Payne recalls a surreal moment earlier this year as he stood outside a large data center in London. Payne, the CEO of Techbuyer, a company in Harrogate specializing in […]

Google is reportedly planning to build a large-scale data center in Vietnam, likely near Ho Chi Minh City. On August 29, Reuters cited a source familiar with the matter saying that the facility will be a hyperscale data center, meaning it will have massive storage capacity and far greater computing power than conventional data centers. […]

The first data center on the Moon is set to launch into space next month. A startup based in Florida (USA) is preparing to make history by launching the first-ever lunar data center, marking the beginning of a new era for the data storage industry. Lonestar Data Holdings will deploy the “Freedom Data Center” — […]