It almost goes without saying - literally, there is almost no mention of it - that data centers need dark fiber in order to actually be a data center.
Without dark fiber there would be nothing to light. Without lit transport there would be no "networks". Without the networks the data center would just be a warehouse with lots of power and cooling.
There have been many issues for data center developers that selected sites for their power and other infrastructure benefits only to forget, or trivialize the importance of access to dark fiber. After millions, even tens of millions, of dollars were spent to build-out a data center site the developer would summon the network people to "bring in the fiber". Continue Reading...
Without dark fiber there would be nothing to light. Without lit transport there would be no "networks". Without the networks the data center would just be a warehouse with lots of power and cooling.
There have been many issues for data center developers that selected sites for their power and other infrastructure benefits only to forget, or trivialize the importance of access to dark fiber. After millions, even tens of millions, of dollars were spent to build-out a data center site the developer would summon the network people to "bring in the fiber". Continue Reading...
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