Exciting Trends in the technology and commercial real estate world

Microsoft CEO Nadella: Underwater Data Centers Are the Future

Click here to read an article from Data Center Frontier on Microsoft’s underwater data center project.

JLL Q IT INTELLIGENCE SERIES: JAMES QUINN INTREVIEWS MICHAEL SILLA OF SKANSKA

It’s Official: Open Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time

Click here to read an interesting article from Inc. about a new study from Harvard that reveals that open plan offices actually decrease face-to-face collaboration among employees.

EPA Backs Down From New Energy Efficiency Ratings After Landlords Balk

The Environmental Protection Agency has put on hold plans to update its system for rating the energy efficiency of office and industrial buildings, pausing after some big landlords complained the methodology would unfairly penalize their properties. Click here to read more from The Wall Street Journal.

Data Center Networks are Getting Faster and Smarter

Click here to read an interesting article from Data Center Knowledge on the data center networks.

Why Data Centers Are Important for the Health Care Industry

Health care industry spending is expected to be almost $3 trillion annually by 2020. Click here to read more about why data centers are important for the health care industry.

Cloud Data Centers Are Coming to the Suburbs

Click here to read an interesting and thorough article from Data Center Frontier on the recent cloud data center campus trends.

Could co-working offices save malls?

Click here to read an article based off of a JLL study that co-working could possible save shopping centers and malls.

Citigroup, Barclays Near End of Blockchain Test Managed by IBM

Click here to read an article from Data Center Knowledge on the project, LedgerConnect, that is being tested by IBM and a group of financial firms to utilize Blockchain technology for their operations.

How edge networking and IoT will reshape data centers

Click here to read an article from Network World on how Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence, IoT and 5G Wireless will change data centers.