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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTER DAY ON THE CAREER FAIR ROAD
Read more: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTER DAY ON THE CAREER FAIR ROADAscent is very excited to be one of the supporters of the 2023 International Data Center Day, celebrated this year on March 22. The day, powered by 7×24 Exchange International, is intended “to create awareness of the data center industry and to inspire the next generation of talent,” and provides the industry an opportunity to… Read More
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2023 – An Eventful Year for Ascent
Read more: 2023 – An Eventful Year for AscentIt may not be easy to tell from the outside looking in, but there’s a buzz of excitement in the hallways of Ascent’s corporate office these days, as 2023 promises to be a big year for our company. First off, there’s the upcoming Pacific Telecommunications Council’s annual conference in Hawaii, PTC’23, which takes place from Jan.… Read More
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The Role of the Mission Critical Owner’s Rep
Read more: The Role of the Mission Critical Owner’s RepThe role of owner’s representative is well-known in the construction industry, and is one that has maintained a presence in very technically specific projects. One reason is that many owners, those executives or managers tasked by the company to manage a construction project, do not always have the bandwidth needed to oversee the implementation of… Read More
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Preparing Data Centers and Mission Critical Facilities for Emergency Events
Read more: Preparing Data Centers and Mission Critical Facilities for Emergency EventsIn a world that’s always on, data center operational readiness is vital. According to meteorological records, there’s been a consistent rise in weather-related disasters since 1980. Extreme weather can take place just about anywhere, with hurricanes, heat waves, ice and snowstorms increasing in frequency. If a natural disaster strikes your region, how prepared is your operations… Read More
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DCIM for Infrastructure, DCOM for Data Center Portfolios
Read more: DCIM for Infrastructure, DCOM for Data Center PortfoliosIn our recent blog about workflows and improving operational reliability in data centers, we made the statement: “While DCIM and other monitoring packages have taken great strides in providing real-time, current-state information, they aren’t designed to help manage your equipment portfolio.” We’d like to use this blog to provide a little more support for our… Read More
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How Do You Improve Your Data Center Workflow?
Read more: How Do You Improve Your Data Center Workflow?While uptime is a given, the challenge in daily data center operations is seldom the equipment itself, but rather the management of workflows designed to ensure its proper operation. In some ways, the CRAH units and UPS system run themselves. But to ensure that they continue to do so day after day means managing the… Read More
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Key Definitions for Understanding Asset Evaluations, Pt 2
Read more: Key Definitions for Understanding Asset Evaluations, Pt 2Particularly in the mission-critical industry, predictive spending is preferable to a break/fix approach; furthermore, managing to known risks is the key to uptime and reliability. Here we conclude a two-part series on the importance of understanding – and truly evaluating –each mission-critical asset in your portfolio. In the first blog, we focused on six ways we… Read More
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Key Definitions for Understanding Asset Evaluations, Pt 1
Read more: Key Definitions for Understanding Asset Evaluations, Pt 1In a recently released whitepaper “Beyond Current State: Asset Evaluation for Better Capital Planning” we argue that understanding both the condition and the criticality of your data-center infrastructure is necessary for making the most informed capital-investment decisions. Yet, many operators are challenged when it comes to being able to plan for future growth or investment. Here we… Read More
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Navigating the Supply Chain with Better Capital Planning
Read more: Navigating the Supply Chain with Better Capital PlanningToday’s supply chain issues and delays are a humble reminder to all data center project managers and critical facility managers that nothing can be taken for granted. Even prepandemic, the data center industry was pushing the time-to-market envelope with prefabricated assemblies and techniques for managing production around long-lead items. But what about anticipating the project… Read More
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Meet Us at International Telecoms Week 2022!
Read more: Meet Us at International Telecoms Week 2022!International Telecoms Week is right around the corner, taking place May 9-12 in National Harbor, MD, and Ascent will be onsite in attendance — and we don’t know about you, but we’re thrilled to be in the middle of events season, and back to meeting more people in person! Even more exciting this year is… Read More
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Energy Efficiency Part II — Why Do Data Centers Miss Low Hanging Fruit?
Read more: Energy Efficiency Part II — Why Do Data Centers Miss Low Hanging Fruit?Part I of this two-part blog series discussed what opportunities lie ahead for data centers to execute greener operations and five main areas that are most often missed including: While these opportunities were identified as being the most missed solutions, we drill down into the why of how data centers miss these low-hanging fruits — efficiency solutions that… Read More
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Energy Efficiency Part 1 — Do You Know Your Missed Opportunities?
Read more: Energy Efficiency Part 1 — Do You Know Your Missed Opportunities?Data — it’s the steady heartbeat that makes the world go-’round, and data centers? They’re the valves, the paths, pumping the data to and from the heart. And the usage of data is only increasing, but not without impacts on energy use and the direct increase of CO2 emissions because of it. Sustainability for data… Read More