8 data center site selection resources to follow on twitter (slideshare)

8 Data Center Site Selection Resources to Follow on Twitter

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When it comes to data center site selection more specifically,


Joshua FeinbergCo-Founder and CMOSP Home Run Inc.

a lot of industry experts have chimed in on the topic



Cisco



Cisco has published a really informative article on its own data center site selection process that’s worth referencing



Intel



Intel has documented and shared a very detailed account of how it approaches site selection in Selecting a Data Center Site: Intel’s Approach



Internap



In a video about data center real estate for the New York Metro area,



Randy Ortiz, Internap’sVP of Data Center Design and Engineering



explains how it navigated the site selection process for its Secaucus, New Jersey data center



Site Selection Magazine



In an article a little while back in Site Selection Magazine, on Data Centers: Site Selection 101,



Ronald Bowman and Terence Deneny of Structure Tone Mission Critical



explain how choosing the right site (“strategic siting”) is critical for controlling a data center’s lifespan and total cost of ownership



The two go on to introduce eight evaluation factors,



including climate, construction costs, the environment, fiber connectivity, labor, power, taxes, and transportation



TechTarget SearchDataCenter



As part of its Data Center Design and Infrastructure Guide,



TechTarget helps those looking to build a new data center with a chapter on site selection



#DataCenter#SiteSelection Hashtags



Whether you do a simple Twitter search or use a social media tool like Hootsuite or HubSpot Social Inbox,



definitely monitor these two hashtags when used together: #DataCenter#SiteSelection



Area Development (AD)



Area Development (AD) Online, part of Halcyon Business Publications,



has an entire section of its website dedicated to site selection



And the Area Development (AD) Twitter profile definitely from time to time



covers the intersection of the #SiteSelectionand #DataCenterTwitterverses



Gregg Wassmansdorfof Newmark Grubb Knight Frank



Gregg Wassmansdorf’sCorporate Real Estate (CRE) Advisor Twitter profile is chocked full of tips, advice, and resources



on location-specific incentives, location strategy, and site selection



Jason Shepard of CresaMCS



As a managing principal of Cresa MCS, Jason Shepard is not only one of the nation’s most sought-after experts on data center real estate,



Jason Shepard’s Twitter profile is one of the few and far between dedicating scarce characters of his 160 character Twitter bio



to include hashtags like #DataCenter | #Colocation | #SiteSelection



John H. Boyd of the Boyd Co., Inc.



As a 40+ year-old corporate site selection advisory firm,



the Boyd Co., Inc. Twitter profile from time to time shares insight on selecting the best sites for data centers



Rich Miller of Data Center Frontier



While he writes about a broad range of topics in the data center ecosystem,



Rich Miller of Data Center Frontier is definitely worth following to keep tabs on data center location issues



Schneider Electric Data Center Solutions



Even though most know Schneider Electric as a power solutions-centric company,



its Schneider Electric Data Center Solutions Twitter profile overlaps with site selection issues



Trade & Industry Development Magazine



Follow the Trade & Industry Development Magazine Twitter profile



to keep up with site selection news of interest to data center planners



Zen Kishimoto of AltaTerra Research



Zen Kishimoto’s Twitter profile is definitely worth following



for a more broad-based perspective on data center industry changes impacting site selection



So besides these 5 industry experts that have defined site selection for data centers and 9 Twitter resources



-- eight profiles and a set of hashtags,



who do you follow to stay on top of site selection trends in the data center ecosystem?



Let us know your thoughts in the Comments below



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