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Mark Bauer 07/21/2022
A heatwave in London, United Kingdom, has been straining residents, businesses, and emergency services as people do everything they can to stay cool. The city of London came to a standstill on Tuesday as record-breaking heat pounded the city. Train…
Mark Bauer 07/06/2022
Jim Chanos with Chanos & Company is raising hundreds of millions of dollars to short wholesale data center REITs in a move that could define the future of the data center market. Chanos is known for successfully shorting Enron in…
Mark Bauer, Clark Bauer 06/15/2022
On June 15th 2022, Enchanted Rock announced, they are developing California's largest renewable microgrid. The microgrid will be constructed to support Microsoft's San Jose data center campus by providing backup power to the facility. The project will fully use…
Mark Bauer 06/14/2022
For years Arizona has been a hotspot for data center development. What makes Arizona such a premium spot for data center development, and what has caused such rapid growth over the last five years? Factors Playing into…
Mark Bauer 06/07/2022
Over the last 3 months, the term "Metaverse" seems to have been thrown around a lot. With all this talk about the "Metaverse", what is it? What will it do? And Should I care? What is the Metaverse? The…
Mark Bauer 08/31/2020
This week the 7x24 Exchange met for its monthly conference in conjunction with WiMCO, or Women in Mission Critical Operations. WiMCO’s focus is on promoting the engagement and participation of women throughout the industry by providing various opportunities and…
Mark Bauer 08/12/2020
Technology always seems to be stuck in a bit of an ironic conundrum. The smallest delay on a YouTube video will drive people crazy, but they forget to compare it to download speeds a mere 5-10 years ago. Take our…
Mark Bauer 07/28/2020
Legal jargon often takes up far too much time when it comes to full comprehension of a situation and, candidly, dampens the amount of fun that can be had when progressing through a deal. Fortunately, this jargon is there for…
Mark Bauer 07/22/2020
Last week featured the latest installment of the Las Vegas Property Development and Infrastructure conference featuring two full days of real estate info largely based around recent shifts due to COVID. With the focus obviously being on the Nevada real…
Mark Bauer 07/13/2020
Last week marked the July (virtual) luncheon of the 7x24 Exchange’s Arizona chapter. The event featured overall activity overviews and a deep dive into both the distant and near future of our digital infrastructure featuring Mark Bauer of Data Center…
Mark Bauer 06/12/2020
Amongst the leaders in computing and hardware is NVIDIA, most known for its widely adopted gaming graphics cards that stay tried and true by a majority of high-end gaming systems. Although gaming touts most of the organization’s fame, NVIDIA also…
Mark Bauer, Carl Beardsley 05/20/2020
The world has entered a time of extreme uncertainty, bringing unfortunate lows such as the largest unemployment rate of the 21st century (14.7%), a 21-year low crude oil price bringing oil futures below zero, and industries such as airlines losing tens…
Mark Bauer 05/04/2020
With data center activity still pushing forward, the current situation has caused a slowdown to select areas and providers. Overall, approximately 12 megawatts were absorbed throughout the quarter led by the lion’s share of Oracle, completing three different projects for…
Mark Bauer 01/08/2020
Goodyear is one of the busiest cities in the Greater Phoenix area and has many developments under construction as well as many other already erected sites. Microsoft and Stream are just two of the many corporations that are deciding to…
Mark Bauer 12/09/2019
In an article by Peter Samore on KTAR News, finding the price you want to pay for utilities may become easier than ever. According to chairman Robert Burns of the Arizona Corporation Commission, “Any person who uses electricity would be…
Mark Bauer 11/22/2019
In a recent article in The Business Journal, Dale Brown created an article named “The List” which is compiled of the top 24 Economic Development Organizations located in the Greater Phoenix area ranking them by their 2019 budgets. Topping the…
