In a recent article covering the rejection of Amazon’s Northern VA data center project, Milldam’s President Adam Waitkunas is quoted discussing the current perception of data centers and emphasizing how data center projects need to have a community relations aspect to them. From the article: “Community relations is going to have to be the new normal for the data center industry because, especially with the development of the edge, it’s going to be nonstop data center growth,” Waitkunas […]
See Milldam’s dedicated Data Center Community Relations Service During the past few years, data centers have increased their presence in the suburbs. In response, many local communities are speaking out and resisting this transformation. For example, two cities in Arizona and communities in Virginia, Connecticut and Oregon are complaining and want to stop future data center development. Data center owners and operators must be aware of this and have a strategy for data center community […]
Local resistance to new data centers is on the rise — and industry insiders tell Bisnow that developers need to start paying attention. Bisnow interviewed Milldam Public Relations President Adam Waitkunas about the perception of data centers. From the article: Experts point to growing public awareness of data centers and their potential impact amid the rapid digital transformation sparked by the coronavirus. Major outlets routinely run stories about the massive amounts of water and power consumed by data centers […]
Leading energy publication, Energy Manager Today, produces a podcast series titled “Behind the Meter.” This episode focuses on “A New Metric for Data Center Cooling” and interviews Future Facilities’ CTO Mark Seymour for his insight into The Green Grid’s recently released Performance Indicator (PI). Seymour was instrumental in the creation and development of this metric. From the article: Behind the Meter Podcast: A New Metric for Data Center Cooling July 28, 2016 By Carl Weinschenk […]
