Author Archive for: Dr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institute

About Dr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institute

Dr. Tomas Rahkonen is Research Director of Distributed Data Centers at Uptime Institute. Dr. Rahkonen has spent over 25 years in global positions in the telecommunications, mobile communications, and data center sectors. He most recently served over 10 years as CTO of Flexenclosure where he managed the design and delivery of prefab data centers to four continents.

Entries by Dr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institute

Mixed resiliency at the edge

November 17, 2021/in Design, Operations/by Dr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institute

Many analysts have forecast an explosion in demand for edge data centers. After a long, slow start, demand is beginning to build, with small, prefabricated and mostly remotely operated data centers ready to be deployed to support a varying array of applications.

Eyeing an uptick in edge data center demand

June 28, 2021/in Design, Executive/by Dr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institute

Data center end-user organizations and suppliers alike expect an uptick in edge data center demand in the near term.