Underground Utility Lines
The Mountain States are prone to extreme blizzards, fires, and harsh temperatures. Climate challenges are often solved through solar dominated grids, but these simply don’t lend themselves to sunless [...]
Building Energy Efficient Data Centers
When it comes to building a data center, energy efficiency has always been a priority for CIOs. A data center's energy use accounts for roughly 40 percent of its operational [...]
Closing the Digital Divide in the Rural West
That last time you applied for a job or searched for a scholarship was, more than likely, online. Over the past decade, the FCC has managed to bring high-speed [...]
Benefits of Underground Cabling vs Above-Ground
When it comes to installing new power lines and utility cables, there are two choices: install them above ground or install them below ground. Generally speaking, it's a much [...]
Expanding Broadband in Rural America
The Federal Communications Commission has achieved a spectacular victory in the last decade, bringing broadband access to 95% of Americans. In 2003, they reported a decidedly less impressive figure of [...]
VIDEO: Data Center Recabling Time Lapse
If your data center looks like a toilet papered house, Halloween is no excuse. Your IT staff should be able to evaluate your hardware at a glance, and they also [...]
Literal Downtime Costs Airlines
In September 2017, large carriers as diverse as British Airways, Lufthansa, and Quantas were delayed on the back of a network problem. Four months prior to that, IAG SA’s [...]
How old is your data center?
An aging data center may no longer be able to meet the power, cooling and structural demands of advancing technologies, but few businesses have the time or the capital [...]
What is Directional Drilling?
Check out the infographic below to learn more.
Plains Pipeline had a problem. . . .
Time and erosion had exposed a significant length of active crude oil pipeline in a canyon adjacent to the Williams Fork River near Craig, Colorado. Plains All American Pipeline [...]