“Aligned is the first data center provider we have seen to architect itself from day one to deliver a more reliable platform.
From its use of the most reliable cooling platform we have ever evaluated, to its selection of generation platforms, they are the first provider to focus on reliability centered improvements from design through operations.”
STEVE FAIRFAX, MTECHNOLOGY
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How To Scope for Success
The beauty of Aligned’s cooling technology is its versatility and modularity. Our customers can initiate at one density profile and scale vertically up to 50kW per rack at their own pace without exotic cooling solutions or a large number of moving parts to maintain.
Voices of 2020: The Top 10 Voices of the Industry Columns
There’s no better time to turn to an industry’s leaders and experts for advice and strategies than during turbulent times. And 2020 fit the bill. Part of Data Center Frontier’s mission is education. In our Voices of the Industry feature, we share the experience of data center executives on the front lines of innovation.
‘Inexhaustible Demand’: How 2020 Changed The Data Center Business
In a year of rapid change and heightened uncertainty, the data center industry changed in ways that could resonate for years to come.
DCD>Virginia: Despite the pandemic, data center building has accelerated
Demand for capacity has surged this year, and building projects have continued, despite changes required during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the opening panel of the online-only Datacenter Dynamics event.
Why sustainability makes smart business sense for data centre investment
Relative to a plethora of industries seeing capital flow into them, digital infrastructure has seen over $100 billion flow into the space over the past handful of years, and according to Anubhav Raj, CFO, Aligned, that trend is expected to continue.
Data center provider Aligned links new financing to sustainability performance
Aligned recently completed a $1 billion senior secured credit facility that it claims is one of the largest private debt raises in this sector’s history, and the first of its kind that links financing to sustainability.
Aligned’s Delta³ offers 25 percent greater cooling capacity
Delta³ cooling systems allow customers to Expand on Demand, incrementally scaling in place up to 50 kW per rack without stranding capacity, which also improves sustainability.
Aligned upgrades data centre cooling technology
Aligned’s Delta³ cooling technology utilises up to 80% less energy and 85% less water to improve power usage effectiveness (PUE), reduce environmental impact and lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for customers.
Aligned launches new energy-efficient cooling system
Aligned’s new patented Delta³ cooling system can run using just 20% of the energy usually required to power a data centre cooling system.
How the West Was ‘Tier 1’
Andrew Schaap, CEO at Aligned, takes a deep dive into Tier 1 cities for data center development, and how the evolution of Tier 1, 2, and 3 locations is changing the market.
Sustainability and Lower Cost of Infrastructure Are Within Reach
Even as data centers increase computing density
For Data Centers, Sustainability Isn’t A Perk — It’s A Competitive Advantage
Energy efficiency isn’t just good for the climate. For data center firms, it’s also good business.
ING delivers the first sustainability-linked loan to data center sector
Data flows through almost everything we do, from powering our smartphones to streaming our favorite shows to networking businesses around the world - and its use is increasing exponentially.
Aligned Energy’s $1 Billion Credit Facility
Aligned Energy announced its $1 billion credit facility, one of the largest private debt raises in data center history and the first sustainability linked financing for a US data center.
Top 10 Data Center Stories for September 2020
Big companies doing big things. That was the theme for September at Data Center Frontier. Reader favorites for the month included Google going even greener, Microsoft making servers last longer (by deploying them underwater), Facebook building bigger than ever, Amazon refining its edge strategy, and Equinix repositioning its brand.
Industry Spotlight: Digital Transformation with Aligned’s Tim Shaheen
The data center sector has evolved substantially over the last few years with both hyperscale demand and the influence of infrastructure funds changing historical patterns, and this year’s COVID-19 pandemic has added yet more to the mix.
Data Centers Turn to Green Financing on Environmentally Friendly Projects
Three Operators Raise $2.35 Billion as Demand for Internet Use Surges
Aligned Closes on $1B Credit Package
Data center developer Aligned completed a $1 billion senior secured credit facility that is the first U.S. data center sustainability-linked financing.
Aligned Energy lines up $1b for US, international expansion
Aligned Energy completed a $1b credit facility from a number of lenders.
Sustainability financing helps drive low-carbon vision for Aligned
Aligned has announced the completion of a $1 billion senior secured credit facility that is the first US data center sustainability-linked financing.
DFW data center firm lands $1 billion credit facility as CEO sees ‘spike in new contracts’
Aligned had the its best quarter ever in the middle of COVID-19 by one key metric
