Drew Robb

Drew Robb has been a full-time professional writer and editor for more than twenty years. He currently works freelance for a number of IT publications.

Latest from Drew Robb

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Operations & Management

A Clean Sweep: Why Data Center Maintenance Is More Critical Than Ever A Clean Sweep: Why Data Center Maintenance Is More Critical Than Ever

Dec 8, 2025

7 Min Read

China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan on globe at night

APAC’s $800B Data Center Boom Faces Sustainability Reality Check APAC’s $800B Data Center Boom Faces Sustainability Reality Check

Nov 3, 2025

6 Min Read

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Energy & Power Supply

Powering the AI Future: New Industry Event Tackles Data Center Energy Challenges

Powering the AI Future: New Industry Event Tackles Data Center Energy Challenges

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Energy & Power Supply

Current Debate: Will the Data Center of the Future Be AC or DC?

Current Debate: Will the Data Center of the Future Be AC or DC?

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Data Center Software

How AI is Disrupting the Data Center Software Stack

How AI is Disrupting the Data Center Software Stack

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Data Center Site Selection

Power Availability Now Drives Data Center Site Selection

Power Availability Now Drives Data Center Site Selection

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Energy & Power Supply

Data Centers Bypassing the Grid to Obtain the Power They Need

Data Centers Bypassing the Grid to Obtain the Power They Need

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Data Center Site Selection

AI Factories Need Homes: New Data Center Markets Are Opening Up

AI Factories Need Homes: New Data Center Markets Are Opening Up

Data Center World 2025

AI Data Centers

Data Center World 2025: Powering Sustainable Data Centers of Tomorrow

Data Center World 2025: Powering Sustainable Data Centers of Tomorrow

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright delivers his keynote at this year’s ARPA-E Energy Summit. Image: ARPA-E.

AI Needs a Cooling Revolution to Achieve Its Potential. How Close Are We?

AI Needs a Cooling Revolution to Achieve Its Potential. How Close Are We?

Data center hybrid energy systems illustration

Energy & Power Supply

Can Hybrid Energy Systems Solve the Data Center Power Problem?

Can Hybrid Energy Systems Solve the Data Center Power Problem?

Advancing Data Center Construction West 2025

Data Center Construction

ADCC West 2025: Data Center Leaders Meet in Salt Lake City

ADCC West 2025: Data Center Leaders Meet in Salt Lake City

Power lines stretching across the landscape, representing the infrastructure required to support growing energy demand

Energy & Power Supply

Energy Industry Ramps Up Efforts to Solve the Data Center Power Shortage

Energy Industry Ramps Up Efforts to Solve the Data Center Power Shortage

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Energy & Power Supply

Decoding Data Center Efficiency Metrics: A Guide to Energy and Sustainability

Decoding Data Center Efficiency Metrics: A Guide to Energy and Sustainability

The Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference takes place in Las Vegas on December 10-12

Operations & Management

Discover the Future of IT Infrastructure at Gartner’s Las Vegas Conference

Discover the Future of IT Infrastructure at Gartner’s Las Vegas Conference

Yotta 2024 takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from October 7-9.

Industry Experts Look to the Future of Data Center Design at Yotta 2024

Industry Experts Look to the Future of Data Center Design at Yotta 2024

LLMs on the edge involves AI running natively on PCs, tablets, laptops, and smartphones, reducing strain on data centers

AI Data Centers

How LLMs on the Edge Could Help Solve the AI Data Center Problem

How LLMs on the Edge Could Help Solve the AI Data Center Problem

Data Center Knowledge's 2024 Salary Report cover

Data Center Career Development

Data Center Knowledge’s 2024 Salary Report

Data Center Knowledge’s 2024 Salary Report

byDrew Robb, Wendy Schuchart

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Strategies for Sustainable Water Consumption in Data Centers

Strategies for Sustainable Water Consumption in Data Centers

Nuclear-powered data center illustration

Energy & Power Supply

US Energy Experts Highlight Potential for Nuclear-Powered Data Centers

US Energy Experts Highlight Potential for Nuclear-Powered Data Centers

How Operators, Vendors Hope to Tackle Data Center Supply Chain Woes

How Operators, Vendors Hope to Tackle Data Center Supply Chain Woes

Two white trucks transport LNG on highway in South of Finland

Energy & Power Supply

How Trailer-Mounted Power Generation Could Help the Data Center Energy Problem

How Trailer-Mounted Power Generation Could Help the Data Center Energy Problem

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Incident Response: Lessons Learned from a Data Center Fire

Incident Response: Lessons Learned from a Data Center Fire

An engineer examines a hybrid cooling data center tower

Hybrid Cooling: The Bridge to Full Liquid Cooling in Data Centers

Hybrid Cooling: The Bridge to Full Liquid Cooling in Data Centers

Rian Bahran speaks at Data Center World

Energy & Power Supply

White House Backs Nuclear Energy for Data Centers

White House Backs Nuclear Energy for Data Centers

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Spotlight on Scope 3 Emissions in Data Center Construction

Spotlight on Scope 3 Emissions in Data Center Construction

High voltage towers at sunset

Energy & Power Supply

How Data Centers Are Working with Utilities to Improve Power Availability

How Data Centers Are Working with Utilities to Improve Power Availability

Unlocking the Secrets to Attracting Top Data Center Talent

Data Center Career Development

Unlocking the Secrets to Attracting Top Data Center Talent

Unlocking the Secrets to Attracting Top Data Center Talent

net zero emissions symbol chips 3D illustration

What Stands in the Way of the Net-Zero Data Center?

What Stands in the Way of the Net-Zero Data Center?

A thermal image of a data center

Harnessing Waste Heat is the Latest Frontier in Data Center Efficiency

Harnessing Waste Heat is the Latest Frontier in Data Center Efficiency

The Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run coal-fired power plant

Energy & Power Supply

Power Is Key to Unlocking AI Data Center Growth

Power Is Key to Unlocking AI Data Center Growth

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Edge Data Centers

Is Edge Computing Over or Just Getting Started?

Is Edge Computing Over or Just Getting Started?

(Left to right) Steve Madara, Mohammad Tradat, Dev Kulkarni, and Greg Stover at DCW 2024

Experts Talk Liquid Cooling Strategies to Manage AI Heat Wave

Experts Talk Liquid Cooling Strategies to Manage AI Heat Wave

Symbolic image critical infrastructure with power lines and computer code

Energy & Power Supply

Augmenting Data Center Revenue with Grid Services: What to Know

Augmenting Data Center Revenue with Grid Services: What to Know

ARPA-E's Peter de Bock and the DOE's Rakesh Radhakrishnan

ARPA-E Talks ‘Moonshot’ Program to Revolutionize Cooling

ARPA-E Talks ‘Moonshot’ Program to Revolutionize Cooling

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