The Coolest Data Center Companies In 2021: The Data Center 50

March 17, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT

From AWS and AMD to Dell Technologies and Equinix, here are the 50 coolest data center companies in the world today.

Hitachi Vantara

Gajen Kandiah, CEO

Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif.

Hitachi Vantara last year selected former Cognizant president Kandiah to lead the company. Hitachi Vantara specializes in the industrial vertical, while its Smart Data Center combines advanced data center analytics, artificial intelligence and automation alongside its storage or hyperconverged infrastructure. The company recently made its first serious play in the midrange storage market.

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Mark Haranas

Mark Haranas is an assistant news editor and longtime journalist now covering cloud, multicloud, software, SaaS and channel partners at CRN. He speaks with world-renown CEOs and IT experts as well as covering breaking news and live events while also managing several CRN reporters. He can be reached at mharanas@thechannelcompany.com.