This 12-page whitepaper from Future Facilities examines how practices that seem to work in the short term can imperil the long-term viability of the entire data center. The paper also examines one tool for tracking when capacity has been compromised, which allows owner/operators to realize the full value of their investment.

In the world of economics, short-termism, the policy of concentrating on short-term profit at the expense of long term stability, is often cited as a key factor in the failure of businesses and generally thought of as bad practice. In the data center industry, are current practices driving operators unwittingly into short-termism? The majority of data center operators are making decisions relating to short term gains without the tools necessary to understand the long term effects of those decisions

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The Elephant in the Room is Lost Capacity