As water becomes increasingly scarce, more attention will continue to be aimed at developing less-water intensive cooling alternatives for data centers.
The funny thing about AI is that waiting is almost always a bad idea. That's because, unlike new cars or flat-screen TVs, AI actually gets more valuable as it ages.
Incorporating data center education into college curricula is a cost-effective option for closing the talent gap because, instead of relying on third-party partners, upskilling existing workers, or poaching employees from direct competitors, we’ll be able to grow new data center professionals.
Systems Applications and Products (SAP) has played a critical role in giving dimensions to digital transformation for the energy and power sector over the last 10-12 years.
It’s pretty safe to assume that more and more BFSI companies are going to start looking to colo providers for hybrid cloud solutions as capacity continues to increase and the demand for instant access requires additional edge sites to be deployed.
Typically, edge will be installed from two to 10 rack installations operating at 7 to 25 kW per rack. Whereas engineering companies have been designing for campus installations with 15 engineers per project, now the same 15 engineers will be installing 25 locations within urban and remote regions.
While the PUE metric clearly defines the measurement process for facility efficiency (thanks to The Green Grid!), it represents only a portion of sustainability in the overall data center eco-structure.
Accommodating remote workers and customers, making facilities safer and more efficient, and driving higher performance will be the hallmarks of data center trends.
Interestingly, the introduction of modular data center designs has, perhaps as an unforeseen consequence, begun to provide a conduit for expanding the construction talent pool.