Will our growing reliance on all varieties of
digital information coupled with the recent extraordinary natural disasters,
deliberate assaults on IT infrastructure, and the increased obsolescence of the
electric grid lead to the perfect storm on steroids?
A 2006 AFCOM membership survey revealed that one
out of every four data centers will experience a business disruption serious
enough to affect the company’s ability to continue business-as-usual.
“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” This anonymous quote seems to describe the mission-critical industry and this column perfectly. Our industry is constantly reinventing itself, and today we find ourselves on the verge of arguably the largest change yet, moving to the cloud.
Much has been said about the energy efficiency
of higher three-phase alternating current (ac) voltages as well as direct
current (dc) solutions for data centers.
For a data center owner with a growing need of additional data center or infrastructure capacity, acquiring a company or its data center assets may be a good option. It