FEATURE
DATA CENTRE
HUBS LIKE THE US
AND EUROPE WILL
START REACHING
SATURATION
POINT, FORCING
PROVIDERS TO
EXTEND THEIR
BUILDS INTO
NEWER AREAS.
Sustainability is the name of
the game
The ball will drop in 2020 when legislators
realise that the climate crisis is a real
issue. We will see legislation that requires
data centre new builds fulfil a green power
quota coming into play. In fact, we can
expect some regulators holding back
permits for new data centre builds as a
result of limited power supply. We already
saw this within the Dutch municipalities
of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer,
which called for an immediate stop to the
construction of data centres in the region
to ensure public reliance on the power
grid would not be impacted as a result of
power-hungry data centre facilities.
Adding 5G into the mix in 2020 can only
mean there is less power to go around.
Unable to travel the distance like its
far-reaching predecessor 4G, 5G will
need more wireless receivers to create
substantial aggregation points. This will
inevitably grow the power supplies needed
to keep the network working effectively.
Jackson Lee, Vice President of Corporate
Development, Colt DCS
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Issue 10
There is a likelihood that some
governments will limit data centre
operations in order to fulfil power needs of
both the public and corporations alike.
AI will be limited in its capabilities
This year sparked off many a
conversation around AI and its use cases
across various industries. Within the
data centre sector, conversations centred
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