Intelligent Data Centres Issue 10 | Page 35

FEATURE Jackson Lee, Vice President of Corporate Development, Colt DCS, discusses the upcoming trends he predicts for the data centre industry in 2020. He says that what needs to change the most is the mindset of data centre providers as they should focus on offering the best possible solution for their customers. The data centre trends set to shape 2020 A s we stand just weeks away from the new decade, we are presented with the opportunity to look back on the year that was and gaze ahead at what’s to come in the new year. 2019 has been a year of new technology trends promising to alter our business landscape as we know it. Safe to say not all these trends came fully to fruition but they did lay the groundwork for the coming years and we are excited to see where this takes us. data centres has grown, raising questions around the need for hyperscale data centres in years to come. But hyperscale is here to stay. In fact, the demand for these large-scaled centralised data centres is set to reach new heights in 2020, with bigger than ever data centres entering the scene. As digital companies expand into new markets, Asia and Europe will take the lead in terms of new hyperscale builds. Smaller facilities are not commonplace in these regions where regulations and barriers surrounding new builds have limited the number of facilities providers can enact. Bigger the better – hyperscale is here to stay 2019 saw an uptick of smaller data centre facilities. Designed for smaller workloads, the demand for decentralised micro www.intelligentdatacentres.com On the flipside, the US – a more mature market where the data centre new build market is much easier to navigate – will see an ease in hyperscale facilities in 2020. Issue 10 35