Intelligent Data Centres Issue 30 | Page 5

EDITOR ’ S NOTE ello and welcome to

H the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres where we bring you a roundup of the trends and developments taking place across the data centre sector . Experts discuss various topics of interest and offer their best practice advice .

Also this month , we take a look at sustainability in the data centre industry as Amanda Sutton , Senior Director of Sustainability , Vantage Data Centers , explores ways to ensure a better and more sustainable future for the world at large . She looks beyond just simply using renewable / clean power as the only solution , on page 44 .
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As this month ’ s cover story , Alberto Da Anunciacao , Chief Infrastructure Officer at Aptum , suggests the best way for organisations to design their infrastructure and data centre operations around their workload requirements , and tells us why hyperscale data centres are set to double in global market share by 2025 . Read about this in more detail on page 47 .
Another of our top stories this month sees us explore the new data centre boardroom , on page 21 . Peter Hannaford , Senior Partner at Portman Partners , describes the data centre leaders of tomorrow and how they must be the embodiment of the solutions to today ’ s challenges .
Our ‘ Editor ’ s Question ’ feature this issue is a discussion which focuses on how data centre leaders are competing with cloud operators in order to appeal to their audience and remain relevant in the market . Spokespeople include Noel O ’ Grady , Director , Ireland , Sungard Availability Services ; Spencer Lamb , VP , Kao Data and Matt Edgley , Director – Teledata . This can be found on page 29 .
To round off , we ‘ Deep Dive ’ with Charles Liang , CEO , Supermicro , who tells us how he landed in his role , and how he likes to relax and unwind outside the office .
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