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INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE POWERED BY THE DCA by AI will play a huge role . Hyperscalers are leading the way in using AI for IT operations and are increasingly setting the trend that will see AI being embedded in every component of IT infrastructure . Powered by AI , hyperscalers are quickly defining the future of IT infrastructure – from self-healing infrastructure to databases that can recover quickly in the event of a failure or networks that can automatically configure and reconfigure without any human intervention .
The growth of hyperscale data centres can be seen from the fact that according
The total number of large data centres operated by hyperscale providers increased to 597 at the end of 2020 , having more than doubled since the end of 2015 .
to research from Synergy Research Group , the total number of large data centres operated by hyperscale providers increased to 597 at the end of 2020 , having more than doubled since the end of 2015 .
Going forward , hyperscale data centres are expected to dominate data centre spending . According to ReportLinker dated July 21 , the hyperscale data centre market by investment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.02 % during the period 2021-2026 . As businesses continue to shift applications from onpremises to cloud-based infrastructure , hyperscalers will be increasingly preferred thanks to their increased focus on efficiencies and scale . � www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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