D A T A C E N T R E P R E D I C T I O N S
Josh Joshi , Executive Chairman , AtlasEdge
As an industry we need to be ready and proactively engage so we end up with a system that is the best it can possibly be .
Prediction # 5 : The data centre industry will finally stop thinking of itself as the endpoint in an energy cycle
As an industry , the pursuit of efficiency has been relentless . The amount of energy and resulting carbon emission that has been saved is astonishing . I think collectively , we can be proud of what has been achieved .
However , there is still much more to be done on water usage and carbon mitigation – I think it ’ s also true that we have been slow to wake up to the fact that we are only one part of a complex energy cascade .
PUE ’ s value as a measure of data efficiency will continue to decline in 2024 . As an industry , we cannot continue to measure our success as how efficiently we literally ‘ heat the sky ’ with our waste heat . Energy reuse must be incorporated into our targets and a PUE of 1.1 is no longer the target ; next year , operators will be looking to achieve effective sub 1.0 PUE targets after energy reuse .
safety , personal data protection , identity security and sustainability are just some of the issues that will draw regulators and policy makers further into our world .
Because , ultimately data matters , and data will matter more than ever as AI starts to command more resources than cloud .
European data centre operators will have to work with governments to deliver the critical digital infrastructure to ensure that Europe is not left behind . AI foundation model architecture will take national resources and priorities to implement , and more regulation may be the inevitable quid pro quo .
This will be achieved by ramping up the use of intelligent power architecture within data centres and recycling heat on a significantly wider scale . In 2024 , you can also expect to see operators try to commercialise this recycling , working with governments to sell their excess heat to organisations and businesses . �
www . intelligentdatacentres . com 21