CONNECTIVITY AND COLOCATION : ADDRESSING TODAY ’ S ‘ NEED FOR SPEED ’
Ian Cottingham , Director of Mobile Network Operators at BT Wholesale , explains why selecting the right network and colocation partners is critical for modern businesses . As demand for high-performance , scalable data centres grows , these partnerships provide the low latency , secure connectivity needed to support data-intensive applications like AI . In an increasingly digital landscape , resilient infrastructure is essential to keep pace with technological advancements and business needs . odern businesses rely on data-hungry
M applications to stay connected and keep running . The latest trend is AI tools becoming a need-to-have rather than a nice-to-have including an emerging market of enterprises undertaking their own AI model training , with the pharmaceutical industry being an early use-case . The ‘ need for speed ’ – or the demand for high-performance , low-latency networks – has never been greater . network updates and future-proofing infrastructure , therefore , is a must .
One example of this is 400Gb services . Originally introduced for service providers , these high-speed services are now drawing interest from enterprises that need to mirror data centres or reconfigure their network topology to maximise efficiency .
For many organisations , sustaining a resilient data centre to underpin this is crucial . In fact , a new report from MIT Technology Review Insights found that while businesses have big ambitions for GenAI , foundational data strategies need to be improved to maximise AI ’ s potential .
Businesses need to look for data centre and colocation providers that provide efficient content distribution , seamless network connections and cutting-edge cloud – all of which should be completely scalable depending on the business .
Choosing a connectivity partner that has your back and will help this changing landscape is crucial – here ’ s what businesses need to consider .
Bandwidth boom
Applications and AI models ( training and inference ) are becoming more complex , they ' re more data-hungry and they require far lower latency . Your network therefore is hugely important in the rollout of new tech – it ’ s the necessary bedrock . A reliable connectivity partner that invests in
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