Numerous challenges faced by data centres

This presentation addresses the following topic(s):

• What are the important considerations in building data center facilities that can scale along with computing?
• The next innovation: What will be the big news at ISC 2032? Be as specific as you can.

With the total amount of data circulating on the internet set to increase eight fold by 2025, data centre growth continues exponentially to meet demand.

This however is a highly competitive market and for any individual data centre to succeed it must guarantee the highest levels of availability, not only to deliver flawless service continuity for its customers, but also to both safeguard and boost its reputation. For example, the uptime target for a Tier 4 data centre is a demanding 99.995% which allows for just 25 minutes of downtime per year. Stäubli discusses the numerous challenges faced by data centres to ensure flawless service continuity: Maximising data storage, guaranteeing equipment and data security, improving energy efficiency, reducing hot swapping times and ultimately maximising uptime and productivity.