DATA CENTRES
Although it was overshadowed somewhat by the pandemic , civil unrest around the globe , and a pivotal election in the US , 2020 was a significant milestone in a long , long line of increasingly severe climate disasters .
“ From deadly wildfires to severe flooding , landslides to tsunamis , all parts of the globe are being affected by climate change ,” warns Malcolm Johnson , Deputy Secretary General of the ITU , a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for all matters relating to the ITC sector . Over the past year , the combined influences of the COVID-19 pandemic and a sweeping digitalisation of global economies have made digital infrastructure more mission critical than ever , as millions of people have made the shift to working , learning and socialising remotely . The massive global uptick in digital traffic is generating unprecedented demand for data centre infrastructure , spurred on even more by the worldwide rollout of 5G , growth in data analytics , and the exponential explosion of the internet of things ( IoT ).
In the face of historic demand and a global boom that saw 96 % of data centre professionals surveyed in a study by ABB Power Conversion report increased demand during 2020 , data centre
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