IS A MYTH

The data centre industry is fighting - harder every year - to reconcile two seemingly irreconcilable goals . On the one hand , demand for capacity to support digital services , high performance computing , 5G , the edge , IoT - you name it - continues to grow with no sign of slowing down this decade . By 2027 , the industry is expected to grow from just under $ 60 bn to well over $ 145 bn .

At the same time , the need to draw down on energy usage - both as a way of curtailing the industry ’ s own Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions , as well as reducing their overall impact on already

40 April 2022