The Future of the Data Center
“ Colocation is absolutely the way to go . Developments in cloud have really made it impossible to go any other way for all organisations , from small companies to the largest conglomerates ”
DC : How has the design and build of data centres changed over the 15 years you ’ ve worked in the sector , and what technologies have driven that change ?
PP : Initially , say 15-20 years ago , data centres were really exclusively designed and built for the end user , typically large global players like
Barclays , JP Morgan and Chase , Citibank and so on . It started off very simply – literally in the closet in a main office – before moving on to purposebuilt data centers .
It was the growth of the data centre owner-operators , companies like Digital Realty , CyrusOne and others , that really drove the shift away from that approach , which typically favoured the needs of the business
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The Future of the Data Center
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