Data Centre Magazine December 2020 | Page 108

NAUTILUS
108 a prepared site for rapid assembly . Placing essential infrastructure on barges — such as energy barges and water treatment barges--is a wellestablished model for enabling rapid and flexible access to such infrastructure in fast growing and emerging markets . The opportunity and need is equally strong today when it comes to providing access to digital infrastructure to those who currently lack it .”
Connaughton believes data centers are the newest and most important component of critical infrastructure that sustains and enriches the lives of people around the world . “ Data centers now stand alongside power generation , drinking-water plants ,
DECEMBER 2020