“ Hyperscalers will continue with their global expansion plans due to continued investments in public cloud ”
— Naveen Mishra , Senior research director , Gartner
cloud adoption to be the ‘ new normal ,’ now more than ever .”
Keith Stafford , head of cloud architecture at Continent 8 Technologies , agrees with the assessment . With more than 60 data centres across Europe , APAC and North and South America ,
Continent 8 has experienced the global surge in cloud demand over the past 12 months , particularly driven by a spike in media consumption . “ The use of public cloud services continues to grow ,” says Stafford , noting that customers increasingly seek out the comprehensive services that the public cloud provides in order to increase agility and reduce OpEx , as well as gaining access to quick burst capacity in order to handle spikes in demand .
The ability to help customers respond to these spikes in demand for data services has been a hallmark of 2020 . Johnson notes that , “ this demand for data has resulted in a real shift in several areas – data centres have had to become increasingly agile to respond to different demand peaks , while maintaining high levels of security and sustainability .” Across the board , however , increased digital transformation and technological innovation are continuing to mount pressure upon data centre operators ; by 2026 , 5G is expected to account for 54 % of all mobile data traffic , reaching a total of 226 exabytes per month ; the growth of the internet of things ( IoT ) is predicted
29 datacentremagazine . com