HANDLING AI , IOT , 5G AND HPC
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to include 37bn connected connected devices by 2025 ; and the increased use of data centres for big data , artificial intelligence ( AI ) and machine learning based high performance computing ( HPC ) and quantum computing workloads . “ And , as with all sectors , they have had to do this while its workforce adapts to new ways of working ,” adds Johnson .
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HANDLING AI , IOT , 5G AND HPC
In tandem with the ongoing search for a “ new normal ” amid the COVID-19 pandemic , the influence of 5G rollouts , IoT expansion , and increasing adoption of AI and HPC solutions across the digital economy have the potential to put immense strain on cloud service providers and data centre operators .
“ Content delivery networks are going to require more and more storage with the roll-out of 5G , and more network speed to avoid latency ,” says Johnson . “ We ’ ve seen TVs go to 4G , and YouTube is accepting 8G and 12G video already . Normal video is about 1G , so for every second that ’ s 12,000 times more information . It ’ s a tremendous amount of throughput , so the strain on the network will increase ,
FEBRUARY 2021