“ Just like 4G spawned transformational change in transportation with Lyft and Uber , 5G will bring transformational new capabilities and business opportunities “
— Kevin Deierling , SVP , NVIDIA Networking
and data centres will need to respond .”
Data centre operators in 2021 and beyond won ’ t merely have to contend with the growing network load caused by 5G . According to Kevin Deierling , senior vice president of NVIDIA Networking , the effects of adopting the next generation of communications technology have the potential to be even more transformative . “ Just like 4G spawned transformational change in transportation with Lyft and Uber , 5G will bring transformational new capabilities and business opportunities ,” he explains . “ It won ’ t happen all at once , but you ’ ll start to see the beginnings of companies seeking to take advantage of the confluence of AI , 5G and new computing platforms .”
AI and HPC are also increasing the demands placed upon data centre operators , as increasingly complex IT loads are being moved to the cloud . Stafford notes that , so far , “ the HPC Industry has been slow to embrace cloud ,” adding that because “ HPC Infrastructure is expensive , complex to setup and maintain , right sizing that environment is a difficult process .” However , he notes that cloud service providers have responded well to demand , and
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