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The amount of information being created , processed , transmitted and stored by these devices is set to grow at an increasingly exponential rate . The expansion of the IoT – alongside advances in AI and high performance computing ( HPC ), as well as a generational leap in communications networks brought on by 5G – is going to result in a world saturated and fueled by data .
In this data-driven world , data centres are set to become even more crucial pieces of infrastructure , as everything from social media and e-commerce to enterprise functions and government operations progress towards the cloud . The past 12 months have only accelerated the trend , with the COVID-19 pandemic driving a massive spike in remote work , online learning , video streaming and e-commerce .
“ Data traffic has been growing at an astonishing rate over the years and this has been accelerated in 2020 with the shift to remote working ,” says Oliver Goodman , head of engineering at Telehouse . “ This growth will continue in 2021 with employers adapting hybrid strategies where some of the workforce continue to work remotely . It
will also be driven by the rise of 5G networks , the IoT and edge computing . All of this is increasing the power consumption of our facilities , but the industry is committed to improving the efficiency of their data centres .”
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While demand for data centre services has risen dramatically over the past few years , data centre operators have managed to find innovative solutions that have prevented power consumption from rising in step with IT workloads .
“ Despite the digital acceleration and
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