ROBERT MULLINS CEO , Raxio Group

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“ To better facilitate the escalating need for agile , low latency interconnection , regional markets are increasing localised capacity ”

RUSSELL POOLE UK Managing Director , Equinix

Another year , another round of op-eds opening with “ as the pandemic draws to a close .”

Yeah , doesn ’ t seem like it ’ s going to happen , does it ?

Not even slightly . With Omicron continuing to put us back to the earliest days of the pandemic , I feel pretty confident in saying that the “ new normal ” is going to look a lot more like the past 24 months than any bright new “ postpandemic ” world . reliance on data centres … is here to stay .”

Well that ’ s good for the data centres .

Not necessarily . Forde also rightly pointed out that “ A decades-long efficiency drive , which held data centres to steady demand levels while processing much more , has run out of headroom .”

Sustainability has been a higher-profile issue , that ’ s for sure .

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“ It ’ s imperative that carbon credits aren ’ t used as a substitute for genuine sustainability efforts ”

TATE CANTRELL CTO , Verne Global

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So what does this mean for the data centre industry ?

More of the same , I guess . The pandemic catalysed digital transformation , and demand continues to outstrip capacity . Industry analyst Ciarán Forde put it best recently when he said : “ When you remove a catalyst , the reactions it caused do not reverse themselves . The increased

Indeed . Projects are being halted , bans are being considered , token greenwashing is no longer palatable when the consequences of rampant energy consumption are increasingly all around us . 2022 will be the year when the industry really starts to feel like it ’ s trapped between a giant pile of cash and a hard place . 14 February 2022