Data Centre Magazine February 2022 | Page 15

BY THE NUMBERS

Mumbai leads APAC for data centre growth

812 MW

Mumbai DC Capacity in Q2 2021

+ 194 MW

( 24 %)
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EDITOR ' S CHOICE

Mumbai DC Capacity in Q3 2021

1,006 MW

HOW DATA CENTRES CAN GROW AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE : Nick Smith , Business Development Manager at Genetec , talks about how data centres can grow
DEMAND RESPONSE IN DATA CENTRES – WHAT ’ S HOLDING US BACK ? Ed Ansett , Founder , i3 focuses on the changing data centre power game , and why power saving and achieving net zero is the foundation of all future builds .
HOW TO MEET THE IT CHALLENGES OF A HYBRID WORLD : Darren Watkins , managing director at VIRTUS Data Centres , explores the challenges ( and opportunities ) of an increasingly hybridised cloud landscape .
� CHINA DATA CENTRE CAPACITY China ’ s data centre sector is about to go into overdrive , with four mega-clusters planned in the country ' s north and west with the aim of supporting the data needs of Beijing and major coastal centres .
� SCALA DATA CENTERS DigitalBridget subsidiary Scala kicks off 2022 with a bang , announcing two new hyperscale data centres in Brazil - one of which is already fully leased to a “ major cloud provider ”.
� THE IRISH GRID Ireland ’ s fraught relationship with its data centre industry only worsens , as scientists at the MaREI Environmental Research Institute describe the impact of data centres on Ireland ’ s power grid as “ as a serious energy systems problem .”
� META Just one week after gaining approvals to build a massive 200 MW data centre in Zeewolde , Netherlands , the Dutch senate hit pause on Meta ( Facebook )’ s plans for the site " until a new government vision for spatial planning and data centres is ready ."

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