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outside the data centre than inside , it will continue to , and should remain the primary location of your critical information and the core of any infrastructure .
No matter if it ' s a private , hybrid or public cloud data centre , no data should ever leave a data centre under any circumstances .
You should also never leave data you no longer need in it , or if you do remove an asset from a data centre such as drives , you need to make sure it has been erased first .
It ’ s not only critical from a security perspective but from a sustainability one too .
The explosion of data means the environmental impact of storing it is only going to get greater . According to Dr Patrick Bresnihan of National University of Ireland , Maynooth , data centres could use 70 % of Ireland ’ s electricity by 2030 . In 2022 , we therefore expect to see more data centre consolidation from a sustainability as well as a manageability and security point of view where smaller , older data centres will be migrated into more modern and energy-efficient ones .
» SPEAKING OF SUSTAINABILITY , ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON THAT FRONT ? 2022 is the year when enterprises go from sustainability rule breakers to rule makers .
Tackling the climate crisis is now a global imperative for all enterprises . The COP26 climate conference made some progress on addressing climate change , with the signing of the Glasgow Climate Pact to consign the use of coal to history . However , we are still some way off in achieving the target of limiting
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