DATA CENTRE SECURITY
stable power are often essential in forming the backbone of a company’ s continuity plan.
“ Every reputable data centre operator will have robust DR and business continuity plans in place – for their services and facilities,” explains Stewart Laing, CEO of Asanti Data Centres.“ These plans ensure the continuity of power, cooling, connectivity and environmental controls. But this does not extend to managing DR on behalf of customers, unless explicitly offered as a managed service.
“ It’ s crucial to clarify where responsibilities lie. Data centre operators are responsible for the resilience of the infrastructure on which their customers rely but customers are responsible for their own DR strategies when it comes to applications, data and business operations.”
Given that data centres often house critical infrastructure for essential industries like healthcare and AI, downtime often has intense repercussions. In this case, DR strategies are vital because they enable what Arturo Di Filippi, Global Offering Director for Large Power at Vertiv, refers to as a continuity of power, in addition to workload migration and resilience.“ While many operators have basic DR frameworks in place, not all are equipped for the speed and intensity of today’ s threats, especially in the AI era,” he says.“ Data centres must now factor in highly dynamic AI loads, which shift from idle to peak in milliseconds. Traditional
190 July 2025