Industry experts from IBM and CyrusOne reflect on the lessons COVID-19 can teach about the future of the data centre industry
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Industry experts from IBM and CyrusOne reflect on the lessons COVID-19 can teach about the future of the data centre industry
WRITTEN BY : HARRY MENEAR
from those built in 2011 . “ Data centres are changing ,” says Matt Pullen , EVP and Managing Director for Europe at CyrusOne , “ from the prioritisation of sustainability to the dramatic increase in data usage and growing demand for cloud services . We ’ re at a crossroads , with many challenges and opportunities facing the industry as we know it , and the conversations and actions being had and made today ultimately shaping the data centre of tomorrow .”
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on , the abrupt and often painful effects of the crisis may at least provide a blueprint for the long-term evolution of the data centre industry , and provide some interesting clues about the direction in which the industry is headed . datacentremagazine . com 43