KAO DATA
Kao Data ’ s CCO , Spencer Lamb , tells us about the company ’ s evolution , its ambitions , and its underlying sustainability ethos
The steep rise in digitalisation over the past decade has spurred an intensive period of evolution and maturation in the data centre industry , and the global COVID- 19 pandemic succeeded in accelerating this trend further .
However , as the world becomes more dependent on data centres and the digital infrastructure landscape , many businesses have been faced with an intriguing dichotomy between the need to meet traditional demands for resilience and to reduce their environmental impact in the face of net zero .
Kao Data is a unique hybrid , with feet placed firmly in both camps . Located across three campuses in East and West London , and catering to a wide range of customers , from enterprise and cloud to HPC and AI , it sets itself apart by being the UK ’ s leading operator of industrial-scale data centres designed to house the most demanding customer workloads .
In many respects , this means that the company recognises the merits of investing in sustainable infrastructure that serves many traditional businesses , from financial services to retail and enterprise to cloud , as well as in optimising its campus and facility developments to support customers within high-touch areas such as life sciences , artificial intelligence ( AI ) and research supercomputing .
208 June 2022