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to reinvent the wheel or come up with a cunning new plan for a data centre every week . Ultimately , the more complexity you take out of a data centre ’ s design , the more efficient it is , therefore , the lower the cost will be and the simpler it ' ll be to operate .” “ The Kao Data business premise is to ensure operational reliability and minimise our customers ’ risk of downtime , while helping them minimise their environmental impact . We run our customers ’ IT infrastructure 24 / 7 , 365 without any interruption , but we also have to think about the roles that sustainability and energy demands play .”
This pragmatic approach is directly inspired by Kao Data ’ s COO Paul Finch and CTO Gérard Thibault , two of the industry ’ s leading data centre developers and operators . Their commitment to customers is based around a focus on providing the basis for future technological advancements , while directly supporting sustainability requirements .
“ Paul and Gérard have really driven that mindset at Kao Data . Their pragmatic approach ensures that what they ' re doing will deliver something bespoke and highly effective for the customer , and is exactly what they need ,” Lamb says with a smile , acknowledging the tendency of many data centre operators to instil a “ bellsand-whistles ” approach that can be both costly and inefficient . At Kao Data , the company chooses instead to address the industry challenges head on , and push the boundaries when it comes to sustainability , efficiency , and uptime .
Strategic investments and future expansion Environmental , social and governance ( ESG ) have also become key focuses for investors considering the recent rapid enlightenment to climate change and its effect across the
globe . Sustainability is therefore an essential consideration for data centre operators , which is particularly salient when considering the rise of HPC , AI and machine learning .
The continuation of digital transformation will potentially lead to huge proportions of data being created and transferred to data centres , which will , in turn , require more energy per server and generate more heat .
To resolve this conundrum , as well as many other sustainability concerns , Kao Data is actively using 100 % renewable energy and embracing alternative renewable fuels such as hydro-treated vegetable oil ( HVO ), which removes 90 % of carbon dioxide from its backup provision . It also models and tests its
216 June 2022