DATA CENTRE MAGAZINE LOOKS AT SEVERAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES , AND SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT SET THE BAR FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD
CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS
DATA CENTRE MAGAZINE LOOKS AT SEVERAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES , AND SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT SET THE BAR FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD
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The modern data centre is an essential piece of infrastructure in the modern enterprise . Data centres store , process and redirect the information that is critical to the operation of hospitals , governments , IT services , financial institutions and virtually every aspect of an organisation doing business in Industry 4.0 . From cooling and power usage efficiency ( PUE ) to disaster planning and security , managing these facilities is a complex and ever-evolving task .
“ The data centre is seen as a mission-critical facility worldwide . The sensitivity of data storage and availability continues to increase as data centres support many mission critical verticals ranging from hospitals , to Internet-based services such as banking and financial , to healthcare and industrial markets ,” asserts Anu Cherian , a Senior Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan . “ However , reliability is the single most critical factor that has driven an increase in data centre complexity , beginning with high power consuming IT equipment such as servers , to the equipment that comes under the purview of facilities management .”
OCTOBER 2020