Data Centre Magazine October 2022 | Page 14

THE BRIEF

What is termed in the industry as ‘ cloud wars ' is very much a reality , and it is spurring a dramatic surge in demand for data centres

Miles Auvil Vertical Market Leader for Data Centres Trane Technologies
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Sustainability also gives us the opportunity to continuously innovate

Ayotunde Coker CEO OADC
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EDGECONNEX DEPLOYS VOLTERA , ITS EV CHARGING BUSINESS

EdgeConneX has now deployed its subsidiary company Voltera , an electric vehicle charging business , which was originally launched last year .
Voltera will provide scalable electric charging infrastructure , and its client services will include the building , powering , acquiring and operating of its sophisticated electric charging facilities .
Originally , Voltera was designed to help enhance data centre infrastructure . The idea was that the company would offer an “ Autonomous Vehicle Data Offload ” service , and that they would work towards ” developing data transfer stations for AV Depots ”. If successful , this would enable autonomous vehicles to be charged and transmit data to the cloud , all at once .
So , in the very near future , we could see edge data centres being built together with electric vehicle charging stations .
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14 October 2022