CLOUD & 5G provide faster data processing and lower latency , particularly beneficial for IoT applications .
“ Future hybrid clouds will offer even more seamless interoperability between on-premises infrastructure and public cloud services , making it easier to manage workloads across different environments ,” he says .
Steve is already seeing enhanced orchestration and management tools in use to simplify the deployment , monitoring and scaling of applications across hybrid environments .
“ Public clouds will continue to lead in scalability and flexibility , offering even more granular control over resources and pricing models ,” he continues . “ We can expect further expansion of data centres globally , reducing latency and improving service availability in more regions .”
It ’ s in this space that Steve believes the data centre sector will see the continued introduction of innovative services , such as quantum computing , advanced machine learning models and more specialised databases .
There are three strategies which run across all of these areas :
A major lack in talent needed to resource these changes . We are already witnessing a massive surge in demand for leaders that simply do not exist . The only solution for this will be to grow new specific talent and look to other sectors for the experience and expertise needed .
A stronger focus on sustainability , with cloud providers investing in renewable energy and more energy-efficient data centres .
Improved cost management solutions to help organisations optimise their spending by dynamically shifting workloads to the most cost-effective environment .
Over the next 12 months , Steve ’ s data centre practice will focus on one thing : bridging the talent gap .
“ The data dentre market in particular has witnessed hypergrowth over the last five years with adoption of cloud technologies , however the evolution of AI will turbo charge this ,” Steve shared .
Currently , less than 60 % of the demand for talent is at the early stages of the data centre life cycle , but the need for operational expertise is rising . Steve shares that this is concerning , given the limited pool of professionals with specific data centre operations experience .
“ THE US IS A LEADER IN CLOUD ADOPTION AND AI-DRIVEN SERVICES , DRIVING STRONG DEMAND FOR DATA CENTRE ”
AASHNA PURI DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY & SUSTAINABILITY , CYRUSONE datacentremagazine . com 127