Disruptive Global Economy

How are datacentres changing the economies of the enterprises across the world? Why are the enterprises racing to adopt the datacentres? Read on to find out

- Craig Hayman

Data has become the lifeblood of today’s global digital economy, powering diverse industrial activity from retail and manufacturing to infrastructure and transport and it is the datacentre that is forming the backbone to the data influx. With the proliferation of data across our digital world accelerating at a phenomenal speed, it is anticipated that over 175 zettabytes of data will be generated annually by 2025.

Digital transformation is driving data-heavy applications such as the internet of things (IoT) and Cloud and as a result, the role of datacentres is also expanding, serving as a vital intersection point for the data of individuals, businesses and economies. As an ever-growing part of business in the modern world, the datacentre influences the functioning of many aspects of the business enterprise including data backup and recovery, networking, website hosting, E-mail management and security, providing support for cloud storage applications and for e-commerce transactions. To meet worldwide demand, hyperscale providers have been building datacentres and expanding their fleet in the past few years. However, increasing complexities of operating and maintaining these facilities are creating an unprecedented set of challenges which must be met with a new approach.