Charging the FUTURE

With the increasing use of lithium-ion batteries in data centres, the market is expected to grow significantly by 2025

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The Middle East – and particularly the GCC – has seen a sharp rise in the number of data centres in recent years to cope with increased demand for cloud and big data. This in turn has led to greater interest in the ancillary market supporting data centres.

According to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan, lithium-ion batteries accounted for 15 per cent of the data centre battery market in 2020, but with the increasing use of lithium-ion batteries in data centres, this is expected to increase to 38.5 per cent by 2025.

In comparison to lead-acid batteries, lithium-ion batteries have a longer service life, a smaller footprint, lower load-bearing requirements, easy maintenance, environmental protection and consistent stability. As a result, lithium-ion batteries will become the preferred backup power source for data centres in the future, stated Frost & Sullivan.

Here are some of the reasons that the lithium-ion battery market is seeing a boom:

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