Research Shows Energy Cost and Availability Are Chief Concerns of Data Center Industry
“The importance of energy to the continued operation and development of data centers is reflected in the priority given to concerns associated with it,” said Nick Parfitt for DatacenterDynamics Research. The study, “Global Data Center Energy Demand Forecasting,” is drawn from respondents to the DatacenterDynamics Industry Census 2011, reveals that 44 percent of those surveyed believe increased energy costs will impact significantly on their data center operations in the next 12 months.
The DatacenterDynamics Industry Census 2011 is the largest survey ever into the global data center community. Survey respondents are responsible for nearly 100,000 data centers, over 7,000,000 equipment racks and a total power consumption of around 31 GW—enough energy to power all residential households in the United Kingdom, France, or Italy.