Even before companies shifted their digital transformation initiatives into overdrive, customer-driven demands and new technologies had been dramatically increasing the variability of workloads and the density requirements of data centers. Ten years ago, standard power densities in data centers were 3 to 5 kW per rack. Today, however, it’s not uncommon to see 8 to 12 kW per rack, with some deployments reaching 30 kW and beyond.
Most legacy data center solutions offer space configured at static densities. However, rising workload and density demands are pushing experts to consider how industry norms may be holding us back. There are tremendous benefits to increasing density, and it’s not a complex, exotic, or expensive proposition. It’s simple, and, when done right, can deliver lower OpEx and CapEx, greater efficiencies, and a host of other advantages.