Public demand is pushing the IT industry to deploy services faster than ever, as speed to market becomes the overriding object — especially for hyperscalers and multitenant data centers. Engineering companies have gone from being thought leaders to production engineers, pushing product out to a high level of detail to receive permits as well as construction administration services. At no other time in history have data center design services been in demand as they are now.
Facility design has turned to more of an industrial type of production versus the typical colocation spaces we have previously seen. Metal buildings are in play, and speed to market is more important than “fluff” in the lobby.