Indian philosopher and writer Sarvesh Jain observed that the scarcity of anything teaches us how to survive under extreme circumstances, which certainly speaks to the data center deployment challenges faced by IT departments in a supply chain-constrained world.
Since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, supply chain disruptions have significantly impacted many industries worldwide. For months at a time, dozens of cargo ships anchored at sea, waiting to unload inventory in major ports, while hundreds of trucks lined up to load containers at the docks. Manufacturing and shipping delays, especially for IT hardware and data center critical systems equipment, have prevented or delayed enterprise IT departments in executing their data center deployment strategies.