Modern data centers are so much more than stacks of servers. Spanning nearly 1.000.000 square meters with cutting-edge technology and equipment, data centers contain everything needed to store, manage, and distribute an immense amount of data.
Data centers are the invisible strings that hold things together for enterprises in nearly every vertical — from health care, finance, and manufacturing to energy, transportation, and logistics.
A data center fabric built with a truly open NOS, flexible automation tools, and high-performance hardware that’s scalable can help enterprises gain a competitive edge in the digital era.
New data and forecasts from Synergy Research Group show that the average capacity of hyperscale data centers to be opened over the next six years will soon be more than double that of current centers.
Data center owners and operators continue to construct new facilities at a rapid pace while simultaneously getting their arms around the inventory built over the past couple of decades. The speed of bringing these new facilities online, coupled with the limitation of personnel and the ongoing strain on supply chains, makes it burdensome to maintain older-generation sites.
I have often said the data center industry is one of the longest-running apprenticeship programs because the curriculum has not kept up with industry needs. In fact, I'm aware of less than 10 formal data center degrees. Why are we having so much trouble attracting new talent?
Championing diversity, educating the next generation, raising awareness, and cross-skilling are all vital (and widely discussed) solutions to the skills shortage. Yet all of them will take time.