For now, and perhaps for the foreseeable future, the pandemic has fundamentally shifted the nature of work and of data center operations.

Users that have made the decision to go to a third party need to select a colocation operator that offers remote hands, managed services, in-house cloud services that are connected to a telco hotel, POP access to major cloud providers, and Megaport or similar services.

A typical hyperscale construction project can have between 300 to 600 electricians on-site, which is a nightmare in regard to social distancing and other COVID-19 procedures.

Data centers simply cannot afford to ignore physical and perimeter security.

In 2020, the pandemic has emerged as the most potent threat to economic growth, more than trade sanctions, natural disasters, and cyberattacks combined.

Over the last four quarters new data centers were opened in 15 different countries, with the U.S., South Korea, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, and Bahrain having the largest number of additions.

Under an aspirational forecast scenario, which assumes COVID-19 is contained by August 2020 and that global markets will be able to recover by the end of the year, the market is expected to reach $68.09 billion by 2025 from $14.85 billion in 2019.

Symmetry Mobile supports COVID-19 and return to work guidelines by promoting physical distancing and frictionless setup.

As the welcoming attitude toward flexible work environments seems to be here to stay, Vincentas Grinius, CEO at Heficed, suggests that companies should place more emphasis on developing a solid in-house network infrastructure, prepared to handle the rise in the digital workforce.

Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical, interviews Bryan Kaplan, CTO of Juvare.