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FINAL WORD this is an area that Huawei has already explored and made significant breakthroughs in .
Data centres are evolving , shifting focus to the additional value they add beyond simple storage . Accordingly , traditional construction models are changing , moving toward modularisation and prefabrication . And the arrival of Huawei FusionDC on the market – a next generation , green data centre solution – has further shaken up how things used to be done .
Indeed , its promise is the wholesale reconstruction of data centres , from overall architecture and management to temperature control and power supply systems . And the results ? Power Usage Effectiveness
( PUE ) that ’ s substantially improved , building truly low carbon and energy saving data centres .
A greener way to build
In contrast to the traditional way that data centres were built before , Huawei ’ s FusionDC has a modular design , with all core subsystems prefabricated in the factory . This means that modules simply have to be assembled on-site , block by block , making construction far faster and far , far easier .
Indeed , with this solution , a high-level data centre with 1,000 cabinets can be delivered within just six months , supporting rapid service rollout . Plus ,
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