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Vertiv experts foresee utility-like criticality for data centers in 2021
Experts from Vertiv reveal key trends to look out for in 2021 in the data center sector .
As the world moved online seemingly overnight in the face of the COVID-19
pandemic , the criticality of data centers and the unrelenting reliance on them across all walks of life became an enduring storyline of the crisis .
This reality will manifest in new ways in 2021 as the data center and the information ecosystem emerges from the pandemic with a fourth utility criticality , complete with all the expectations and responsibilities that implies .
This is among the emerging 2021 data center trends identified by experts from Vertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions .
Data centers have long been held to high availability standards , but the shift toward utility-like status will be noticeable in two ways . First , those high expectations for network availability will extend deep into rural and remote areas , bringing critical applications to more of the population .
This will increase pressure on data centers to maintain connectivity even at the outer edges of their networks . Second , any distinction between availability and connectivity will be erased , as the ability to ensure and protect connections across increasingly distributed hybrid networks becomes as much of a requirement as any traditional measure of data center uptime .
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