Intelligent Data Centres Issue 11 | Page 51

Latest release of digital twin software accelerates data centre capacity planning FF DCX14 – Release 14 – the latest version of Future Facilities’ 6SigmaDCX digital twin software Future Facilities’ latest software release aims to improve capacity planning and coordination between teams. F uture Facilities, which provides digital twin capabilities for design and operations of data centres, has announced the availability of Release 14 – the latest version of its industry leading 6SigmaDCX digital twin software. One healthcare customer achieved this through using 6SigmaDCX to create efficiencies in its infrastructure, decreasing the data centre’s cost to house each megawatt of infrastructure by over 25%. www.intelligentdatacentres.com To try and mitigate the issues of capacity planning, operators are building 50% more data centres than they need. DCX14 has therefore been developed to be a data centre digital twin that provides a comprehensive platform for operations that can streamline capacity planning, speed up decision making and enhance infrastructure performance. “IT, operations and facilities teams continue to be under enormous pressure to deliver capacity as quickly as possible without running the risk of increased downtime. This has not been helped by the latest run of DCIM tools not living Issue 11 The latest version of Future Facilities’ data centre digital twin accelerates the capacity planning process by unifying IT and facilities under one platform that spans the entire planning process. Leveraging toolsets such as 6SigmaAccess and 6SigmaRoom in the 6SigmaDCX suite of products, customers have already seen satisfaction rates around their planning process double within 12 months. The latest version of this software tackles core problems in the industry, highlighted by recent research. For example, the tension between IT and facilities teams is leading to greater compromise and downtime, with 90% of IT operations teams compromising on capacity. IT, OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES TEAMS CONTINUE TO BE UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE TO DELIVER CAPACITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT RUNNING THE RISK OF INCREASED DOWNTIME. 51