DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE DATA CENTRE INDUSTRY
COVID-19 has sent shockwaves through many industries , with some benefitting from the lockdown phase and others doing their best to get by . Stephen Whatling , Chairman at Business Critical Solutions ( BCS ), predicts some of the long-term effects of lockdown on the data centre industry .
iIncreasing demand
It comes as no surprise that the demand for Internet services has increased dramatically during COVID-19 . Netflix has added 16 million new subscribers and Microsoft Teams added 12 million daily users , an increase of almost 40 %, in a single week .
THE SKILLS SHORTAGE WILL GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER . www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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