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As we approach a new year , the data centre industry must prepare for what might be in store . Justin Jenkins , UK President and COO Europe , Vantage Data Centers , discusses some of the trends to be expected in 2021 as it will undoubtedly be another exciting one for the industry .
What does 2021 have in store for the data centre industry ?
The year ahead promises to be another exciting and
challenging one for data centre operators in the EMEA region as well as globally . Based on our bird ’ s eye view of the global data centre market , here is our take on the key trends and developments for next year and beyond .
Hyperscalers
As the data centre industry continues to grow at an unprecedented rate , there will be an even greater need for hyperscale data centres in strategic locations around the world , including regions remotely sited from large metro areas . With this growth , the industry is changing with hyperscale customers requiring access to these large high-density , scalable facilities in ever shorter timeframes . According to Synergy Research , there were just over 500 such facilities a year ago , and at that time an additional 150 or so under construction . Just two years previously , the firm was tracking just 390 facilities .
Hyperscale facilities are born out of necessity : for supporting the massively scalable architectures of the global web , social media , streaming media , AI / Machine Learning , cloud gaming , and of course , hyperscale cloud providers .
All of these will continue to be at the forefront of driving hyperscale data centre build-outs , either by the companies concerned doing it themselves or leasing space from specialist , global wholesale colocation providers ; for seamlessly provisioning essential compute , memory , network and storage capacity when and wherever needed . In some cases , this will entail thousands , even millions , of interconnected servers being deployed around the world .
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