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Record data centre colocation activity recorded across European markets
Data centre design no longer status quo , according to Aegis Data
The design and build of the traditional data centre is on the cusp of a revolution with the latest developments set to turn the established infrastructure , and traditional mind-set often applied to this , on its head . This is according to colocation data centre provider , Aegis Data , in its work with the Open Compute Project ( OCP ).
The data centre , regardless of whether it ’ s a colocation provider or an enterprise facility , dedicates a large proportion of its footprint to arguably the most important rooms in any data centre , the rooms that house the UPS , generator and batteries . One of the largest capex and opex costs , as well as space consumers in any site , these rooms have typically been the fundamental failsafe for any functioning data centre . The work of the Open Compute Project , however , is slowly changing the mentality amongst data centre designers .
The Open Compute Project , founded by Facebook , Goldman Sachs , Microsoft , Intel and Rackspace , is setting out to change the way data centres are built in the hope that they can become more efficient and cost effective . By releasing its designs as open-source , it is hoped that more data centres will begin to take on board the designs and realise the benefits that these can bring . A data centre without a UPS or battery room has significantly more space to expand , or introduce newer technologies to help in the running over the site . But changing over 20 years of designs won ’ t be easy . For further information visit : www . aegisdata . net
There was a record 155MW of take-up across the four major European data centre markets of Frankfurt , London , Amsterdam and Paris during 2016 according to global real estate advisor CBRE .
Amsterdam ( 54WM ) became the first market in history to see more than 50MW of take-up in a single year , whilst London ( 49MW ) and Frankfurt ( 34MW ) recorded more take-up than any individual market had done in any year before 2016 ; the previous high was London with 29MW in 2010 .
The Paris market saw 17.6MW of take-up in the year , which is over seven times that of a particularly poor performance in 2015 ( 2.5MW ). This was , in percentage terms , the largest increase from any market on the previous year .
Andrew Jay , executive director , Data Centre Solutions , at CBRE , commented , ‘ The record level of take-up in 2016 was totally unprecedented . Q4 alone saw almost as much activity as any other full year . Over the course of 2016 all four markets saw more take-up than they each did in the previous two years combined . The numbers are quite astounding .
Cloud continues to dominate the landscape , with 70 per cent of deals coming from this sector . These hyperscale cloud deals that once would have been unusual became the norm . We predict that cloud take-up will continue to increase in size as more hyperscale providers turn to large scale build-to-suit facilities as an effective speed-to-market option .’ For further information visit : www . cbre . eu
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