businesses, building new data
centres in specific geographic
locations may be beyond economic
feasibility and core business
competencies. Colocation offers a
solution to this. Carrier and cloud
neutral facilities based in urban
areas provide highly connected,
secure, scalable infrastructure
locations with minimal overheads
and maximum convenience. These
facilities also make it possible to
roll out a multitude of micro-data
centres in different locations,
enabling connectivity providers
to support data processing at
the network edge far more cost-
effectively.
The flexible data centre
Ultimately, the diversity of 5G use cases is sparking a
move towards more flexible and adaptative infrastructure.
The growing uptake of multi-cloud strategies has set
expectations of increased flexibility within businesses.
This is something we’ll certainly see when it comes to the
rollout of 5G – especially for mobile operators who are
progressively virtualising their networking assets. There’s
an opportunity for data centres to be a central point of
the future 5G network, offering the level of flexibility and
security that many businesses working in the 5G supply
chain are looking for.
For example, for mobile operators who want direct
access to equipment manufacturers and content providers,
data centres act as a centralised platform with all the
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components needed to make 5G work under the same
roof. For those switching to software-defined infrastructure
housed in the cloud, colocation offers direct and secure
access to multiple cloud providers and the ability to scale
up and down with ease, depending on the 5G traffic
running through their network.
So, what does the future look like for the data centre?
Well, diversification will certainly be a key trend. Whether
it’s through expanding the capacity of their centralised
data centres, supporting micro data centres or offering
colocation services, we’ll see data centre operators expand
their offerings to support new network elements that are
needed for 5G such as edge computing, network slicing and
densification, and cloud uptake. One thing’s for sure, the
data centre of tomorrow will be at the core of 5G. n
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