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There’s no denying that the majority of data centres are
now being asked how they provide AI solutions and how
they can assist organisations on their AI journey. Whilst
organisations might assume that data centres will have
everything to do with AI tied up. Is this really the case? Yes,
there is a realisation of the benefits of AI, but actually how
it is best implemented, and by who, to get the right results,
hasn’t been fully decided.
Solutions to how to improve the performance of largescale
application systems are being created, whether that’s
by getting better processes, better hardware or whether it’s
reducing the cost to run them through improved cooling or
heat exchange systems. But data centre providers have to be
able to combine these infrastructure elements with a deeper
understanding of business processes. This is something
very few providers, as well as Managed Service Providers
(MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) are currently
doing. It’s great to have the kit and use submerged cooling
systems and advanced power mechanisms but what does
that give the customer? How can providers help customers
understand what more can be done with their data systems?
How do providers differentiate themselves and how can they
say they harness these new technologies to do something
different? It’s easy to go down the route of promoting that
‘we can save you X, Y, Z’ but it means more to be able to
say ‘what we can achieve with AI is..X, Y, Z‘. Data centre
providers need to move away from trying to win customers
over based solely on monetary terms.
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