How Durata’ s AI factories secure hyperscale power
FEATURE
Power – AI: 20, Durata’ s prefabricated AI factory, delivers an impressive 20 megawatts( MW) of compute capacity.
Mitigating global risk
How Durata’ s AI factories secure hyperscale power
WORDS: PAUL FRASER
After the much-publicised Amazon Web Services( AWS) outage in October that reportedly cost companies nearly £ 7,000 per minute in downtime globally, the ripple effects were felt much closer to home.
Across Teesside, businesses saw systems stall, payment processing freeze and customer portals go down – and it wasn’ t just companies who suffered.
Many individuals found their personal internet banking disrupted and social media accounts refusing to load.
This incident was a stark reminder of how dependent the economy and daily routines have become on digital infrastructure, while it also highlighted the crucial role Middlesbrough-based Durata is playing in the rapidly expanding digital world.
Durata, based at Tees AMP business park, is leading the evolution of critical infrastructure and empowering its customers with uninterrupted performance in a world where downtime simply isn’ t an option, by delivering the next generation of resilient, high-speed data centres for global hyperscale companies.
John McGee, Durata’ s group CEO, said:“ The AWS disruption highlights how resiliency is a non-negotiable. Our customers operate in fast-moving, high-stakes environments and they increasingly rely on us to deliver their critical infrastructure with certainty and speed.”
This increase is being seen across the data centre industry, with predictions of a 33 % annual rise in demand for AI-ready data centre capacity in the next five years.
And Durata’ s latest flagship product, the AI: 20, is revolutionising this landscape.
Unveiled at DCD > Connect | London in September, the AI: 20 is a fully modular, prefabricated“ AI factory” that delivers an impressive 20 megawatts( MW) of compute capacity.
Simplified, that amount of power is equivalent to the electricity demand of a small town, or around 12,000 to 15,000 average homes.
Durata’ s scalable AI: 20 is a game-changer, offering a flexible and efficient solution designed to meet explosive demand. Its agility combats the high cost of delays, addressing the industry’ s need for fast and reliable deployment.
John said:“ AI: 20 delivers precisely what the market is demanding. It’ s a fully branded, customisable and ready-to-deploy AI factory, constructed from modular units engineered entirely in-house, bypassing complex global supply chains.
“ This complete control over the build process is what sets us apart and allows us to
28 | Tees Business