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Hyperscalers aim high
Trending in this week's news headlines was our in-depth look at the hyperscale market and what's next for the world's largest data center operators.
As demand for AI services soars, hyperscale data center operators aim for rapid and sustainable growth in 2024.
Synergy research group predicts that over the next six years, the average capacity of hyperscale data centers will more than double that of hyperscale facilities currently in operation. Announcements for early 2024 already indicate strong growth trends.
Among the major players, meta, microsoft, Googleand Amazon similarly oracle and Akamai has been in operation since the early months of 2024 and has extensive development plans planned for the coming months and years.
“Hyperscalers in 2024 are becoming increasingly selective about new data center locations as new factors become more important,” said Gartner analyst David Wright. Data center knowledge.
Read the full article to discover the expected growth areas and numerous challenges facing the hyperscale market in 2024.
CERN's new data center
The opening of a new data center at CERN's Prevesant site in France marks the completion of a major CERN project. European Organization for Nuclear Researchcomputing strategy.
Spread over 6,000 square meters, the center has six rooms for IT equipment, each with 2 MW of cooling capacity, as well as CPU servers for physical data processing and other hardware for business continuity and disaster recovery. host the ware.
CERN's center in Meirinsite, Switzerland, will continue to house the majority of the organization's data storage capacity.
“The rate of data production from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider continues to increase, already reaching around 45 petabytes per week, and this is in the era of the High-Luminosity LHC, a major upgrade to CERN's current flagship accelerator. is expected to double at the LHC,'' the organization said in a press release.
EU space constraints
A prominent data center industry expert says the lack of space in European data centers is worsening as demand for AI increases.
In an interview withReuters Kevin Restivo, Head of European Data Center Research, said this week: CBRE “There is no relief in sight…There is less room than ever for European companies,” he said.
Restivo's comments come as new insights from CBRE reveal that demand for colocation data center space will outstrip supply in 2023.
The real estate services giant said entry in key markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin contributed to the imbalance across Europe in 2023.
“In the fourth quarter of 2023 alone, usage surged to 252MW, an increase of 41% compared to the previous quarter (179MW),” CBRE said.
According to , a secondary market is emerging in North America as demand for data centers soars. JLLLatest industry status report.
According to the real estate and investment management firm, this demand is being driven by the rise of AI and the continued growth of the cloud and hyperscale markets.
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And finally, African data center companies Terraco has raised more than $100 million to build a 120 MW solar farm and an 80 MW wind farm to support its operations. We took a closer look at the pros and cons of wind power for data center sustainability.
Wind power may seem like a great energy source for data centers, and in many ways it is. However, wind power also has drawbacks, such as the tendency for the wind to be intermittent.
“So before switching to wind as the power source for your data center renewable energy strategy, it’s important to understand the pros and cons of this power source,” said Christopher Tozzi, writer for Data Center Knowledge.
Read the full article to learn more about when it makes sense to rely on wind power for data center energy and when it doesn't.
Other great articles on DCK this week
US data center operator Equinix plans $390 million to build in Africa. The California-based carrier plans to expand its operations in South Africa and other countries over the next five years.
Alibaba accelerates price competition in cloud computing with significant price cuts. This comprehensive guide provides steps to successfully migrate from VMware to an alternative platform for running virtual machines.
NTT Data and Schneider Electric partner to strengthen edge data centers. The partnership is expected to enable “anywhere” edge connectivity, even in the most remote locations.
AT&T outage puts network reliability in the spotlight. Forrester estimates that his recent AT&T outage cost the U.S. economy millions of dollars. In the wake of this event, here are some lessons for IT leaders.
Suspected sabotage in the Middle East has put the vulnerability of submarine cables in the spotlight. The fighting in the Middle East is a cause for concern because companies rely on undersea cables for much of their intercontinental internet traffic.
