Data Center Survey from Forbes Insights and Vertiv reveals Lack of Preparedness
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71% say current data centers are not meeting all of their needs |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, February 24, 2020/ — Just 29% of data center decision-makers say their current facilities are meeting their needs, and just 6% say their data centers are updated ahead of their needs. These are among the findings included in a new report from Forbes Insights (http://bit.ly/32l1FpH) and Vertiv (www.Vertiv.com) (NYSE: VRT). “The Modern Data Center: How IT is Adapting to New Technologies and Hyperconnectivity,” (http://bit.ly/3c2mnyW) examines the results of a survey of 150 data center executives and engineers from various industries around the world.
Pierre Havenga, Managing Director of Vertiv MEA, said “across the Middle East we are experiencing a drastic increase in demand from customers driven by wholesale requirements as well as uptake to improve efficiency in their existing data centers. On the other hand, in Africa there are 2 types of data center needs we experience from customers: the first is legacy data centers with limited white space for expansion – these customers require Vertiv’s expertise to increase the power density of their racks and drastically improve their efficiencies. The second is green field sites where the trend we’ve seen is towards prefabricated modular solutions seeing as customers prefer the flexibility to scale up operations in line with the exponential demand growth while taking advantage of this solutions ability to optimize their technical skills, infrastructure and funding constraints. “ |