Data is the New Oil, Driving Data Center Growth, Opportunity and Efficiency
At the recent Schneider Electric International Colo Club meeting in London I had an interesting conversation with one of our customers who noted that we’re raising a generation of kids who will find it quite normal to talk to their houses. “I’m on the way home, set the oven to 350°F, and put an extra chill on a beer.” It’s not hard to extrapolate from that to an era where we talk to our cars, office buildings and who knows what else (hopefully still to each other). Just think about how much data we’ll be generating to make such scenarios possible, as it all stems from Internet of Things (IoT) technology where an awful lot of “things” are generating enormous amounts of data. The reason I brought this up in my talk at the Colo Club is that it’s all about growth: growth in data, which fuels growth in demand for data centers and growth in colocation provider revenue, at least for those providers that can effectively deal with it. Check out my presentation below. It’s clear to us at Sc...