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Changing Perspectives on Data Center Interconnect

Tuesday, 23 January 20180830–0945

By Eric Wilcox, Vice President Engineering of Global Solutions at Vertiv

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VERTIV by the Numbers

45%

28%

18%

5%4%

Geography

US & Canada

Asia

Europe

Latin America

Middle East / Africa

61%21%

18%

End Market

Data Centers

Communications

Commerical &

Industrial

39%

28%

17%

16%

Offering

Power Mgmt

Services

Infrastructure Mgmt

& Solutions

Thermal Mgmt

Global, well-established footprint and

supply-chain networkBroad range of power, thermal, and

infrastructure management portfolio

Serve vital applications in data centers, communication

networks, and commercial/industrial environments

SALES$4.4B$4.4B$4.4B$4.4B

EMPLOYEES~20,000

CUSTOMERS INCLUDEAmerica Movil, AT&T,

China Mobile, Ericsson, Facebook, Microsoft, Reliance, Verizon

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HOW IT ALL

COMES TOGETHER

Thermal Management

Power Management

IT Management

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Global SolutionsWe believe that mass-customized, standard solutions offer you the ideal

combination of best value and rapid delivery. Our factory-integrated (engineered,

configured, tested, and commissioned) solutions offer you a low risk, high value global solution that can be rapidly delivered and integrated on site.

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Evolving Concept of Data Center Connectivity

OLD - Data Center Assets as Islands with “Big Pipe” Connectivity to the Outside World

• Inbound & Outbound (only) traffic via public-facing Internet• Service delivery quality dependent on factors outside of asset owner’s control

• Asset reliability impacts uptime• Hardware disruption/outage causes complete service failure, disaster recovery as data backup only

Data CenterPublic Internet

Disaster Recovery

Public

Connectivity Dedicated

Connectivity

Edge Asset

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Evolving Concept of Data Center Connectivity

NEW – Mesh of Data Center Assets with Dedicated Connectivity among Regions

• Traffic between assets dwarfs traffic to/from public-facing Internet

• Continual optimization, replication, caching, and routing of services provides seamless service

delivery to users

• Asset resiliency affects service delivery

• Individual asset failure cause service quality degradation, impacting business performance –

long term outages cause customer flight.

Data CenterPublic Internet

Disaster Recovery

Public

Connectivity Dedicated

Connectivity

Edge Asset

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Data Center Interconnect Critical to Cloud

When connectivity is key, businesses need:

• Dedicated, cost-effective capacity

• Reliable and resilient connectivity

• Global consistency

Resiliency through diversified routes and asset locations can be achieved, but facilities enabling connectivity still must be individually reliable yet simple to deploy.

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When Connectivity is Critical to When Connectivity is Critical to When Connectivity is Critical to When Connectivity is Critical to the Strategythe Strategythe Strategythe Strategy

• Global consistency

• Reliable partners

• Reliable infrastructure

New Regions & Availability Zones

• Modular designs

• Prefabricated / pre-integrated / pre-tested

• Delivery scale

Rapid & Flexible Expansion

• Offsite fabrication

• Partner selection

• Service network

Challenging Locations

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Key Takeaways

When deploying critical connectivity links: Think about how you manage for repeatable, reliable infrastructure – globally

Examine standardizing where appropriate, customizing where necessary

Consider long term service and maintenance for the life of the asset – while ensuring scalability and flexibility

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