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THE DATA CENTER

TRANSFORMATIONA Mighty Rising Tide, Floating Lots of Cool Boats

THE INTERNET AS A “SPECIES-WIDE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM”

Each new device and sensor adds more nerve endings.

Data centers are the ‘brains’ of the system.

THE ROAD AHEAD

Existing apps will need more data, not less

New computing applications will require massive amounts

of data and connectivity

Location will matter more than ever

Opportunities based on scale, location & specialization

“A HORIZON FILLED WITH DATA CENTERS”

Maybe not everywhere. But in many new places, shapes and forms.

Technology Innovation = More Data Centers

Rising tide, but risk navigating the currents & shoals

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS

SMAC: Social, Mobile, Analytics (Big Data) & Cloud

Gartner: A “bifurcation” among data center providers

Blurring boundaries between retail, wholesale, etc.

Targeted solutions for industry verticals

CONNECTED CARS:

DRIVING DEMAND

Uber data center leasing:

Leading indicator of future

demand

Gartner: 250 million connected

cars by 2020

Autonomous cars: Real-time

data everywhere

NVIDIA developing on-board

supercomputer

VIRTUAL REALITY,

REAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Very early days

Gaming is just the beginning

Zuckerberg: Oculus as a platform

for live events, distance learning,

telemedicine

Comcast, Time Warner

investing in VR streaming

technology

THE CORE WILL GET BIGGER & DENSER

Ashburn: A prime example of the “network effect”

Larger, multi-building cloud campuses

The edge extends core, but never replaces it

DESIGN MATTERS

Equinix, DFT developing new designs

Subcurrent: Variable resiliency

Subcurrent: High-density (rear doors)

THE EDGE WILL GROW & STRATIFY

Three Tiers (Chris Crosby): Core, Edge and Micro Data-

Centers

Large packets (video & caching) and small packets (IoT)

IoT & Analytics: Sensors everywhere, generating data

Right-sizing facilities for second-tier and local markets

DESIGNING FOR THE EDGE

“Lights-out” template for EdgeConneX network

Modular, pre-fab designs align the facility & business

Lean construction to manage cost & speed to market

MICRO DATA CENTERS

Some standardized designs (Schneider & DartPoints)

“Server radiators” in Europe (Nerdalize, Quarnot)

RuggedPod from Open Compute

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RICH MILLER

Editor & Founder, Data Center Frontier

www.datacenterfrontier.com

Email: rmiller@datacenterfrontier.com