Green Data Centre Remians Hot in next 5 to 10 years

Companies are beginning to focus more on implementing systems that will reduce their energy expenses and carbon emissions, according to a study by Pike Research.


Enterprises’ investment in environmentally-friendly data centre systems will grow sharply over the next ten years, rising to represent 28 percent of the total data centre market.

In a change from the past, companies are now focused on implementing systems that will reduce their energy expenses and carbon emissions. As a result, global revenues associated with green data centre technologies will grow from $7.5bn (£4.3bn) to $41.4bn by 2015. That increase is partly due to greater awareness of the financial benefits of greater efficiency and Corporate Images (CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility).

The cost of energy has seldom been a concern for IT departments in the past and there was little incentive to invest in energy efficiency improvements. However as data centre energy costs become more visible, the financial benefits of moving to a green mode of operation are being recognised by CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.


Green Transformation


The change is part of a broader shift in data centre technology, which is seeing the growing use of adaptable technologies such as virtualisation. This change is also shifting the way data centres are designed and the relationship between IT and business sides of organisations.

Power and cooling, still, are key issues and make up the largest proportion of the green data centre market segment, making up 46 percent of the segment’s revenues by 2015, according to the study. The second-largest category will be energy-efficient IT equipment, accounting for 41 percent of the market segment, and monitoring and management equipment for Auditing, with 14 percent, according to the “Green Data Centres” report.

Adopted from www.eweekeurope.co.uk