What do you think will be the most important things in the data center sector in 2026?

Data Center and Cloud InfrastructureCloud

Virtualization Strategy and Implementation21%

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Adoption53%

Infrastructure Observability and Monitoring37%

Cloud-Based Backup and Shared Infrastructure Services from local vendors32%

Software-Defined Infrastructure and Automation32%

Edge Computing and Edge AI Implementation11%

Advanced Data Center Cooling Technologies5%

Hardening of existing Infrastructure11%

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Head of Transformation in Government19 hours ago

I replied hardening of existing infrastructure, but I think the new trend will be moving off cloud (AWS et altri) and back into data centres, either on-prem of hosted. All things come round and the economic climate is ripe for it.

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