Welcome!
On behalf of Vertiv, I would like to thank you for taking the time to learn more about how to utilize new technologies to extend the lifespan, productivity, and efficiency of your existing data center estate.
The last decade has seen a general shift away from enterprise ownership of data center capacity in favor of increased use of colocation, cloud migration and more recently new edge sites. While the rising compute requirements of artificial intelligence and machine learning for example does little to slow down this transformation, we cannot lose sight of the vast number of applications and workloads that still rely on on-premises data centers. Rather than simply being replaced by cloud, colocation or even edge, on-premises data centers continue to be an important part of a hybrid IT strategy, and as such, they remain critical lynchpins in organizations’ digital infrastructure.
With Gartner’s insights and Vertiv’s industry expertise, we have identified the challenges faced from owning and operating older data centers and have suggested several retrofit solutions to help maximize space, improve efficiencies, increase performance, and ensure that existing data center assets continue to play a critical role into the future.
Sincerely,
Stephen Liang
Chief Technology Officer, Vertiv
How to Turn Old Data Centers Into Critical IT Assets
- David Cappuccio
- 12 March 2021
Infrastructure and operations leaders often focus on new ideas, technologies and ways to deliver business value, while older data centers get minimal attention. With a clear strategy, older data centers can be updated to support new and emerging business services, while reducing operating costs.
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Develop Future-Ready Data Centers with Disruptive Technologies
Investing in on-premises data centers may seem counterintuitive given the growth of cloud, but retrofitting with innovative technologies can perpetuate their lifespan and offer a cost-effective way to support mission-critical and emerging workloads.
