Colocation Market Problems That No One's Talking About (SlideShare)

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Colocation Market Problems That No One's Talking About

Colocation services continue to grow, but the colocation

market faces challenges that need to be met.

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Let’s look at several of the problems and the impact

they may have on the colocation market.



Energy Costs and the Need for Green•Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools can be used to help reduce unnecessary redundancy and inefficiency. •Renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and geothermal, should be examined.•Another avenue being taken by some data centers is to take the primary energy source off the electrical grid by using fuel cells that use natural gas.



Energy Costs and the Need for Green

•By using the electrical grid as the backup, this also has the effect of eliminating polluting diesel generators used as backups by the majority of the data centers.• Future developments, especially as density increases in facilities due to lack of expansion space, could include liquid cooling for equipment rather than air.



ConsolidationAdvantages of consolidation include:• Possible cost savings (especially in a global market)• Stronger security • Stronger compliance protocolsSmaller and mid-sized colocation data centers need to figure out ways to compete by providing services to niche markets, or providing unique services that

will set them apart.



Growth of Modular and Containerized Data Centers

•Cost efficiency has been one of the advantages colocation centers have over the argument for a company building its own new facility or renovating existing centers.•However, rather than build new centers, companies are looking into lower cost, more efficient modular and containerized solutions.



Growth of Modular and Containerized Data Centers

•Colocation managers need to be aware of this trend and counter with the advantages colocation has over containerization.• In addition, colocation centers can be designed with modular or containers to provide similar advantages of stand-alone containers while providing the advantages colocation offers.



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for colocation? What solutions might you have

for these problems?



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