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However, it is worth noting that these claims have been contested.įrom a construction perspective, data center projects face many of the same pressures that are felt throughout the wider industry. According to a piece in the Financial Times, the Greater London Authority has claimed that residential developments in parts of west London may have to be paused because the existing energy supply is being dominated by a high number of data centres in the region. On the one hand, skyrocketing energy prices are squeezing margins tight for operators, while on the other, grid capacity is also causing concern. Keeping servers cool is a critical requirement in data center facilities and with severe heatwaves expected to become more commonplace, outages relating to overheating poses real problems.Īnother major concern for the data center sector stems from the insatiable power demands of these facilities.

Meanwhile, in the US, a survey conducted by the Uptime Institute found that extreme weather had threatened continuous operation for 45% of respondents. In the UK, both Google and Oracle reported power outages, citing cooling issues as the cause.

However, despite soaring demand, the data centre sector is not immune to challenges.įeeling the heat - temperature control and energy drainįollowing unprecedented heatwaves in the summer of 2022, some data centers were said to be ‘ buckling under the heat’. In 2021, the global data centre market was valued at USD $215.8 billion and some analysts believe that figure will reach $288.3 billion by 2027. Given society’s growing appetite for digital solutions and connected technology, data centres have never been more important and, at the time of writing, the market shows no signs of slowing down. This welcome news can be attributed to a long list of factors including increased demand for infrastructure, warehouses and, in no small part, data centres. The global construction industry was worth USD $7.3 trillion in 2021 and projections show it could almost double in value by 20301. 14 November 2022 Waleed Zafar, Mission Critical Director at XYZ Reality, explores the difficulties facing data center construction and explains how Engineering Grade Augmented Reality is key to successful delivery of these complex projects.

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