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FEATURE: DATA CENTERS sustainable measures to lower their carbon footprints while preserving peak performance as environmental concerns increase.
The data center market share is growing as a result of these initiatives, which are also propelling improvements in energy management and environmentally friendly infrastructure design.
The report references DSM Group debuting their Eco Data Center in England in October 2024, which includes a 200kW solar farm and state-of-the-art cooling equipment. This green data center’ s activities will be powered by renewable energy thanks to the solar system.
Growth in Decentralization and Edge Computing

MANY BUSINESSES ARE MAKING LARGE

INVESTMENTS IN GREEN

DATA CENTERS, UTILIZING ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING SYSTEMS AND RENEWABLE

ENERGY SOURCES LIKE SOLAR AND WIND.

With a noticeable trend toward decentralization, the growing popularity of edge computing is transforming the global data center business, the report finds.
By bringing processing closer to data sources, edge computing dramatically reduces latency and improves decision-making in real time. Furthermore, the growing use of 5G networks, autonomous systems, and IoT devices – all of which require quick data processing and low latency – is shown as significantly accelerating this trend. Additionally, the report says companies can improve customer experience, boost performance and reduce the strain on traditional centralized data centers by establishing smaller, localized data centers nearer to both devices and customers – increasing network efficiency overall.
Increasing Hybrid Models and Cloud Adoption
The growing popularity of cloud computing and hybrid cloud models are identified in the report as the main factors driving the growth of the global data center industry. The need for affordable, adaptable and scalable data center solutions has, www. intelligentcio. com INTELLIGENTCIO LATAM
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