Data Centre Industry Update – 11th November

Globally, we are seeing a surge in data centre activity. This surge is largely brought about by remote working as a result of COVID-19. This is a turning point for work-management structures and the data centre industry as a whole.

This seismic growth in online activity has created jobs in tech, engineering, construction and more as a result. Our previous update included Google’s plot acquisition in the UK, Microsoft’s Austria location and revenue dips for Intel.

Here are this edition’s updates:

Data Centre Industry Update – 11th November 2020

Amazon Web Services is to launch its second cloud data facility region in India, with three availability zones. 430 miles from the existing AWS region, it gives an alternative location to use for redundancy and to reduce latency.
Huawei launched its next-generation Smart Modular Data Centre 5.0, an intelligent green centre that relies on AI and implements full lithium battery backup.
Lincoln Rackhouse has made its first non-US investment, Sprott Korea Investment to acquire a new London-based centre. It is a partial sale-leaseback with a Fortune 100 financial institution.
Lenovo, the world’s largest PC company, has seen an 11% increase (year over year) in with Lenovo Data Centre Group, reporting total revenue in the second fiscal quarter of $1.48 billion.
Justin Jenkins of Vantage Data Centres has predicted some key trends for the industry in 2021 including hyperscalers, enterprise colocation, sustainability focus, data sovereignty and more.