State of the Data Center Industry, 2018 – Where We are and What to Expect
We’re all technologists, or at the very least, users of technology. In the data center space, we are constantly leveraging new systems, methods of communication, and advanced technologies designed to make life easier.
Our world is increasingly becoming connected and digital. The latest Cisco Visual Networking Index indicates some interesting trends going into 2021:
Annual global IP traffic will reach 3.3 zettabytes by 2021. In 2016, global IP traffic was 1.2 ZB per year or 96 exabytes (one billion gigabytes) per month.
Global IP traffic will increase nearly threefold over the next five years, and will have increased 127-fold from 2005 to 2021.
At the heart of all of this is the data center. In 2018 and beyond, new solutions and concepts around data center architecture will force business leaders and IT professionals to think a little differently when it comes to helping the data center run more optimally and create competitive advantages. This notion became the nexus behind the AFCOM State of the Data Center research initiative.
Two years ago, AFCOM embarked on a data center study where we asked the leaders in our space for feedback on their own infrastructure and what they expect to see in the future. The 2015-2016 study showed what you were currently working on, your priorities, and where future designs would impact the modern data center.
One interesting set of statistics indicated that new data center construction will grow more than five times over the next three years.
The average number of data centers to be built sits at around 2.2 per organization.
That number increases to 4.5 over the course of 12 months.
Looking three years out, the average number of data centers to be built is 10.3 per organization.
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