JULY 2022CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8ou've been following the great space race, right? Elon, Richard, Jeff.... the list goes on. Business moguls clambering and exhausting millions (or billions) in resources to get to space and meet what they believe is a unique demand for travel. However, there is another space race taking place in our industry, the GREAT RACE FOR DATA CENTER SPACE. Data is growing exponentially day after day, month after month, and year after year, as we continue to rely on technology more and more in our everyday lives. Even my three-year-old loves her iPad (thankfully just the puzzles app for now.)This last year has created an event greater reliance on technology with the work-from-home movement, telemedicine, FaceTime connections with family, explosive growth in financial trading thanks to online forum Reddit, internet conferencing, virtual schooling, online gaming, the IoT, the list goes on and on. All of this growth is creating increasing demand for data centers. Those big industrial-looking buildings with heavy fencing and robust infrastructure around them.... this is where all those servers live to power everything you do from a technology perspective. A tweet, stored photo, TikTok video, Netflix binge, sending a text or email, it ALL goes a through a data center somewhere.YALI GREENWOOD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DATA CENTER ADVISORY,CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELDT H E G R E A T S P AC E R AC E ( F O R D A T A C E N T E R S)CIO InsightsCXO InsightsIn My ViewAli Greenwood
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