Data Center Capacity Running Out!

Data centres are experiencing a rapid increase in business, and a UK-based data centre and co-location service provider is warning that if current growth rates are replicated across most other data centres, then capacity could be seriously stretched by the end of the year.

That is according to Hampshire-based Redstation, which says that in the last six months alone, it has seen a 600 percent increase in sales. "If every data centre sees similar growth to what we've been seeing capacity could be stretched by the end of the year across the country," said Redstation's Technical Director, Peter Appleton. He also warned that organisations should look at the data centre option sooner rather than later.

"Recent research by HP revealed that the majority of data centres across Europe have reached 80 percent capacity," Appleton told Techworld via email. "Many older data centres are unable to provide sufficient power/cooling per rack as they were not designed for high density computing."

Appleton also pointed to research by Broad Group's data centre practice, which suggests that although there will be a limited increase in data centre space over the next few years, demand will outstrip supply, doubling data centre colocation prices by 2010. ... Go to source