It seems that many heavy IT users are starting to run out of power!
As the need to use more IT increases and the ability to fit more powerful servers into a smaller areas, questions are being raised about the ability for the UK national grids ability to deliver enough power to meet these increasing requirements in critical geographical areas.
Companies increasingly require 24/7 uptime for their IT systems and more power is required to maintain this. One of the rapidly increasing uses of power in IT is for the Air Conditioning to keep all the Data Center computers cool, which of course only adds to the overall strain on the power infrastructure.
According to some recent news articles [1], [2]; it’s not the computing ability of modern day computers that will hold back company expansions, it seems that it will be the ability to turn it on and use it, or not as the case may soon be.
Tags: IT Systems, Data Center, Air Conditioning, National Grid
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