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    1. “ While server sales are expected to rise over the next two years, many IT administrators are already grappling with data centre power, cooling and space issues of its current fleet. ”
      By Rakesh Kumar

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  1. Gartner: Data Centres Set For Fresh Headaches

    Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (May 13 2010) Servers

    1. Gartner: Data Centres Set For Fresh Headaches Analyst company Gartner has warned that owners and operators of data centres will face more and more problems associated with power, cooling and space, thanks to the prediction of a significant increase in server sales during the next two years. Server Influx Gartner, in a new report “Data Center Power, Cooling and Space: A Worrisome Outlook for the Next Two Years”, believes that this influx of fresh equipment into the data centre is going to trigger a fresh bout of headaches for IT managers. (Read Full Article)

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    On 5/17/10 wingels said:
    "Companies spend a lot of time thinking about power supply in and server power consumption, but less time thinking about the way the power is used, monitored and distributed within the data center itself. The infrastructure is like the ignorosphere of data center design. At Racktivity, we're trying to build some intelligence into that layer. See my recent blog post: The green, the bad and the ugly for my on this: http://blog.racktivity.com/green-bad-ugly."
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    On 5/17/10 1173carld said:
    "Red Vista have found that companies are now keen to look at outsourcing and hosting where they can secure a fixed contract for a period of time which will guarantee power, cooling and space requirements.

    As this article rightly suggests, this will ultimately result in issues around contractual obligations for resources.

    We are seeing a keen interest in our bespoke modular built data centres, which allow the customer to install a portable and scalable data centre solution.

    http://www.redvista.co.uk/services/modular-data-centre/"

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