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Kathy Gibson reports – The world we are in relies on data, and everything we do creates data in one form or another.This is the word from Karsten Winther, president: Europe, Middle East and Africa at Vertiv, who says this is driving the need and growth for data centres around the world, growth that is being further driven by artificial intelligence and generative AI adoption.The natural progression of this data revolution has been the massive growth in AI development.
The reason is there are already so many interesting use cases for AI, with encouraging results for businesses in every industry. “Our experts correctly identified the proliferation of AI and the need to transition to more complex liquid- and air-cooling strategies as a trend for 2024, and activity on that front is expected to further accelerate and evolve in 2025,” says Vertiv CEO Giordano Albertazzi.
AI racks will require UPS systems, batteries, power distribution equipment and switchgear with higher power densities to handle AI loads that can fluctuate from a 10% idle to a 150% overload in a flash. Overextended grids and skyrocketing power demands are changing how data centres consume power. Globally, data centres use an average of 1% to 2% of the world’s power, but AI is driving increases in consumption that are likely to push that to 3% to 4% by 2030.
Fuel cells and alternative battery chemistries are increasingly available for microgrid energy options. Longer-term, multiple companies are developing small modular reactors for data centres and other large power consumers, with availability expected around the end of the decade. Progress on this front bears watching in 2025.
In the coming year, chip makers, infrastructure designers and customers will increasingly collaborate and move toward manufacturing partnerships that enable true integration of IT and infrastructure.AI makes cybersecurity harder – and easier
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