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ARTICLE · 25 FEBRUARY 2012

Data Centres: Offsite But Not Out Of Mind

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In the Asia pacific region, the data centre industry appears to be on the cusp of a significant growth phase.

AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards
Jy Millis
Jy Millis

Every year brings news of yet more growth in the amount of data generated by companies that must be managed, stored and accessed on-demand. this growth has led to large unwieldy server portfolios, legacy equipment struggling to meet storage demands and inflexible infrastructure becoming features of many in-house IT environments. In this context, companies are reaching out to third-party data centre suppliers to ease their problems.

In the Asia pacific region specifically, the data centre industry appears to be on the cusp of a significant growth phase, with multinational providers such as IBM announcing plans to develop more data centre space to meet ever-increasing capacity trends.

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