Key Considerations for a Data Center Design

Whether small or hyper scale, a cloud service provider or a business looking to keep data on-prem, good design is important to creating and maintaining a highly efficient data center. Investment in infrastructure is expensive, so it makes sense that any organization should always look to generate maximum output from its resources, particularly as business needs dictate an ‘always on’ approach to data accessibility. Data design strategy can have an enormous impact, which in turn can lead to cost savings, greater ability to scale and reduced environmental impact. With this in mind, below are the key considerations for all businesses looking to build, run and sustain an efficient data center: Having a Solid Power and Cooling Strategy : A large proportion of data center outages and out-of-control costs can be directly tied to the power and cooling that a data center uses. If cooling is implemented poorly, the power required to cool a data center can match or exceed the power u...