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Facebook isn’t the only tech giant investing in new data centres.
Last month Google broke ground on its new Ohio data centre which will cover 440 acres, cost $US600 million to build and reach completion by early 2021.
The new facility is part of Google’s $US13 billion 2019 expansion plans which involved the construction of seven new data centres. These are the companies that build facilities on a massive scale to house huge amounts of data.
According to Synergy Research, which tracks the data centre market, there are now more than 500 hyperscale data centres in the world. The number crossed the 500 mark in the third quarter and reached 504. At the end of 2017, Synergy was tracking 390 hyperscale facilities.
While most of the 504 hyperscale facilities (40 per cent) are in the US, the highest rates of growth have been in Europe and Asia-Pacific. China, Japan, the UK, Germany, and Australia now account for 32 percent of the total.
- With Data Centre Knowledge
“INNOVATION IS TAKING THE AIR COOLING SECTOR BY STORM.” – MOHIT LOSHALI.
bly become the largest renewable energy source in the future, elevating the demand for evaporative air coolers across diverse ap- plications and end use industries.”
Despite all the good news, Loshali did identify some challenges for market adoption.
He warned that evaporative cooling technology may prove inef- ficient in regions with extreme humidity.
Further, the evaporative air coolers market is swamped with sev- eral low-cost products that incorporate advanced technologies and provide a better energy output.
These alternatives threaten to snatch the market share of evapo- rative air coolers in the international market. “Also, evaporative air coolers are low on aesthetic appeal and may not conform to the pref- erence standards of a certain class of consumer,” Loshali said.
“This is another factor that can restrict adoption of evaporative air coolers in some of the developed regions of the world.”
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