Datacenter Trends for 2019

by Priti Shetti Technical coordinator

The data center industry is changing rapidly and the advancement in technology is pushing it further. The data center industry did see a lot of momentum when it comes to technological advancements in 2018 and 2019 continues with the same.

The concept and working of data centers continue to evolve as we progress into the future. The coming days might see revised datacenter management trends. IT professionals around the globe suggest that we might see mega data centers like Microsoft and Facebook continue to scale to meet newer IT workloads. Here is a list of revised trends that we might see in the coming months of 2019:

Pushing the Datacenter Ecosystem:

We might see cloud hosting companies focusing more on standardization, and improving equipment. Cloud server providers will have to increase their data center capacity which is straining the ecosystem of suppliers. Datacenters are moving towards hyperscaling since the current trend shows an increase in the demand of cloud computing technologies.

Telco vs IT datacenters:

Cloud hosting companies will have to be resilient, scalable and fault-resistant to offer the speed and quality of the upcoming 5G. Datacenters will have to combine with the telco functionality, data routing, data caching and delivery. However, we might see clashes between the two due to urbanization. This might give way to increased micro datacenters to eliminate latency issues and deliver better connectivity.

Artificial Intelligence:

AI seems to be gaining more and more traction as the days pass. It has gained popularity in computer applications and also seems to be a technology of choice for data centers. It is helpful in streamlining the massive amounts of data crunching at data centers. Also, it reduces the risk of mistakes done by manual operations, saving time and money in massive amounts.

Edge Computing:

As IoT starts to gain more traction datacenters will continue to grow. Edge is becoming an essential element to cloud hosting companies and datacenter. It will bring data processing and datacenter management closer to the edge.

Hyperscaling of Datacenters:

Datacenters need to become scalable as the IT industry grows. Online businesses seem to see a rising chart in terms of popularity. The biggies of the Industry like google, Amazon and Microsoft are focused on going hyperscale with their datacenters. As businesses continue to grow online there might be cases where designing, planning, and building infrastructure might have to be done in just 12 months or less. Hyperscale datacenters are the best way to go for this upcoming revolution.