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The data centre sector must strive to build more data storage facilities in the UK if it is to meet growing demand, it has been claimed. According to communications minister Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, failure to do so will impact on the British economy.

The report claims that when the recession ends demand for data centres will start to increase and with London being Europe’s largest data centre market and a major location for international business, more needs to be done to ensure it remains at the forefront of the IT sector. “The current demand for highly-connected data centres in the UK points to constraints in supply which is of concern as these facilities can take up to two years to build from initial inception,” the report states. “All of the information on the global Internet, whether for commerce, industry or consumer consumption, has to be stored somewhere in digital form on servers,” it adds.

Source: Comms Express

As part of the green initiative and IT transformation program, Hewlett Packard has completed consolidation of 85 internal IT data centres into just six locations thus reducing costs, eliminate older technologies and improve service levels, while also decreasing the environmental impact of its facilities. It recently shut down all the existing data centres spread across Singapore, Korea, China, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and India, resulting in saving worth US$175 million.

Faisal Paul, head ESS Marketing & Growth Initiatives, HP India said “We have now consolidated our existing data centres to just six in three locations. By doing so we have achieved a 60% reduction in annual energy use through thermal mapping, virtualisation, technology refresh. Besides 80% more processing power with 80% fewer servers and also reduced the data storage costs while doubling the capacity”.

Source: CXO Today