全球数据中心电力市场-增长,趋势和预测(2020-2025年)
The need to increase storage capacity has become an opportunity for every major enterprise, as
there is a continuous rise in data and respective applications. Globally, the amount of data is set
to grow drastically in the next six years, to more than 44 zettabytes. The amount of information
produced by machines, such as Internet of Things (IoT), is likely to account for about 10% of the
worldwide data. It is estimated that, currently, 60% of data in digital world is produced in mature markets, such
as Germany, Japan, and the United States. However, this situation may reverse in 2020, and the
emerging markets, such as Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and Russia may account for most of the
world’s data. The rising percentage of energy consumption by data centers, over the years, has
alerted the governments across regions, like the United States and Europe, who have been
regulating the energy consumption regularly. GreenPeace, a green data center community, for
instance, highlighted the increasing energy consumption by the IT sector since 2012. As a central repository that stores and manages data, data centers play a crucial role in an
economy. Green data centers are getting integrated with green technology that creates better
sustainability and more energy efficiency in the form of better lighting, electrical, and
mechanical works. The traditional technology not only consumes a gigantic amount of
electricity, but also water, in millions of gallons, for the purpose of cooling. Low impact data
centers run on clean and renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and water energy.