Today, big data is expanding and expanding. According to Science Daily in 2013, 90 percent of all data worldwide was generated in the last two years. Verne Global's director of technical services, Jorge? Balsells noted that there are 2.5 billion Internet users around the globe, about 250 million in the U.S. alone, and that the number and level of users has exploded, especially in the past decade.

The sheer volume of all the various types of devices connected to the Internet, from our Fitbits to our cell phone cameras, and the data and future potential of these devices has led to an exponential increase in the need for computing and storage. How will big data and the Internet of Things impact data centers? This is the topic of Balsells' presentation at the upcoming Data Center Global Conference and Expo. The conference will include a number of topical sessions that will address issues facing data center managers and operators, as well as new technologies for data centers. Massive compute and storage demand creates more demand for power, Balsells said, adding that his presentation will focus on questions asked by data center managers and operators. For example, "Can our current power infrastructure handle all the data being generated? Can we provide enough power?" . This will also lead to the next question, "You know the power your data center is getting now, what about in 5 or 10 or 15 years from now, and how will it cope then? "To support the needs of computing and storage today, "our data centers need reliable quality, energy efficient, adequate power using renewable energy sources." He said. Growing data demand leads to greater power needs and costs. Verne Global's data center in Keflavik, Iceland, has built a reliable and cost-effective power strategy around renewable energy access. Exploring the impact of power factors on data centers, Balsells has a unique perspective on this.

Bottom line on powerBarcells says power is important from a financial standpoint. As data center managers look ahead at the cost of future plans, they have no idea what the future holds when it comes to how they calculate power pricing. Power costs have a huge impact on where data center facilities are located today. When customers look at the trends in the market, the **** same thing is "the price of power. Balsells said. Demand changes location "You see people not building new data centers in metropolitan areas at the moment. In the past decade, data centers are as far away from population centers as possible, to remote areas of the region. For example, Washington, Oregon, and even Utah in the U.S. Pacific Northwest," he said. "And global data centers are located in the Nordic region, including Iceland." He cited the example of Facebook building and data center in Sweden, where the power grid is super-reliable. And Google Inc. is building a data center in Finland that has been powered by renewable energy since 2015. (As previously reported by DCK: Google Inc.'s Hamina data center in Finland will be powered primarily by wind in 2015, and Google Inc. has signed a supplemental agreement with an onshore wind farm power supply company so that the data center will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy.) This kind of power supply reliability is not currently available in the United States. "For example, power in the Gulf is not continuous. It's not very reliable." Balsells said. Another benefit of northern climates is lower cooling requirements. "In the overall cost of a data center, cooling costs account for 30 to 40 percent of the cost of power generation." Data centers, he says, "are looking for locations that have cooler climates year-round." This reduces the amount of cold air that needs to be generated (either through traditional cooling, or through evaporative cooling) to lower the inlet temperature of the servers. Practical Reliability The 24/7 electrical infrastructure we rely on the other day isn't all that reliable. Balsells says people tend to forget about power supply reliability pretty quickly. He cites the examples of Hurricane Sandy and the Northeast U.S. power grid in 2003, which led to widespread blackouts. "The 2003 incident affected 50 million people. We forget that so quickly," he said. "Electricity reliability is a concern, not just in the United States, but around the world."