The driving force behind the EU colocation market's climate-neutral push
And it is not difficult to see why, says Ed Galvin, founder and CEO of datacentre market watcher DC Byte. According to his firm’s data, the amount of power consumed by the UK datacentre market is currently about 7.5TWh (terawatt-hours) a year, and is set to soar. “Our data shows nearly 5,000MW [megawatts] of live IT power, with over 1,000MW now under construction – and a further 3,000MW committed for development in the next few years [across Europe, the Middle East and Africa],” Galvin tells Computer Weekly. “Just to emphasise the significance of this, the next five years will see m...