{"id":1087,"date":"2010-04-08T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2010-04-08T07:00:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T15:00:59","slug":"storage-and-technology-data-centers-running-low-on-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/storage-and-technology-data-centers-running-low-on-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage and Technology: Data Centers Running Low on Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

The need by organizations to store increasingly large amounts of data are putting a huge strain on data centers.\u00a0 Consider just one piece of the data puzzle — emails.\u00a0 John Shackleton<\/a>, CEO of Open Source, estimates that with large enterprises receiving 3-5 million new emails every day that in just three months that they’ll need 30 Terabytes of new storage media to hold that data.\u00a0 Shackleton warns that “no matter how cheap storage is, there is a finite limit.”<\/p>\n

Those emails along with data created from tens of other enterprise applications are being stored in data centers, data centers that are overflowing.\u00a0 And organizations are scrambling to expand and upgrade those data centers.\u00a0 Organizations are faced with three problems:\u00a0 the need to acquire new and\/or additional storage hardware, the need to power the storage hardware, and the need to for physical rack space to house the storage devices.<\/p>\n

83 percent of companies are planning data center expansions<\/a> in the next 12 to 24 months.\u00a0 73 percent of companies are planning to augment their current data centers with two or more facilities.\u00a0 Jim kerrigan or Grubb & Ellis real estate says that the demand for data center space is three times greater than the amount of space that is currently available.\u00a0 70 percent of enterprises looking to expand<\/a> are planning data center facilities of at leas 15,000 square feet.<\/p>\n

Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Digital Reaility Trust said that “the need for additional power has become the main driver for data center expansion plans as companies seek facilities with adequate power and favorable utility rates to control operating costs.”\u00a0 Many companies are now metering their power usage and using the power consumption numbers as a trend line to help them prepare for their future data center needs.<\/p>\n

About 80 percent of operating costs for a data center go towards energy<\/a>, with about 50 percent of that going to power the equipment and the other 50 percent to keep the equipment cool.\u00a0 To address the high costs of energy, organizations with large capacity needs are choosing to build data centers in lower-cost geographical<\/a> areas.<\/p>\n

But the high costs of data centers are driving innovation in trying to save dollars.\u00a0 Companies like Bloom Energy, for example, are developing new technologies, like the ‘Bloom Box’<\/a> fuel cell that are designed to bring in power cell reinforcements to any location.<\/p>\n

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The need by organizations to store increasingly large amounts of data are putting a huge strain on data centers.\u00a0 Consider just one piece of the data puzzle — emails.\u00a0 John Shackleton, CEO of Open Source, estimates that with large enterprises…<\/span><\/p>\n

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