Data Centre Market Booming, But Can it Cope?

February 9th, 2007: A new report has found that the data centre market in Australia and New Zealand is expanding in leaps and bounds, however, it also suggests that demand is being driven by dire shortage of space and limited infrastructure.

Coming from the Data Centre Practice at BroadGroup and titled “Data Centres: Australia and New Zealand”, the report has found that not only is major investment is needed to upgrade capacity in the sector, but also that the shortage could point to growth in business consolidation.

The report claims to be the first to address the sector in AUS/NZ, and also suggests that current conditions are likely to drive a renewed emphasis on server and storage consolidation and virtualisation, as well as further proliferation of high density blade technologies.

In common with the findings of another BroadGroup report title “Data Centres Asia” conducted at the end of last year, this new report claims that older facilities with legacy design issues mainly related to electrical mechanical infrastructure and security, will face critical challenges including possible exclusion from RFPs as demand for power and cooling increases.

“As a resource, the report offers a level of detail which is invaluable for any company engaged in or investing in the data centre sector in these countries,” said Philip Low, managing director at BroadGroup. “These are important markets on the point of further change, with well defined niche opportunities and reflect the strategic value that data centres can now yield, evidenced in markets globally.”

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