NAUTILUS DATA TECHNOLOGIES
The world is facing a data tsunami . With exponential growth happening already , how can more capacity be added quickly and economically ? Where will all the energy needed come from when data centres are expected to consume 140bn kilowatt-hours annually by 2020 , costing American businesses $ 13bn in electricity bills and emitting nearly 100mn metric tons of carbon pollution each year ? How can emerging markets , the world ’ s fastest growing , even hope to keep up ? The traditional model is unsustainable ; that ’ s for sure .
Some eight years ago , Arnold Magcale had a lightbulb moment . A recognised technology industry expert with decades of experience in data centres and cloud management , he is also a US Navy Special Forces veteran . While assessing the large amounts of data that naval command centres process as they cruise in the Pacific , he asked the question : why can ’ t we integrate the compact watercooled solution they use to the world of enterprise ? Why indeed do most of the world ’ s data centres rely on outdated air conditioning technologies for cooling ?
This led him to found Nautilus Data Technologies in 2013 . At the time data centres were major contributors to the fact that 10 % of global power production was being consumed by IT – a model that could not be sustained after 2025 . He and his Director of Operations , Byron Taylor , set about bringing together the best engineering and technical minds to bear on the problem . Magcale had helped build one of the first data centres in Silicon Valley , close to where Nautilus is now located at Pleasanton , California . Taylor had
76 August 2017