AUSTRALIA which is something we support .
“ But everyone is struggling to find people that are trained . It ’ s interesting , as we ’ re actually finding companies that are either evolving the company itself – or groups within the company – to specifically service data centre work .
“ It ’ s quite a unique skill set because , you actually want a highquality product built quickly to start with , which is challenging itself – but these facilities are never build out 100 % day one .
“ And we use a modular , POD-type system , so as you go back and do those build outs in a live data centre , you need to have tradespeople that are very aware of what environment they ’ re working in – you don ’ t want something they ’ re doing to bring down customers ’ operations .
“ These have to bve very precisely planned and designed and built so that you can shut down sections of it , and use your redundancy to do your maintenance without impacting on the customer . So , you tend to build quite strong relationships with very precise people that understand the whole Permit for Work process and are very detailed .”
He reveals another challenge is that whenever anyone wants to start up a data centre , they try to entice staff away from Digital Realty , because they know they ’ ve been well trained , and the process and procedures in place are industry-leading .
In Australia , co-location growth is predicted at a compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 11.4 % until 2022 , and managed hosting revenues predicted to grow at a CAGR of 14.5 %.
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