AUSTRALIA there for these ,” he adds , “ it ’ s just a matter to what scale they fit in to the whole stepping stone process .”
Data centres are essential utilities , as like in previous centuries , when power , electricity , water and telephone exchanges were . Because data centres and WiFi-type services are provided at the edge , people have got used to having instantaneous content-rich data , which then dictates low latency high bandwidth services – and while they ’ re an essential utility , the performance they need to operate is at such a high level .
“ There ’ s a lot of talk about edge computing , and really that falls back into where you get demands for low latency ,” he adds . “ There ’ s such a data-rich environment demanded nowadays .
“ We used to have main frames and desktops , then it was laptops , and now handheld devices are doing the same thing . There ’ s so much compute power that ’ s embedded everywhere now that needs to be connected back to somewhere , and the Internet of Things is going to be an amazing opportunity for people who mine that for performance and applications .”
Adcock says he sees DNA genome as one of the major technology breakthroughs , and finds it mapping mind-blowing how you can have bespoke medicines targeted for you based on what genes you ’ ve got and how they react .
“ It used to take years to map the DNA genome of the humans ,” he says , “ and now they ’ re offering it as a service which is done in a matter of days . Behind that is massive compute power , so we ’ ve seen some of the institutional companies investing a lot of money in those analytics .
“ Sometimes , you dare not ask what ’ s happening in some of those data halls . Our POD is typically 1,000 sqm of white space and you walk in there from one end to the other and it ’ s just rows and rows of computers – and what they can be doing on them now is amazing .” www . constructionglobal . com 121