contemplating the overall design of a project . “ Future-proofing is typically focused on increased density ; with CPUs getting increasingly powerful , they draw more and more power ,” notes Coleman . “ Historically , what happens in the data centre when you look at the retail or wholesale environment , is that a company with a traditional 15-year lease for a larger deployment will start to see a lot of empty space in the room because as they go through a tech refresh cycle , the equipment they ’ re installing is getting smaller , while requiring an equal amount of
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“ Aligned ’ s approach is to design a physical , electrical , and mechanical infrastructure that is very quickly deployable , but also deployable in the right-sized increments to meet customers ’ unique capacity needs and requirements – now and in the future ”
— Mike Coleman , Global Head of Design & Delivery , Aligned
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