Tier1 Research Releases New Datacenter Report - Datacenter Design: The Business of Technology.

Report Explores Recent Datacenter Technology Advancements and Overall Industry Impact

NEW YORK -- Tier1 Research, the preeminent source for independent IT analysis on the hosting and colocation market, has released a new datacenter report focused on the advancement of recent datacenter technologies and the impending impact on the entire datacenter value chain - service providers, construction and mission-critical design firms, datacenter automation software firms, financial services, institutional investors, etc. "Datacenter Design: The Business of Technology" takes a deep dive into the innovative technologies that have been created or have recently reemerged in an effort to increase datacenter efficiency and reliability, increase energy efficiency, promote adoption of datacenter standardization to reduce time to market, and perhaps most importantly, to decrease long-term maintenance and costs.

The report provides insight into which datacenter technologies will have the highest likelihood of adoption in comparison with those that will see slower adoption rates or no adoption at all within the next few years. Datacenter design technologies discussed in the report include, but are not limited to: modularization and containers, powered base buildings, economizers, heat reclamation/cogeneration, absorption chillers, thermal storage, power monitoring and datacenter controls, etc. "The 'Datacenter Design: The Business of Technology' report spotlights advances in datacenter construction, the motivators behind them, what will prevail and what is fleeting," said Jason Schafer, senior datacenter analyst and authoring analyst. "The trends and motivators behind datacenter designs, the innovations being made, the technologies that are being adopted in the industry, and the impending impacts of carbon legislation and cap & trade are all critical components that will have a huge effect on the industry as a whole. Given this, the implementation of a sound growth strategy is necessary for all industry players to remain relevant, support growth and avoid technological obsolescence."

Given the mission-critical nature of the datacenter, there will inevitably be a resistance to change since the implementation of these new technological advancements may present the risk of downtime, increased maintenance and inefficiencies when compared to traditional datacenter technology. However, complacency and the inability to embrace these new technological advancements may not be options as the energy use and carbon contribution of datacenters continue to draw attention. The proposed carbon emissions legislation by the Obama administration will continue to add pressure to the datacenter sector to reduce, report and justify its energy use and carbon emissions. "With a growing focus on speed to market, efficiency, cost and reliability, the datacenter is moving toward being more instrumented - paving the way for increased overall datacenter intelligence and automation," said Schafer. "To facilitate design advances in the datacenter industry, seamless integration of and communication between all aspects of the datacenter will amplify in importance. Also, as carbon and cap & trade legislation materializes, a growing need for informational aggregation and metric reporting will be seen."

Key companies covered

The report covers key public and private companies in the Internet datacenter sector, including, but not limited to: 365 Main, Schneider Electric, Avocent, CoreSite, Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros, Eaton, Emerson Network Power, IBM, NTT America, Quality Technology Services, Raritan, Stream Realty, Telehouse Europe, Turbine Air Systems and Validus DC Systems.

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About Tier1 Research

Tier1 Research (T1R), a division of The 451 Group, analyzes the financial and industry implications of developments affecting public and private companies within the IT, communications and Internet sectors - with a particular focus on hosting, Internet infrastructure and IT services. Clients include institutional investors and technology vendors, along with end users and venture capitalists. These clients leverage T1R's analytical insight for idea generation, trend identification, due diligence and grounded opinions, as well as metrics and forecasts on companies and industries covered.

Tier1 Research is headquartered in New York. For additional information on its research coverage and services, visit www.t1r.com.