distributed power , smart cities , smart grids and smart transportation already . So this kind of digital transformation and adoption of new technologies such as water cooling will happen very quickly once it ’ s taken up by everyone . I think that could be within the next ten years ,” he said .
Connaughton said the tipping point for the technology ’ s adoption will come from the customer and compared the uptake to the surge of electric vehicle usage , as well as the rapid leap from standard call and text mobile phones to the full-on smartphones we all use today .
“ Going from the regular phone to the cell phone was a case in point . Cell phones started to creep in in the 1980s and into the 1990s and then after a few years , boom , smartphones were everywhere almost overnight and everyone had got rid of their perfectly functioning , what were , cell phones ,” he recalls .
Partners and collaborations Nautilus lists its main partners as Schneider , Bechtel , USystems , and Vertiv and says it is establishing more global vendor relationships , plus partners for new data centres , skilling them up and training them in how to operate the systems .
Connaughton says : “ We like to work with creative and innovative partners
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