“ We ' re seeing a lot of our bigger customers , which have been with us for a couple years now , expanding into other zones , because they ' re able to be that much faster at delivering their services ”
ELLIOTT TUREK GLOBAL OFFER MANAGER FOR PREFABRICATED MODULAR SOLUTIONS , SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Alongside this , Schneider also deploys industry-leading sustainability standards across its modular data centres , ensuring its clients continue to meet their ESG targets , even with the adoption of a new data centre .
“ Since we take a wide range of Schneider products and integrate them in the data centres , we have all the PEP ( product environmental profile ) documents ready ,” Turek explains .
“ We then do our due diligence when working with the vendors , to see how much we can get that ' s recycled , how much we can reuse from other projects and say , if we ' re building this for our customer in Sweden , determine what ' s the most effective way of shipping it to them .”
In data centre designing and construction , a lot of the consequent waste is caused by the making of one-off units . So , with the tried-and-tested approach of standardised , prefabricated modular data centres , waste is minimised and the manufacturer ’ s ability to recreate it in the same sustainable way becomes even more efficient over time .
Predictions for the growth and advancement of the modular data centre sector So , what predictions does Schneider have for the growth of the modular sector ?
“ I think it ’ s really about being where the data is collected and processed . In this new world , edge data is going to have to be processed all over the place ,” explains Kramer .
“ We can ' t just centralise where all that processing is happening . And there ' s going to be so many applications that we haven ' t even dreamed of yet , which are going to drive the need for that .”
“ But that ' s where I see the acceleration of modular data centres – when you think about all the new applications that are out
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