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raised floor space but it was just white space used as storage , Kirby came in and separated our space and built out the rooms .”
He adds : “ It ’ s state of the art now – if you look at pictures or video , it looks like a brand new data centre . We continue to move this space around to free up for the commercial side of our business .” Vodafone ’ s partnership with Kirby Group Engineering has been transformational . The company has aligned itself fully to Vodafone ’ s processes and procedures , working in a live data centre environment where uptime is critical .
Looking ahead , Paul explains that Vodafone will continue to look to partner with different types of vendors and suppliers for a broad range of solutions .
“ We always look to partner with different types of vendors and suppliers for different solutions , but it comes down to price and delivery and reliability ,” Paul notes . “ Once you prove a concept and that it works and scales , now we have a menu . Whether we need a 10-pod , 20-pod or 40-pod solution , we know exactly how many kilowatts that would be and what the price would be and how long it would take to put that on the floor .”
Embracing the inevitability of emerging technologies Vodafone ’ s data centre strategy in the near future is to focus on maintaining uptime within its data centres , but to also expand within its existing data centres – with the end goal of of freeing up power and cooling . sustainabilitymag . com 63