GOLDEN DIGITAL GATEWAY
Hardware evolution cycles have accelerated from traditional three-to-five-year refresh patterns to annual upgrades. Kah Jin describes the challenge:“ That’ s always a challenge with this business. Every year, Nvidia’ s Jensen Huang is up there on stage, one-upping himself and coming up with a new chip, and every chip increases the number of kilowatts it needs. Data centre rack density has increased almost tenfold in a matter of two or three years.
“ That’ s why building something quick and on time is key. Getting up the core and shell is really important because the mechanical and electrical elements just constantly change,” says Kah Jin. AI infrastructure requirements are reshaping site selection criteria globally. Nicholas describes how power requirements are influencing location decisions:“ With what’ s happening with AI, especially across Europe and the US at the moment, data centres are actually being built next to where the power is because power is such an important consideration. It’ s rewriting the rule books.”
Nicholas expects older facilities to serve applications that don’ t require the latest hardware rather than becoming
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