efficiency, and 76% do not charge the year, when offset against our planned has been noted by industry analyst
business for the power used by the activities in the debt markets.” Gartner. The research organisation
IT side. One reason for that is a lack But other datacentre providers may has published figures that detect an
of infrastructure for measuring power not be so lucky, and the result could increase in such installations amid an
consumption, ARI says. be a shortage of space in the next two overall acceleration in server shipments
Steve Yellen, Principal of the years. In Europe, DRT is expanding over the first quarter of 2008. Revenue
Aperture Research Institute, comments: strongly and is in various stages of during the three-month period
“Although many organisations have due diligence and documentation increased by 4.3%, while individual
made a commitment to cutting their on two standalone secured server shipments were up by 7.6% over
environmental impact, when it comes financings. The first transaction the quarter.
to the data centre, most lack the is for a datacentre facility located www.digitalrealtytrust.com
tools and processes they need if they on London’s perimeter. Estimated
are to deliver on that promise. The proceeds range from £50m to £55m Our analysis
number one cause of increasing power with a five-year term and an interest eW ’ve heard this from other sources,
consumption is an increase in demand rate in the range of 6.5% to 6.75%. though, as DRT says, accurate figures
for IT services, so business managers The second transaction involves two are hard to come by. One answer is to
must be made accountable for the datacentres located in Dublin. watch those who do know about this
energy their applications consume. Digital Realty Trust also reported that market and the likely demand in future
Only 24% of organisations we surveyed it has multiple projects under way in across Europe. Look at HP, look at IBM,
said the IT department charges the the European market, including three in and look at what Gartner is saying
business for energy use. They simply London, one in Dublin and one in Paris. about the size of these centres. Now
don’t have the technology to be able to This growing prevalence of large might be a good time to start looking at
implement the management processes data centres for web-based operations your client’s plans.
they need.”
But demand is still rising. DRT’s own
research finds:
“The results of this study confirms
what our team is already experiencing
in the market, which is that demand
for datacentre space is increasing
and being driven by the growing IT
infrastructure needs of companies
across all industry sectors. Despite the
challenging economic environment,
companies are still making significant
investments in IT infrastructure,
reporting the critical needs of these
assets for today’s corporations,” says
Mike Foust.
“The findings of this US-based study
are consistent with those from a study
of the European datacentre market
that Digital Realty Trust commissioned
in late 2007. We will be conducting
a follow-up European study later this
year, and we expect to see strong
metrics once again”
The current turmoil in finance is
obviously having an effect.
Bill Stein, CFO of DRT: “Liquidity
continues to be a significant concern
for real estate companies as access
to capital has become increasingly
constrained over the past year. We
believe that we have sufficient capital
to fund our current acquisition plans
and redevelopment program for the
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