Not too long ago data centre facilities were designed for constant loads and steady availability, now they are dynamic. The transition from single tier, to multi tier to dynamic tier. A good analogy is the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, in which changing data sets become the driving force.
Applications, hardware and physical infrastructure are following this rule: from servers that power down, to distributed applications, even to variable frequency drive fans. How will this affect how we plan for and build data centres, taking into account all the component parts and their configuration?
DatacenterDynamics 2010 gets to grips with design as it surges forward to catch up with 21st century demands and assesses the challenges and limitations of existing infrastructure.
Carbon tax bombshell update - How will fall out from CRC tax reversal hit the UK data centre industry?
Enterprises in the UK are coming to terms with the impact of government plans to keep revenue raised by the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), rather than redistribute it to participants in the scheme.
Will the scheme affect data centre services contracts?
Will it drive data centre investment overseas to countries with less stringent tax regimes?
DatacenterDynamics London will be the first opportunity for the data centre industry to debate the implications of this development with special sessions dedicated to this topic added to the conference programme featuring industry and legal experts exploring the impact of the tax on the data centre sector.
We will also be conducting a survey of owner operators giving their feedback to gauge the response of the industry with results ready in time for the conference.
Global Knowledge, Local Insight
In order to guarantee that our conference programmes meet the needs of our audience, we have developed a methodology that we use across all DatacenterDynamics event locations that we call 'Global Knowledge, Local Insight'.
Prevailing market conditions, technology and business drivers differ from city to country to region. By engaging in rigorous market research and ongoing discussion with local markets we focus conference content on global topics that warrant most discussion and how they can be best framed in the local context.
Each of our conference programmes draws on an ever-growing pool of international industry experts, and is balanced with case-study material from local thought leaders. Our panels are renowned for their fusion of perspectives.
Our conference programmes incorporate case studies and technical presentations on the following topics:
Renovation and retrofitting – Updating existing facilities to meet the demands of higher voltages, higher densities and their knock-on effects for data centre design
Examining the convergence of physical and logical management tools – How will dashboards enable better monitoring and prediction of future performance?
Exploring the use of capacity management and automation tools to fine tune data centre performance
A thorough assessment of the challenge of energy efficiency metrics use and how to turn information into insight
The impact of cloud computing and virtualisation on facility and IT infrastructure configuration
Modularity and scalability as the key to maximising ROI for future investment decisions
Meeting your organisation's data centre and infrastructure needs within a mixed-use facility
Exploring options for outsourcing – collocation and managed services
Exploring the use of capacity planning and automation tools to fine tune data centre performance
Free cooling – choosing the right engineering solution to meet your facilities requirements
Avoiding interruption of power supply – the latest innovations in UPS design explained
View all the latest infrastructure technologies for 2010!
The infrastructure expositions that run alongside our conferences bring together many of the data centre infrastructure vendors and services companies operating in each location. Exhibitors bring their equipment along for demonstration purposes so that attendees will have an opportunity to see these technologies. The different technology areas that will be represented will include:
Open and closed architecture systems: HVAC, CRAC, cooling delivery systems
IT and FM processes, methodologies and integration technologies
Power management, distribution, UPS, back-up and management systems
Data centre CFD simulation and modelling techniques and technologies
Environmental power and cooling monitoring, measuring and management systems
Rack, rail and enclosures as well as air and liquid cooling integrated systems
Cabling and cable management technologies, products and systems building automation and management systems
