In a rapidly evolving IT environment, a flexible and hybrid approach to IT has become commonplace and futureproofing requirements remains a key challenge. This debate explores next-gen development delving into challenges and discussing best practice.

Is a rigid process critical to efficiently developing purpose-built facilities? What role should flexibility and collaboration play in building your next gen data center? We will address these and other key questions around developing next gen data centers with a focus on speed to market, cost and flexibility.

This debate will discuss:

• Who are the right players to include in the design process?
• What are the considerations for an assembly line approach to data center construction?
• How does modularizing electrical and mechanical equipment provide efficiencies?
• Which best practices are used in managing the entitlement process?