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May - 2009 - issue > Technology

Revolutionary IT Trends in the Indian Datacenter industry

P. Sridhar Reddy
Saturday, May 2, 2009
P. Sridhar Reddy
The existence of data centers in India can be traced back to over a decade back. The Indian datacenter market has traditionally been dominated by captive datacenters. Some of the third party datacenters were companies providing bandwidth. The Indian datacenter grew very slowly till 2004 due to the high cost of hosting which can be attributed to the expensive bandwidth. But with the bandwidth costs going down drastically, datacenters in India are poised for a giant leap. Conservative estimates suggest that the overall datacenter market is poised to grow annually by about 25-35 percent for the next 3-4 years. The following statistics would give us a more clear insight.

The datacenter industry is currently passing through an interesting phase where we can see a significant shift towards consolidation and implementation of technologies in datacenters. The emerging technology trends are:

* Green Datacenter
* Cloud Computing
* Nuclear Proof Datacenter
* Consolidation

As datacenters consume more and more power globally, the need of the hour is green data centers, which are extremely energy efficient and environment friendly. By strictly implementing green measures like virtualization, efficient floor layout, and green rated equipment, one can save almost 50-60 percent in energy bills. Nuclear proof datacenters have also become a reality where the whole data center is constructed in the form of underground bunkers, which can withstand a nuclear attack, thereby taking data security to new heights.

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