Data center growth to explode

We've been talking a lot about the growth of data centers, a market that has skyrocketed because of Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, as well as the need for better disaster recovery options. Large companies are set to boost the market again in 2008. According to a survey by Digital Realty Trust, nearly 90 of 300 large US firms said they "would definitely or probably expand their data centers over the next 12 months," notes CBR. Almost half say they will expand to three or more data center locations. Square footage is expected to grow by 50. All this at a time when IT budgets are under pressure. Some are warning that this growth looms as a nightmare in terms of the costs of running and cooling all those servers. Energy's not cheap these days. But what choice do companies have?   

For more:
- here's the CBR article
- here's a CIO Insight article on the looming problems