Growth in demand for storage combined with high bandwidth availability and general consolidation has led to an explosion in the demand for data centres.
 
Pressure on space, a lack of readily available power and legacy technologies mean that existing Data Centres face a set of common problems; an inability to scale, heat and cooling issues, increased down time, high operating costs with associated carbon footprint and Health and Safety problems.

These issues are compounded by location. In Central London, for example, there are no power grids that will agree to power a new data centre due to the limited physical capacity available to cope with the necessary load. When considering the relocation of data centres into regions with low real estate costs and ready access to power, distance becomes an issue for systems that must be synchronously replicated for compliance and service continuity reasons.

Unlike many technology organisations Affiniti is in a unique position to provide advice, support and solutions regarding not only data centre IT requirements, but also key facilities considerations such as building layout, cabling, power and cooling. Our consultancy led approach starts by understanding the key business requirements driving data centre strategy to ensure we can provide a tailored end-to-end solution.