| | DECEMBER 20208The Indian Data center is a fast-growing industry predicted to cross $8 billion by 2026, while globally it is estimated to reach $112 billion by 2028. However, this sunrise industry is responsible for three per cent of global power consumption and nearly two per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, needs to become sustainable faster than any other industry. As the world produces zettabytes of data every day, the energy consumption to store and process those data will also increase drastically. Various experts predict that the energy consumption of data centers will account for 3.2 percent of the global carbon emissions by 2025 and will consume one-fifth of global electricity that is doubling every four years. By 2040, storing data digitally is set to create approximately 14 per cent of the global emissions.Today, being sustainable and carbon neutral is the mission of every data center that cares for the environment and the populace. However, the task is gigantic than one can think of. We now live in a digital world and hence continues to generate huge data that needs to be stored safely. As of 2018, there were nearly 18 million servers deployed in data centers globally (Shehabi et al, 2016). But this number is predicted to multiply many times in the coming years. This means more and more energy is needed constantly to cool the data centers, which makes data centers highly vulnerable to the world. The servers, disks and networking equipment which needs continuous cooling, power distribution, backup batteries and generators, lighting, fire suppression, and the building materials make the data centers infrastructure heavy. This CtrlS Sets Benchmark with India's First Quake-Resistant, Air Pollution-free Data CenterBY CEO INSIGHTS TEAMIN FOCUS
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