By 2020, global data center space is projected to reach 1.94 billion square feet, with mega-data centers making up 75% of new builds. The NFV market is anticipated to grow to $15 billion, driven by a significant demand for software-defined and hybrid cloud solutions, as well as increased security concerns. Additionally, the data center industry is facing a skills shortage that could double to 350,000 unfilled positions by 2020.

1. By 2020 total global Data
Centre space is expected
to grow to 1.94 billion
ft sq
DATA CENTRE TRENDS - FOR 2017
Mega-Data Centres will
account for 75% of all new
service provider Data
Centre build projects
Software Defined Data
Centres will be considered by
75% of Global 200
businesses that seek a
hybrid cloud model
NFV market forecast to
reach $15 billion by 2020
up from $2.7 billion in
2015 (42% CAGR)
Big Data applications and
predictive analytics will
accelerate the shift to
all-flash architectures
Predictive analytics to
monitor Data Centre
hardware stacks will rapidly
simply operations and
automate diagnostics
Cloud access security
broking will experience
significant growth as cloud
security breaches become
more prevalent
Business leaders will
increasingly demand greater
security, leading Data Centre
providers to establish far
higher security standards
and guarantees
Management of the rapid
growth of IoT input data
will significantly affect Data
Centre capacity and traffic
management plans
IoT data backup will
become a significant
challenge – which data
do you keep? Automation
of IoT backups will bring
new challenges
The global Data Centre
skills shortage currently
stands at around 150,000
vacant positions
By 2020 this will double
to nearly 350,000 unfilled
jobs with extreme demand
for SDDC, SDN, NFV
and DevOp skills
MEGA-DATA CENTRES SDDC, NFV & SDN
BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS SECURITY
INTERNET OF THINGS INCREASED DEMAND FOR SKILLS
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