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THE DATA CENTER JOURNAL | 9
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Cloudy
Data centers and the technology that connects them have changed
dramatically over the last year. Owing to the huge growth in cloud
computing, the need for ever more power, increasing environmental
concern and growing security risks, the current picture is complex
and the future for data centers far from certain. The data-center-
interconnect (DCI) innovation cycle has now become unbelievably
short, and what worked last year will not necessarily work today
or tomorrow. Looking at the cloud in particular reveals some of the
main challenges data center operators must tackle.
By Jim theoDoras
