Energy price hikes could push data centres out of UK - Data and Server Racks

Energy price hikes could push data centres out of UK - Data and Server Racks Data centres could start moving overseas as a result of hikes in the cost of energy, it has been suggested.

According to an article for DatacenterDyanmics, a number of operators have expressed concern about higher electricity prices.

Roger Keenan, managing director of City Lifeline, which operates a data centre in the City of London, said some data centres need a lot of computation power and therefore consume a lot of energy.

"This might be geological computation, with lots of number crunching, little communications and few staff," he explained. "These kinds of data centres may leave the UK."

However, he pointed out that other data centres are communications heavy and require "diverse connections at low cost" to various parts of the globe.

These are likely to remain in the UK, probably close to the capital.

His comments come after IT services provider Capgemini announced plans to launch the world's most energy-efficient data centre called Merlin.

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Last Updated: 23/08/2010 17:13

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