Emerson Network Power Sizes Up The State Of The DC In 2011

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, has examined the growth and growing importance of the datacentre and today released its 2011 State of the Datacentre infographic reflecting those observations.

“Over the last several years, advances in technology, an increased reliance on the internet and social media as well as an increased focus on energy management initiatives have had a significant impact on the datacentre world,” said Scott Barbour, business leader of Emerson Network Power. “Datacentres are the unsung heroes. This infographic illustrates how our reliance on them has grown exponentially,” added Barbour.

Some of the facts explored in the infographic:

Fueling The Internet

When internet users perform search engine queries, make purchases on their favourite retailer’s website or connect with friends via social media, datacentres are making it all happen. For example: $53 Billion in cyber weekend sales is larger than the entire economy of Bulgaria. With so much activity and reliance on the internet, having a reliable datacentre infrastructure is more important than ever.

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How Big Is It?

This year, mankind will create 1.2 trillion gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 75 billion 16 GB iPods. That’s more than enough for every person on earth to own 10 iPods.

Too Big To Fail

The growing dependence on the datacentre means growing consequences of downtime. If all 509,147 datacentres went out 2.5 times (based on an average) for a duration of 134 minutes, that would equal 2,842,737 hours of downtime, at a total loss of $426 billion a year.