With the deepening of digital transformation in all walks of life, human society is accelerating towards intelligence. As a solid foundation for the intelligent world and digital economy, data centers have also ushered in vigorous development. Faced with the rapid evolution of ICT technology, the surge in construction demand, and the requirements of green and low-carbon, higher requirements have been put forward for the construction of data center infrastructure, which are specifically manifested in the following aspects:

1. Safety and reliability, the core demand of data centers

During the period from 2022 to 2023, large-scale data center downtime caused by infrastructure failures occurred in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and other places, which attracted great attention from the industry. In fact, with the development of digitalization, the operation of the entire society is increasingly dependent on data. Once IT services are interrupted, it will bring inconvenience to production and life, cause huge economic losses, and seriously affect the reputation of enterprises. Although the virtualization capabilities and business migration capabilities of data center IT facilities have gradually improved, the requirements of data centers for infrastructure safety and reliability have not been relaxed at all. With the increasing complexity of the political and industrial environment, the types of risks that cause accidents have changed, but safety and reliability have always been the core needs of data centers. For emerging risk factors, prevention strategies should be prepared.

2. High efficiency and energy saving, a new goal under the background of dual carbon

Carbon neutrality is a global consensus and mission, and green and low carbon has become a new theme in the world. With the development of digitalization and intelligence, the scale of data centers is constantly expanding, and the energy consumption used to support the operation of data centers is also increasing rapidly. Various policies or guidelines have been issued in various parts of the world to lead data centers to high efficiency, energy saving, green and low carbon. In the past, most companies only judged energy-saving measures from the perspective of economic benefits. Now, energy saving has become an important assessment indicator for compliance, which directly represents the social responsibility and image of the company.

3. Economical and applicable, ensuring maximum investment benefits

In the era when the scale of data center construction was small, data centers accounted for a small proportion of the total assets of enterprises, and enterprises were not particularly sensitive to the economic efficiency of data center investment. With the development of digitalization, the scale of data center construction is increasing, the investment amount is increasing sharply, and the economic efficiency of its investment is becoming more and more important. In the process of data center construction, it is necessary to consider not only the overall TCO, but also phased deployment and rapid construction, strive to quickly generate income, strictly control operating costs such as depreciation, and ensure the maximization of investment benefits.

4. Intelligent operation and maintenance, the strongest help in achieving planning indicators

Intelligence is an inevitable trend in the development of data centers. Only intelligence can make operations more timely, accurate, reliable, and economical, comprehensively improve operating efficiency and ensure that planning indicators are achieved. Intelligence can also reduce human intervention, reduce misoperation and improve reliability. In addition, the application of AI technology in the field of intelligence can help data centers further optimize and improve operational efficiency.