According to DCDi, the Singapore market wants much more out of data centre performance now, with more respondents in the Data Center Asia Pacific Census 2014* focusing on a greater range of key performance areas in 2014 than they did in 2013. In particular, Singapore respondents have made sustainability, more effective use of space and reduced operating costs their top three priorities.
DCDi said that total data centre space would grow 2.74% to 740,000 sq m between 2014 and 2015, down from a 6.57% increase in space for the same period a year ago. Despite the slowdown in space requirements, DCDi analysts say that there will be 10% more racks in 2015. This contrasts with an 8.11% increase in racks from 2013 to 2014, suggesting that data centres may be more densely packed in future. Growth in power requirements have also slowed to 1.15 million kW in the 2014-2015 period against 1.1 million kW in 2013-2014, a testament to more power-efficient servers being installed in Singapore data centres today.
Energy costs are a major concern in Singapore, with 86% of data centres being monitored continuously on their energy consumption (68% globally), and 76% on energy efficiency (46% globally). More than half (57%) are also monitored continuously for server utilisation, a measure of efficiency, against a global continuous monitoring figure of 45%.
"This is a market where data centres account for 1% of the total land area and 7% of electricity consumption. It needs to make every square metre and kW count. Therefore the game is changing from asset growth to adding value and the deployment of new technologies and architectures gives Singapore operators a chance to stay ahead. But with these technologies the window of opportunity is short and this creates the flux of new drivers on the charts," said Dedric Lam, CEO, Asia Pacific, DatacenterDynamics.
Jason Lim, Group Director for Technology Business, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore said, "Increased usage of new platforms and applications such as mobile applications, social media and cloud computing will drive the demand for data centres. Singapore has accumulated a vast track record and expertise in the IT sector and in the implementation of data centres to serve this new demand. Our companies are well-equipped to provide related services – from development to managed services and critical infrastructure – to this industry. IE Singapore will work with these companies to actively pursue such opportunities on the global front."
Interest in key investment drivers for data centres in Singapore 2013/2014
|
Key Investment Driver
|
% of respondents
2013-2014 |
% of respondents
2014-2015
|
Difference
|
|
To be 'greener' &
more sustainable
|
22
|
46
|
24
|
|
To improve space use
|
24
|
44
|
20
|
|
To reduce operating
costs
|
31
|
49
|
18
|
|
To improve network
performance
|
21
|
37
|
16
|
|
To meet legislation or
accreditation
|
13
|
29
|
16
|
|
To support the
requirements of big data
|
10
|
26
|
16
|
|
Increase power to
facility
|
27
|
42
|
15
|
|
To increase redundancy
|
28
|
42
|
14
|
|
To enable
virtualization/cloud computing
|
23
|
37
|
14
|
|
To improve security
|
25
|
38
|
13
|
|
To access SD utilities
and
|
6
|
19
|
13
|
|
"AAS" models
|
|||
|
Changing corporate
& client requirements
|
18
|
29
|
11
|
"Singapore has one of the highest levels of concern about energy costs while capacity does not appear to be rising that sharply. The Singapore market has very high expectations about the performance and excellence of its data centers. With a myriad of new issues like big data, legislation and sustainability coming to the fore, data centre managers have a busy year ahead," concluded Lam.
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