Data Centre Specialist Group

Today the data centre environment provides the foundation for the reliability, availability and security of systems and networks that power the world’s economy. The consumers drive for 24/7 availability of goods and services places increasing pressure on the availability of the facilities, systems and networks that provide these services. Underpinning the service reliability is the provision of a suitable, stable and reliable operating environment. The Data Centre is this environment.

As applications, data and infrastructure grow this has an increasing impact on the data centre and in turn an increasing impact on the environment. Business and consumer demand for richer functionality and interfaces is driving more complex applications whose demand on processing and data storage can outstrip performance growth. This brings increased power and cooling requirements for the Date Centre. The economic and environmental impacts of this growth now require serious consideration.

In fact the IT industry as a whole has really charged forward without too much attention to its impact on the environment. A very hot topic today is the inefficiences found within the data centre (including the facilities themselves) and the equipment they house. One of the areas the DCSG is focused on today is in working with both the UK, EU and North American legislative bodies to ensure our industry is properly focused on driving the changes required to become more efficient with our use of energy.

Whilst there are many individuals in our industry with useful knowledge and experience in Data Centre engineering this information is not easily accessible. The DCSG has been formed to create a forum for open and unbiased discussion, information sharing and evaluation of Data Centre related issues and technologies.

What does the future of the data centre look like and just how critical a role will it play in business, the environment and the economy?

The DCSG aims to hold around twelve meetings/events per year that will tackle the hot topics of the moment as well as provide a forum for communication and further drive professionalism through the industry.

Zahl Limbuwala 

DCSG Founder & Chairman