EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
SEBASTIAN KRUEGER , VICE PRESIDENT FOR ASIA
PACIFIC AT PAESSLER
Digital Transformation journeys were once considered a multi-year evolution , but now they ’ ve been dramatically compressed due to the urgency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . Demand for data centers in Asia Pacific has skyrocketed due to the widespread adoption of digital communication tools in the cloud and e-commerce .
The last two or so years have shown us that data centers have become the essential infrastructure many
Demand for data centers in Asia Pacific has skyrocketed due to the widespread adoption of digital communication tools in the cloud and e-commerce . businesses now need . With organizations continuing to work remotely and many migrating to the cloud , data center companies and managed service providers ( MSP ) have had to respond to the increased demand and adapt how they deliver their services so their customers can stay agile .
We ’ ve seen an increase in smaller data centers being established in Asia Pacific by MSPs for their clients and this has driven the need to monitor these facilities in terms of both whether the technical equipment is functioning at optimal levels and also how physical aspects could impact its performance , such as humidity , heat and vibration .
This is where Paessler comes in . Using our PRTG Hosted Monitoring system , we can ensure that all of the technical equipment , such as the racks of servers , as well as the cooling systems , are functioning as they should be with hundreds of sensors deployed across an entire data center that will send alerts if anything needs attention .
We are seeing a real focus on sustainability and energy consumption in every country in the APAC region . The Singaporean Government , for example , has set limits on the number of new data centers permitted due to environmental impact concerns and other countries may follow suit . As a result , data center managers in this region believe that sustainability will significantly impact their operations and decision-making going forward so we need to be cognisant of this .
If data center managers had visibility of their energy usage data , this would enable them to add transformational business value , maximize efficiency and reduce waste . Paessler can monitor and report on energy usage for every rack in the data center , which is valuable information for most organizations that need to report on energy usage due to the requirement to reduce emissions on our journey towards the goal of net zero .
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