Talk of data centres used to be reserved for egg-heads, the assumption being that their role as IT professionals was somehow separate from the day-to-day reality of running a business. However, a number of pressing trends have changed all that. Virtualization, the “cloud”, security issues, energy concerns, and above all else the growing tidal wave of data have all brought the data centre to the fore of business discussions.

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