Key Data Center Statistics
- In 71% of companies surveyed, the Corporate Real Estate or Facilities department pays for the power and utility bills for the organization (Source: Uptime Institute, 2012 Data Center Industry Survey).
- 60% of companies reported that their data center’s capacity will be sufficient for three years or less (Source: DCUG, Spring 2012 Survey).
- Server virtualization (53%) and server consolidation (46%) are the top two IT/data center initiatives companies surveyed are planning in the next 18 months (Source: DCUG, Spring 2012 Survey).
- 63% of companies surveyed use 2 – 8 KW per cabinet, with an average of 6.0 KW (Source: DCUG, Spring 2012 Survey).
- 29% of companies surveyed plan to build a new data center in the next 12-18 months; 37% plan to do so in the next 36 months (Source: Uptime Institute, 2012 Data Center Industry Survey).
- 24% of companies surveyed plan to lease colocation space in the next 12-18 months; 26% plan to do so in the next 36 months (Source: Uptime Institute, 2012 Data Center Industry Survey).
- 35% of companies surveyed plan to deploy workloads to cloud computing within 36 months (Source: Uptime Institute, 2012 Data Center Industry Survey).
- 42% of companies surveyed plan to update or upgrade their mechanical infrastructure within the next 12-18 months (Source: Uptime Institute, 2012 Data Center Industry Survey).