Network Communications News (NCN) May 2016 | Page 20

F E AT U R E

power testing

One for the load
During the past few years there has been a significant increase in sales of loadbanks to the data centre
market. Paul Brickman at Crestchic discusses the reasons behind this rapid growth and how this is a
reflection of the critical need for more robust testing.

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n 2013 it was widely reported that
90 per cent of the world’s data had
been generated in the two years
prior, leading to the coinage of the
term ‘Big Data’. This gives some
context to the scale of the data
centre industry and the increased
risk that surrounds it. Furthermore, the
amount of power that data centres use is
growing by the day, with the most recent
report stating they use three per cent of
the world’s electricity, while IT as a whole
is accountable for at least 10 per cent.
According to a survey by 451
Research states that there will be an
increase in data centre facility spending
which will originate from both medium
and large organisations in Europe and

North America, with the healthcare and
finance industries leading the pack.
This indicates cont [