DWS15 - Digital Infrastructure Plenary Session - Data centers foundations and facilitators - Stephane Duproz - European Data Center Association

Data Centers,

foundations and

facilitators

of the Digital World Stéphane Duproz, Chairman

1Story 2 Vision 3 Objectives

o Founded in Brussels in 2011,

EUDCA is the only European-

level non-profit Association

representing all aspects of the

Industry, from Data Centre

operators to Data Centre users,

suppliers, consultants and

manufacturers.

o Vendor neutral, EUDCA acts in a professional, responsible and

ethical manner.

o The Digital Economy is

changing the world forever

and this trend will continue to

grow faster and faster.

o Data Centres are the

foundation and the crossroads

of this new age.

o Data Centres have a

constructive role to play in

supporting this growth by delivering high standards of

professionalism and

responsability.

o Be « the voice » at regional

and European level for the

European Data center Industry.

o Improve EU authorities’

understanding of the

importance of the Industry

o Promote positive

developments created by the

Industry in the digital

transformation o Encourage national and

international associations and

companies to be part of core

messages we’re leveraging.

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EUDCA

In order to allow the exponential growth of the digital transformation …

Enterprises will forecast to spend

$191 billion by 2020 into Public/Hybrid Cloud

Source : Forrester’s report on

Public Cloud Market 3

… data centers evolve to bring more Security …

Virtualized

server :

CPU used at

85 %

Non-virtualized

server:

CPU used at

25 %

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HIGH DENSITY POWER

HIGH COOLING

LOCAL DATA 1

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… as well as key benefits such as Responsability and Quality.

Consume

BETTER

Work

BETTER

Consume

LESS

1 kW

used in a

data center

3 to 5 kW

Not

consumed

elsewhere

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New needs are identified…

6 Source : EUDCA Data Center Operator Member

…amongst which Network performance remains a major challenge… ● Performance, security: unstable & less secured interconnections through Internet

● Connection delay: interconnections taking time to put in place through Carriers

● Cost: high costs of interconnections through Carriers

● Interconnection on demand: not proposed by Carriers or Internet providers ≠ Cloud principle

● Contract complexity: diverse parties used to realize interconnections

DATA CENTER

Core business, equipments legacy, serveur exchange…

CRM PLATEFORM

CARRIERS

EMAIL FILTERING

CUSTOMERS OFFICE

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… particularly at the heart of a complex digital ecosystem.

8 Example of interconnectivity flows within a

EUDCA Member’s Data Center

Cloud Providers

Carriers

Internet Exchange

Points (IXP)

By suppressing this issue, Data centers accelarate interconnections between actors …

Establish secure, private & cost effective

connectivity to, and between Cloud Service

Providers of choice

Consume Cloud services anywhere through a

single connection to the Cloud

Consistent customer experience across all

countries

Guaranteed performance, service level

agreement & network parameters

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Cloud Operator 1

Cloud Operator 2

… and facilitate the development of the Digital World

76 billion of

gigaoctet of

Internet traffic

in 2017

$80 billion

in 2020

Source: Les Echos & EUDCA Data Center Member

Will be spent to built data centres in the world

Key benefits

o Guarantee security – a dedicated connection, rather

than over the public internet

o Consistent performance, latency and network

performance

o Able to connect anywhere in the world and to access

easily any services on Cloud

o Carriers, Managed Services Providers and ICT

solution providers have the opportunity to bundle

or resell Cloud services with their own solutions

o Partners are at liberty to bundle virtual

circuits/CSP services any which way they see fit

to their end-customers

o Provide services via secure, “walled-garden”

o Ensure access to all services across the world

o Low-barrier option to penetrate Entreprise IT

ecosystems to allow hybrid solutions

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Entreprises Cloud Providers Partners

[email protected]

www.eudca.org