New research from Lenovo inspires concept designs showing how data centers must evolve to meet tomorrow’s compute and climate demands
- Many existing data center designs are failing to meet IT decision makers’ sustainability goals
- Data sovereignty and low latency are top priorities for IT leaders across EMEA, driven by real-time and edge computing demands
- 90% expect AI to significantly increase data usage – but just two fifths (41%) are ready to integrate it efficientl
Data center design must evolve to future-proof businesses across EMEA, new research commissioned by Lenovo reveals. From powering AI workloads efficiently to meeting urgent sustainability and compliance demands, traditional data center designs are falling short, with nearly half (46%) of IT leaders admitting their current infrastructure does not support energy or carbon-reduction goals.
At the same time, an overwhelming 99% of IT and C-level decision makers in the region say data sovereignty will be important to how data is collected, stored and processed in the years ahead. And while AI continues to accelerate data usage across industries, many organizations are still struggling to implement the technology effectively or power it sustainably, highlighting the growing gap between digital ambition and infrastructure reality.