Over the past 16 years, the thermal design power (TDP) of GPUs has quadrupled. With the growing demand for AI, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency mining, IDTechEx expects the power consumption of server and data center boards to continue rising. As life begins to return to normal following the end of the Covid pandemic, IDTechEx has observed significant expansion in the data center industry. For example, AMD's Q4 2022 financial statement indicates a 42% year-over-year increase in revenue from its data center segment, indicating rapid market growth.

Synology has launched BeeDrive, a compact data center that backs up personal files and photos from your computer, phone, and tablet simultaneously. In less than three minutes of setup, any PC user can start protecting their files with BeeDrive at blazing-fast local transfer speeds, while ensuring complete data privacy and ownership.

Digitalization is perhaps the field that is playing the most prominent role, and therefore driving the current Fourth Industrial Revolution in which we have been immersed since the beginning of this century. Digital solutions, which emerge almost daily thanks to the effort, investment, and innovation of the leading companies dedicated to their design and manufacture, are changing each and every aspect of society and the world as we know it.

Vertiv has introduced the Vertiv™ Liebert® CWA, a new generation of precision cooling systems for non-raised (non-elevated) data centers. The Liebert CWA was designed to provide uniform air distribution across the largest possible surface area in non-raised applications, while also allowing for more space for rack installation and increased computing density.

Vertiv has announced the launch of the Vertiv™ XR App, a pioneering tool in the data center field that allows data center operators, IT managers, and channel partners to visualize Vertiv products in the location they would occupy in any facility.

Vertiv has introduced the Vertiv™ Liebert® GXE, a single-phase, double-conversion online uninterruptible power supply (UPS) available in 6 and 10 kVA capacities and configurable for tower or rack mounting. The system is designed to provide reliable power to distributed computing networks and edge computing applications across various industries, including enterprise, government, manufacturing, finance, education, and retail.

Vertiv has introduced the Vertiv™ MegaMod™ and Vertiv™ MegaMod™ Plus models, a family of turnkey prefabricated modular (PFM) data centers deployable in scalable 0.5 or 1 megawatt units for IT loads of up to 2 megawatts or more. The high-quality prefabricated modules are integrated and tested with Vertiv™ power management systems.

In 2023, the industry will manage consumption and carbon footprint, driving trends toward regulation, standardization, and the search for alternative energy generation methods. Data centers face an increasing number of regulations.

Increasing pressures to meet consumer demands for energy and water are forcing governments to take a closer look at data centers and their excessive consumption of these resources.

Vertiv today introduced the Liebert® XDU, a new generation of thermal management systems compatible with liquid-cooled servers that allows for precise control of liquid quality, flow, and pressure. As high-density computing applications, such as data analytics and machine learning, increase, rack densities and temperatures exceed the cooling capacity of traditional air-cooled units, necessitating more efficient and sustainable solutions.

Schneider Electric introduces the EcoStruxure™ Micro Data Center R-Series 42U Medium Density, an integrated, turnkey solution.
Optimized for IT applications in distributed industrial environments, the new Micro Data Center solution ships fully integrated for rapid deployment. It features a robust load capacity and large industrial casters for easy mobility.

Fujitsu Limited, in conjunction with Fujitsu Research Institute Limited, will embark on a series of field trials at its Yokohama Data Center. The aim is to promote the digital transformation of data centers, boosting operational resilience and process automation, by utilizing private 5G network technology for equipment inspection.

Data centers will face increased regulation and third-party oversight in 2023 as the world continues to grapple with the sector's growing energy and water consumption in the context of climate change. This heightened focus on the overall impact of data centers on the environment and people is one of five key industry trends for 2023 identified by Vertiv's global data center experts.

Fujitsu Limited will embark today on a series of field trials together with Fujitsu Research Institute Limited at its Yokohama Data Center, aiming to promote the digital transformation of data centers, boosting operational resilience and process automation by utilizing private 5G network technology for equipment inspection.

The development of digital transformation across various economic sectors in the Latin American region has accelerated in recent years, along with the growing need for uninterruptible power supplies for mission-critical systems. Panduit announces the launch of its new SmartZone™ uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems to meet the high demand of hybrid IT, encompassing the enterprise (digital buildings), industrial, smart warehouse, and edge data center markets.

Schneider Electric announces its collaboration with Stratus Technologies, a provider of simplified, secure, and autonomous edge computing platforms, and Avnet Integrated. Together, they will deliver simplified, touchless edge computing data centers for the next wave of industrial innovation.

Kohler Power Systems has announced that its entire range of mission-critical generators is compatible with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), representing a significant advancement in the use of alternative fuels for standby power. No retrofitting will be required for existing generators, enabling immediate deployment of this renewable fuel for all customers seeking to reduce their carbon footprint.

Atos announces the launch of Atos Business Outcomes-as-a-Service ("Atos BOaaS"), a 5G, Edge, and IoT offering developed in collaboration with Dell Technologies. Atos BOaaS leverages the benefits of Cloud-to-Edge (edge) and Cloud-to-Far-Edge (remote edge) architectures to extract commercially actionable data using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Implementation, piloting, and management of the solution are fully automated.

Interxion announces its entry into the Barcelona market with the acquisition of land to build a new data center. Interxion's position as a digital infrastructure provider in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula will be strengthened with this new location, which complements its existing facilities in Marseille, Athens, Zagreb, and Madrid.

In recent years, there has been much talk about lithium-ion batteries as an alternative to traditional lead-acid batteries in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, but for one reason or another, their introduction and acceptance in this market has been slower than expected. The reasons may be quite varied, but we wonder why a product that is smaller, lighter, and has a longer lifespan than its predecessor has had so much difficulty gaining a foothold in the UPS market.

Cybersecurity has risen in the ranks of business concerns in recent years. The figures justify this fear: approximately 30,000 websites are attacked every day worldwide, and two out of every three companies have already suffered some type of cyberattack. This threat is constant and continues to grow, as it is estimated that more than half a million pieces of malware—viruses, Trojans, keyloggers, and many others—are created daily.