Making the right datacentre decisions

Datacentres are one of the largest capital investments in enterprise IT. With costs frequently running to tens of millions of pounds for the datacentre itself, and spiralling energy costs adding to the maintenance side of the price equation, Computer Weekly has drawn together some of the main issues for IT heads to consider.

Datacentres are one of the largest capital investments in enterprise IT. With costs frequently running to tens of millions of pounds for the datacentre itself, and spiralling energy costs adding to the maintenance side of the price equation, Computer Weekly has drawn together some of the main issues for IT heads to consider.

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