06: Data Centres

Question 1

What are data centres

Answer 1

• physical facilities the house data for individuals, governments, and businesses
• store, process, and distribute data

Question 2

Importance of Data centres

Answer 2

• data storage
• applications
• security
• without a data centre, its impossible for most large organizations to effectively run their business

Question 3

Challenges for Data Centres

Answer 3

• power supply shortage and government limitations slow down timelines for new data centres

Question 4

Environmental impact

Answer 4

• limited availability of clean energy forcing companies to use coal energy

Question 5

Private equity Investments

Answer 5

• are heavily investing in data centres – why

Question 6

investment risks

Answer 6

1, outdated technology
- can’t support AI’s power and cooling needs
2. standard assets
- older facilities struggle to keep tenants
3. valuation concerns
- high AI-driven valuations may not hold up

Question 7

effects on finance sector

Answer 7

1. transaction
2. cloud storage
3. AI implications

Question 8

projections

Answer 8

• 20% of space in data centres are being occupied by AI

Question 9

How could you invest in data centres

Answer 9

• invest in energy, land so they can be sustainable and expand their land

Question 10

why are investing private equity

Answer 10

1. digitial transformation
   - relevancy of AI

Question 11

what is hyper datacentres

Answer 11

• process a large amount of data
• improve storage for AI

Question 12

Invest in green future

Question 13

Diversify in data centres