Boom in Datacentre Market to Fuel Expansion of Power and Cooling Systems, States Frost & Sullivan

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Boom in Datacentre Market to Fuel Expansion

of Power and Cooling Systems, States Frost &

Sullivan

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 13, 2012

- Manufacturers focusing on innovative, energy-efficient solutions to

gain the competitive edge

LONDON

,

June 13, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- There exists immense opportunity for

both power and cooling systems in rapidly proliferating large datacentres

across

Europe

. Already, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and cooling

markets are registering steady revenue growth. Ongoing challenges like price

pressures are poised to be offset by the continuous demand for power and the

increase in heat loads.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.powersupplies.frost.com),

Analysis of Power and Cooling in the European Datacentre Market

,

finds that the total UPS segment in the datacentre market in

Europe

is

estimated to rise from

euro 730.0 million

in 2010 to reach

euro 1328.1 million

by 2017. Over the same period, the total precision air conditioning system

(PACS) market in

Europe

is set to expand from

euro 313.6 million to euro 452.4

million

.

"The escalating demand for power and intensifying heat loads in servers will

drive the power and cooling market in datacentres," notes Frost & Sullivan

Industry Analyst Gautham Gnanajothi. "The need for continuous power

availability is becoming crucial even as the increase in high density servers in

datacentres will result in tremendous heat loads, triggering the need for

effective power and cooling systems."

Spiralling heat loads are becoming a major area of concern in the datacentre

market. Heat build-up in electronic equipment causes a significant slowdown in

performance and productivity. This is highlighting the importance of advanced,

innovative and energy-efficient cooling mechanisms.

While such trends augur well for UPS and PACS suppliers, the growing price

consciousness of datacentre customers is becoming a cause for concern.

Greater price sensitivity is affecting the margins of PACS and UPS

manufacturers. Intensifying competition and the lack of product differentiation

also threaten market prospects.

Customers are wary of adopting PACs due to their high capital costs. Moreover,

low customer awareness about the energy efficiencies offered by cooling

solutions is impacting uptake.

"Tremendous effort is being expended to educate customers about how the

usage of energy efficient cooling solutions can lower operational costs as well

as the total cost of ownership," concludes Gnanajothi. "As demand surges,

price, technical and supply support as well as product development will all

emerge as key competitive differentiators."

If you are interested in more information on this study, please send an e-mail

with your contact details to Chiara Carella, Corporate Communications, at