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更多干货等你发现！ 2021年预测——超大规模数据中心、高性能计算、主机代管 Hyperscale, HPC and colocation predictions for 2021 本文由DCD中国授权翻译并发布于DeepKnowledge平台 Faisal Akram, Kao Data Faisal Akram is director of business development, Kao Data January 13, 2021 Comment FacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail 当我们为接下来一年做计划时，我相信我们将面临更大的行业变化，很多都将受到来自超大规模提供商创新、高性能计算（HPC）技术以及OCP-Ready ™托管数据中心的影响。 As we plan for the year ahead I believe we will see greater changes within the sector, many of which will be influenced by the innovation of hyperscale providers, high performance computing (HPC) technologies and by the OCP-Ready™ colocation data centres supporting them. 在本期中，我们与美国宇航局讨论LunaNet项目。 In this issue, we talk to NASA about the LunaNet project. 东方超大规模服务商的到来 The arrival of eastern hyperscalers 伦敦是现今世界上最大的数据中心枢纽之一，吸引了一些科技行业最具影响力的企业进入英国。过去十年，美国超大规模数据中心服务商逐渐主导了英国托管市场，这些公司还将继续扩大市场发展，2021年我们也将看到腾讯和阿里巴巴等中国服务商更进一步的市场布局。 Today London is one of the largest data center hubs in the world, attracting some of the tech sector’s most influential brands to the country. Over the past decade the UK colocation market has become increasingly dominated by the US hyperscale providers, and whilst these companies will continue to build on their established footprints, in 2021 we will also see further inroads made by Chinese providers, such as Tencent and Alibaba. 作为全球数据中心和云服务的关键目标，英国提供了通往欧洲的战略门户，但东方超大规模生态在这里发展还不够。 As a key global destination for data center and cloud services, the UK offers a strategic gateway to Europe, yet the Eastern hyperscale communities have traditionally been under-served here. 空间扩展、丰富的可再生能源和获得市场领先云连接是超大规模的前提条件，强烈吸引了提供定制服务的服务商。提供可扩展、安全定制设施、拥有成熟人才库和经验丰富的工程团队的运营商，为东方云服务服务商提供所有关键要素，从而真正在英国市场获得增长。 The hyperscaler prerequisites of space to scale, abundant renewable power and access to market-leading cloud connectivity will generate strong interest for providers offering Built-To-Suit services. Operators who can deliver scalable, secure bespoke facilities, with an established talent pool and experienced engineering team offer Eastern cloud service providers all of the key ingredients to truly gain a hold in the UK market 近年来，伦敦托管市场持续增长、投资和收购，绝大多数集中于建成的数据中心枢纽和Slough、Docklands的可用区。由于这些地方日益饱和，受限于土地和电力供应，托管和超大规模服务商被迫寻找偏远的地方，以满足日益增长的需求。 The London colocation market has seen continued expansion, investment, and acquisition in recent years, most of which has largely been focused on the established data center hubs and availability zones of Slough and Docklands. As these locations have become increasingly saturated and subsequently constrained in terms of suitable land and power, colocation and hyperscale providers are now being forced to look further afield to meet their growing requirements. 最近，谷歌宣布在伦敦北部购买了33英亩地用于未来发展，Kao Data公司在伦敦东部划出一块地，用于剑桥大学生命科学研究中心和英国创新走廊高性能主机托管。 Google recently announced that it has acquired a 33-acre site to the north of London for future development, and to the east of the city Kao Data offers a location for high performance colocation workloads for the Life Science and research clusters of Cambridge, as well as the surrounding UK Innovation Corridor. 随着数据中心的需求，更重要的是，提供的服务没有减弱的迹象。例如，CBRE预测2021年新增供应将创纪录，400MW已经进行或通过发展规划，85MW计划通过 FLAP上线。因此，我预计将出现新的可用区，伦敦东部及其他区域将成为高性能主机托管的战略位置。 With the need for data centers and more importantly, the services they provide, showing no sign of abating. CBRE, for example, predicts that 2021 will be a record year for new supply, with 400MW already in or through planning for development and 85MW scheduled to come online across FLAP. As such I anticipate that a new availability zone will emerge, where east London and beyond will become a strategic location for high performance colocation. 2020年，超算在生物信息学和制药业的使用量激增，英国再次证明了其作为世界领先技术中心之一。事实上，今年超算和密集计算对该行业的加速发展或影响是最大的。 Throughout 2020 HPC usage within bioinformatics and pharma has surged, and the UK has once again proved its metal as one of the world’s leading tech hubs. In fact, no greater influence has accelerated or impacted the sector this year than that made by HPC and intensive computing. 辉瑞、阿斯利康以及支持它们的研究型大学的工作至关重要，并将在2021年发挥关键作用。 The work of Pfizer, AstraZeneca and of the research universities supporting them has been paramount, and will play key roles in 2021. 此外，英伟达通过收购ARM，在剑桥努力发展人工智能卓越中心。展望未来，我相信GPU市场会有一场军备竞赛，英伟达DGX新技术以及许多其他制造商（如 Supermicro）发布消息，将继续为用户提供更低价格更高性能的服务。 Furthermore, through their acquisition of ARM, Nvidia have chosen Cambridge as the location of their efforts to develop an AI center of excellence. As we look forward, I believe we’ll see an arms race in the GPU market, where Nvidia’s new DGX technologies, and a host of other manufacturers’ new announcements such as Supermicro, will continue to offer increased performance benefits for end-users at a lower cost. 高性能计算也将不再仅仅是生物技术、研究或金融市场工具。英伟达DGX Station A100等新技术的出现，使先进的处理能力以及AI应用程序的使用变得加容易，因为公司希望将这些技术纳入到企业数字战略中。 HPC will also no longer be seen as simply a biotechnology, research or financial markets tool. The emergence of new technologies such as the Nvidia DGX Station A100, are making advanced processing power and the use of AI applications more easily available as companies look to incorporate these into their digital strategies. 如今，人工智能、GPU和CPU技术对数据中心设计的影响非同一般。我相信在未来，设备的优劣将基于支持HPC-Ready基础设施进行密集计算的能力来判断。 Today it is extraordinary how AI, GPU and CPU technologies are influencing data center designs. In future, I believe that facilities will be judged by their abilities to support HPC-Ready infrastructure for intensive compute. 高性能计算数据中心必须提供可定制架构，通常会提供30kW机架冗余电力，并能通过更高效的液冷制冷来消除服务器热量——同时支持增加地板荷载需求!这些都体现了OCP-Ready数据中心的特征，该术语已经成为高效、专用、灵活的密集型计算设施的同义词。 HPC data centers must offer customizable architectures, abundant power within typically 30kW racks and have the capability to remove the heat generated by the servers via the greater efficiencies offered by liquid cooling – all while supporting the increased floor loading requirements! These bare the hallmarks of OCP-Ready data centers, a term that has become synonymous for facilities that accommodate intensive computing in highly efficient, application specific and flexible environments. 如今，HPC和AI组织还要求操作员真正具备所需的专业知识，并且能够实施所需的特定技术形态。我相信，那些拥有正确工程专业知识、以卓越技术标准建造设施的团队，将在2021年取得巨大成功。我们部门的OCP-Ready和HPC-ready的融合才刚刚开始。展望未来，希望它能长期持续发展。 Today HPC and AI organisations also require the expertise of operators who truly understand their needs, and who can implement the specific technology topography that they require. I believe those teams who have the right engineering expertise, alongside facilities built to standards of technical excellence, will find great success in 2021. The convergence of OCP-Ready and HPC-ready facilities within our sector has only just begun to emerge. Looking forward, long may it continue. 翻译：孙宇宁 校对：刘运 英文原文：DCD 【Hyperscale, HPC and colocation predictions for 2021】 |
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